Recent content by DropThought

Big ones for me: Watching 'Inside the Actor's Studio' on youtube. Major good there. Goin out for a smoke. Not sure if you smoke, but just walking in the open air for 5 minutes, not worrying about the script, usually causes me to think of something for the script that I can't get off my mind...

Ooh, could always do a moving shot of the sidewalk :) There'd be no single frame of reference, as the shot begins in motion. Would work whether you have same start/end point or not, too. Or a slow zoom into a TV (with green over screen) and put the last shot in the green. Mom could be watching...

One of the greatest pieces of advice I got from my dad: Walk around town with that still camera and make yourself a portfolio. Do the trippiest things you come across. Sure, it's not moving pictures, but just the act of going 'oh shit, this is an amazing shot,' settin up for the best angle, all...

Yeah, as previously stated, they did it all by hand, so unless you want to open each frame in MSPaint/print out each frame, draw over, scan, then assemble frame-by-frame in FCP or whatever, it's gonna be hard to get it looking like that particular style. However, I watched a bit of the vid and...