http://mutantville.com/blog The Worlds of Speculative Fiction Through the Eyes of Independent Filmmakers. Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Worlds of Speculative Fiction Through the Eyes of Independent Filmmakers. MUTANTVILLE.COM no The Worlds of Speculative Fiction Through the Eyes of Independent Filmmakers. http://mutantville.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://mutantville.com/blog http://mutantville.com/blog/make-a-jib http://mutantville.com/blog/make-a-jib#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:14:21 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=3363 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } What makes those boom up and boom down shots look so good? A jib! That’s right. While filming our most recent 3 short films for “Tales from Mutantville,” we rented a jib and used it for all three. One word for having a jib on location would be…Awesome! It really makes your shots fluid and [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/make-a-jib/feed 1 http://mutantville.com/blog/mark-apsolon-shows-how-to-build-barndoors-on-worklights http://mutantville.com/blog/mark-apsolon-shows-how-to-build-barndoors-on-worklights#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:15:56 +0000 GeoSwanko http://mutantville.com/blog/?p=983 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } #bottomcontainerBox.manual { display: inline-block; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; } This is a cool video on……You guessed it! Mark Apsolon shows how to build barndoors on worklights. As you know, Guerrilla filmmakers use worklights all the time for lighting and this should help you have more control of your light. This would work great for green screen work. Mark Apsolon has lots of cool videos [...]]]> http://mutantville.com/blog/mark-apsolon-shows-how-to-build-barndoors-on-worklights/feed 1