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This video is why I love Action Movie Essentials & Zombies ; )
EDIT: Forgot to shamelessly plug the product:
Action Movie Essentials
July 20th, 2007
66 Comments
this site is best in world . and i love andrew . i have all products from your company and I profiteer .
Max Roth
17 years ago
hey, @ everybody, espacially @ realm pictures, I want to have such zombie sounds, i mean the sounds, when the zombies go, this zombie moan sounds, do anybody know, where I can get such sounds?
Mathew
18 years ago
Here's more Zombies + Video Copilot tools:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlyCaIjbx2k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlyCaIjbx2k
Moca MX
18 years ago
Hey everybody see this video and comment it!
We are family remebre that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ADhwaCjYA
We are family remebre that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ADhwaCjYA
@clancy
2 x m14s, 2 x m16s, 2 x P90s, a Tommy Gun, a Steyr AUG, an m4, a G36, 2 Desert Eagles, 2 WE 1911s, 2 SOCOMS, a P99, 4 berettas, a Magnum, 3 MP5s, an L96, a VSR, 2 corssbows, 6 swords, 2 battleaxes, 2 sets of nunchuku and a rather pointy spork.
i think we are set for weapons at the mo
2 x m14s, 2 x m16s, 2 x P90s, a Tommy Gun, a Steyr AUG, an m4, a G36, 2 Desert Eagles, 2 WE 1911s, 2 SOCOMS, a P99, 4 berettas, a Magnum, 3 MP5s, an L96, a VSR, 2 corssbows, 6 swords, 2 battleaxes, 2 sets of nunchuku and a rather pointy spork.
i think we are set for weapons at the mo
in reference to the airsoft comment above by Realm
"be warned though - the hobby is addictive! "
I'm right there with you buddy I've dumped way too much money in to airsoft and am only on my way to spending more
Here's a pic of my gear
http://www.jnjvideography.com/stuff/Judd.jpg
"be warned though - the hobby is addictive! "
I'm right there with you buddy
I've dumped way too much money in to airsoft and am only on my way to spending more Here's a pic of my gear
http://www.jnjvideography.com/stuff/Judd.jpg
yeah thats pretty much it, it was an adjustment layer though. We just selected the fleshy colours and adjusted them to 'dead flesh' colour. We shot for about an hour, then applied FX for about 4 hours then the sound took about a week on and off.
Dave
Dave
Dustin James
18 years ago
@Realm
Hey when you mentioned changing their skin color... I thought of the Planet Earth Tut that Andrew did where he used Hue/Saturation (i think) and changed just that greens or other colors...
is that what you did? and then trash masked the heroes?
Hey when you mentioned changing their skin color... I thought of the Planet Earth Tut that Andrew did where he used Hue/Saturation (i think) and changed just that greens or other colors...
is that what you did? and then trash masked the heroes?
Orc Master
18 years ago
WOW, that was awesome!!! I like the part with the zombies getting to the heroes and crawling around them - NICE STUFF!
Daniel, that music video ROCKS!!! Great motion tracking, great colors, great filming, great sky replacement - GREAT EFFECTS, MAN!
Finally, Andrew, I have to tell ya, your effects and your tuts help us so much that we can create REALLY cool stuff SO easily!!! I have to upload my 300-inspired vid to YouTube...
Daniel, that music video ROCKS!!! Great motion tracking, great colors, great filming, great sky replacement - GREAT EFFECTS, MAN!
Finally, Andrew, I have to tell ya, your effects and your tuts help us so much that we can create REALLY cool stuff SO easily!!! I have to upload my 300-inspired vid to YouTube...
I used a combo of the BBC SFX library and the SONY SFX library, along with alot of interesting foley. We used cabbage, lettuce, oranges, and celery for the body hits and bone breaks, leather jackets for hits and falls etc. Alot of the gunshots were actually recorded by linking the sound mixer up to the nintendo wii and playing resident evil (finding a bit with no music/echo/zombies isnt easy as it turns out). you can hear the FX much better without the music and in hi-res but, well, its youtube isnt it.
Damon
18 years ago
I'm sorry... I totally skipped over some of your comments... someone already asked the question! My bad!
Damon
18 years ago
Oh... one more thing... I'm looking for some realistic weapons but I don't want to cheap plastic kind that look totally artificial. Any suggestions on a store for that? Thanks
Damon
18 years ago
Dave,
The Sound FX you used... were they the famous Adrew Kramer ones or did you use something different? Nice work!
Damon
The Sound FX you used... were they the famous Adrew Kramer ones or did you use something different? Nice work!
Damon
Sure !
Google, my friend, will find lots of things. The only weapons that I bought, for a short-movie, were in a shop for child (weapons to play). It is really less realistic. It is insane the numbers of weapons available in this kind of shop. Soon the tank ^^.
Google, my friend, will find lots of things. The only weapons that I bought, for a short-movie, were in a shop for child (weapons to play). It is really less realistic. It is insane the numbers of weapons available in this kind of shop. Soon the tank ^^.
they are all airsoft guns, hence 'Dartmoor Rangers' thats our airsoft team. Basically ultra-realistic high powered fully auto BB guns. Google and you will find thousands, be warned though - the hobby is addictive!
Great ! I love it !
Realm Pictures, where did you get/buy the weapons ?
they're very nice ! Particularly the sniper !
Realm Pictures, where did you get/buy the weapons ?
they're very nice ! Particularly the sniper !
hey andrew can you make a nice videocopilot coffe mugs with all the dvds names on it .like i like to have a mug with sound effects on it stuff like that .for 10 bucks like this we wake up with more energy .just a thought may i should go to bed.
Hello father - hello mother .. iam itching its realy bother I can show you all my new trick s...hiking jumbing . andrew kramer mind blowing butt kicker ... its a song for videocopilot . anywho guys try to sing this .you all have a good videocopilot day.
Piotr Piotrowicz
18 years ago
ill try to watch it, even tho my net is slow atm. should speed up in a couple days
Very cool. I've been thinking about getting the Action Movie Essentials pack. I just got riot gear today and ive had the SFX or and FMP for a while. I only recently got the time to get into this kind of stuff. This zombie movie is def a good motivator for buying the action collection haha!
shameless plug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8vgTgpQ5CQ
Thanks AK for the tutorials and things. Ive been on creative cow for years but i never discovered you for some reason haha.
shameless plug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8vgTgpQ5CQ
Thanks AK for the tutorials and things. Ive been on creative cow for years but i never discovered you for some reason haha.
Florian
18 years ago
Brb guys
Im gonna go outside and shoot some video to use to the AME DVD from AK
Wow.. ALot of shortwords here!
Im gonna go outside and shoot some video to use to the AME DVD from AK Wow.. ALot of shortwords here!
That was a great 2 minutes of my life...wow....only one thing...muzzle flashes were too bright (fix up the hue & sat to match the colors around it [yellow-orangish])
good job!
http://www.et-films.net
good job!
http://www.et-films.net
Wow, good job! Nice to see what you can do with it 
.
Unfortunately I'll have to miss 3 weeks of videocopilot blog posts and tutorials
. But, going on vacation is not that bad 
.
.Unfortunately I'll have to miss 3 weeks of videocopilot blog posts and tutorials
. But, going on vacation is not that bad .
A message from the north! Im from Sweden and I get inspired of your tutorials! Here is a link to a music video, with some fx I have made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mei5HEsTDF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mei5HEsTDF4
Paulo
18 years ago
ANDREW! are there anymore VC products coming out this year??? I'm keeping money to buy some of your products, they are amazing! waiting answers
I agree. I want to start working on something similar to what RealmPictures did but utilize day for night.
Darrell
18 years ago
I've been on this site for a few weeks now, looking around at everything on here. I just have to say that Andrew, you've done a great job teaching many essential lessons for the novice effects editor/ motion-graphics artist. Realm Pictures, I have to say you've done the most with the lessons on here, as I've seen so far on youtube.com.
Everyone keep up the amazing work.
Everyone keep up the amazing work.
Hey Bones,
It was a thought i had when shooting, as I said, when we turned up to the field we had no idea what we were going to end up shooting, so with no make up I just shot straight into the evening sky and exposed for that, crushing the silhouettes of the figures.
The hardest part was when myself (the long-haired bike zombie) and others interact with the 'heroes', since silhouetting was impossible. If you freezeframe it you'll see that their flesh is actaully 'dead colour'. We achieved this by animating a mask loosely around the zombies and using hue/saturation to select all flesh tones and make em greenish grey.
dave
It was a thought i had when shooting, as I said, when we turned up to the field we had no idea what we were going to end up shooting, so with no make up I just shot straight into the evening sky and exposed for that, crushing the silhouettes of the figures.
The hardest part was when myself (the long-haired bike zombie) and others interact with the 'heroes', since silhouetting was impossible. If you freezeframe it you'll see that their flesh is actaully 'dead colour'. We achieved this by animating a mask loosely around the zombies and using hue/saturation to select all flesh tones and make em greenish grey.
dave
I can't wait until I'm out of school and can start doing real things too I'm a film student and an intern on a graphics team at a software company; but I want to make movies.... sigh...
But anyway, that was cool. Really well done guys. Lots of people do zombie movies and most of them aren't done very well. Nice work.
I'm a film student and an intern on a graphics team at a software company; but I want to make movies.... sigh...But anyway, that was cool. Really well done guys. Lots of people do zombie movies and most of them aren't done very well. Nice work.
Andrew, im rendering a copy in sorenson3 1500 and i'll stick it on my webspace and email you the link.
I'm rendering it with the effects track but not the music but i can stick an .wav with both on too if you need it.
As for reflections in windows, they get grouped with the crappy title and the incoherent character placement. This scene was an afterthought of some airsoft footage we shot for sh*ts and giggles. We could spend longer tweaking it but we recieved a comission for a music video soon after and had to turn out attentions.
plus, we need to leave room to improve for the sequel
I'm rendering it with the effects track but not the music but i can stick an .wav with both on too if you need it.
As for reflections in windows, they get grouped with the crappy title and the incoherent character placement. This scene was an afterthought of some airsoft footage we shot for sh*ts and giggles. We could spend longer tweaking it but we recieved a comission for a music video soon after and had to turn out attentions.
plus, we need to leave room to improve for the sequel
one thing I wanted to ask you Andrew is, you give out loads of good tutorials using video footage you have made, but are there actually any films you have made that are full length with all your effects in?
I wrote a post on my blog about my love for horror movies and the zombie fick is certainly one of my all time favorites to watch. I really enjoyed the video "Realm Pictures." howd you get the backlighting so nice so you couldn't even see their faces. Fantastic idea instead of using makeup. great job.
Bones
Bones
Really nice, as for an independent production. ^^' You really are the man Andrew..., creating some great packs, for other people. Now everyone can make some great VFX with your help ^^' That's something..., lovely.
Everyone's a critic ; ) But I can name several movies where studios "forgot" to remove production equipment from reflections from windows and cars etc...
A lot of people ask me: "do you have a hard time watching movies, since you know how they are created?" I tell them, "No, I just enjoy them."
A lot of people ask me: "do you have a hard time watching movies, since you know how they are created?" I tell them, "No, I just enjoy them."
هـــــــــــــــــاشم
18 years ago
Cool
Rich Wakefield
18 years ago
It's great zombie fun!....shame they forgot to put the gun shot flashes in the window reflection
