Recent content by Chris Tempel

Thanks! I'm sure it could look better, but I think what I have is usable. My next big effect is an aerial shot of a house in the morning. I need sprinklers to start spraying, but instead of water it's blood. Trying to figure out the best approach for this. Maybe a particle sim with weight...

Karissa helped me get some background plates for the green screen driving yesterday. The shot is pretty specific: Blake's dad is driving himself to a hospital, only to have to stop and find it overrun with hordes of people. The plate of the dad driving was the last thing we shot, and we chose...

I'm about two-thirds finished with the VFX and my hard drives just hit 51% today. They're only 8TB, but I did the math before filming and realized that's all I needed. I have two of them, mounted at X and Y so that there's no way the drive letters can get screwed up. They are kept in sync...

I agree with Mara. Pick the easiest script you've got and just make it happen. I'd also add to make something fun for your first trip back. Don't get serious, do something that's fun to make and fun to watch. The good time you have will help encourage you to do it again.

I did do something similar for one of the shots - where the guns pop out of the Batmobile. I didn't want to spend the time animating the covers flying off, so I did that shot with OBS. Had to lift the car up high and build a lever to toggle the gear that works the mechanism, but once I built...

Tried to be a bit more ambitious this time. Took me about four hours to shoot. I wanted to try out the cameras the kids will be using, as well as try out how I want them to make backdrops using a display board and crayons. The most challenging part by far was timing things out. I had a...

I'm not sure how I feel about it, but that's partially because I consider myself a VFX artist. All of the examples are things that I can already do and I spent a lot of time learning how to do them and make them look good. One thing I will say, this is the truest example of Computer Generated...

Working on some more funeral shots. When we shot it, I measured out a space in front of a head stone 2 feet wide by 7 feet long and marked it out with tennis balls - or as we called them, tracking markers. I always keep a bag of them with my kit because you never know when you'll need them to...

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Tried the hyper lapse people, I wasn't a fan. I showed Karissa and she agreed. I added another sign that says "EMERGENCY" above the seating area and called it good. Sometimes with VFX, less is more. I took a few breaks this weekend and we saw Ghostbusters and Godzilla x Kong. I enjoyed...

Working on the hospital shot today. We shot the scene at a laser therapy place that my wife used to work at. I can't remember the last time that I was in a hospital so I looked up online "hospital signage" and came across some great examples. Reference is always key! In Photoshop, I made...

Howdy! I know it's been awhile, so I figured it was time for some updates. First, we are moved and settled into the new house. And I have my studio/training area all setup. I've been doing Kenpo karate since I was a kid and it's always been my dream to have a place to train on my own. We...

Thanks. I got the hopping idea from the way my sister used to play with her Barbies. She always made them bounce when they "talked" lol. I think claymation would be great fun too, but maybe too messy for doing in a computer lab with carpets? My wife actually picked me up some modeling clay...

Sounds interesting, I'd watch it!

The last time I did a brick film, I was in 8th grade and shot it on VHS. A lot has changed since then. The college where I teach continuing ed classes on YouTube and video editing asked me if I wanted to teach a camp for kids this summer and the first thing that popped into my head was to do...