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Behind the Scenes: Stop Animation

POSTED BY Erik Beck, 11 December 2007 | PERMALINK

There just wasn't time in BFX to tell the whole story. Check out this cool behind the scenes look at making the stop animation test films.
Behind the Scenes: Stop Animation from Indy Mogul on Vimeo.

Inside Scoop on Upcoming HD Short, "Downsized"

POSTED BY Dan Riesser, 10 December 2007 | PERMALINK

DOWNSIZED is a horror-comedy short. It’s my first HD short film, my first foray into horror, and my biggest and most expensive short I’ve made to date. I write a lot of horror screenplays and hope to one day direct horror features, so I figured it was time I tried my hand at a short.

I started writing it in the spring of 2007 and got right into pre-production. A lot of things had to be...

Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Eye Tear

POSTED BY Wesley Scoggins, 05 December 2007 | PERMALINK

Almost everybody one day wants a dramatic Kill Bill-style eye grab in their own film. It's just too cool to pass up, so I'm going to show you how to do a similar effect for almost nothing.

For this you'll need:

• A Small ball, either a gum ball, a super bouncy ball, or a Pingpong ball

• Some Liquid Latex

• And for the stem, either more liquid latex or a piece of foam

• The foam head. (...

Pumpkin Carving Contest Winner, Cian, Opens His Prize!

POSTED BY Erik Beck, 04 December 2007 | PERMALINK

Pumpkin Carving Contest Winner opening their prize!

from Indy Mogul on Vimeo.

Interview: Dan Harmon on Screenwriting

POSTED BY Wesley Scoggins, 04 December 2007 | PERMALINK

Here at Indy Mogul, we often get questions about Screen Writing, and how to get started writing. And while we're all writers, none of us have quite the same legitimacy to tell our viewers tips about Screen Writing as someone who has actually sold screenplays and is actively working in Hollywood.

So I was lucky enough to get our friend Dan Harmon to return to answer some of the most common...

Indy Mogul Presents: "The Night Man"

POSTED BY Justin Johnson, 03 December 2007 | PERMALINK

The Night Man (HD)

from justin on Vimeo.

If you weren't already "in the know," the creation of Indy Mogul has its roots buried deep within the site Film Fights. That's how I met Erik and Steve back in the day, when we were all just aspiring filmmakers / secret government assassins. ANYWAY, this week's Film Fight is for films based around the title of "Night Man." The gang whipped...

Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Sugar Glass Molding

POSTED BY Wesley Scoggins, 29 November 2007 | PERMALINK

So you want a bottle to smash over your friends head, but you don't want to kill him? Easy solution, use our old friend Sugar Glass.

Today I am going to show you how to make a basic Bottle Mold, that can be used to mold a fake bottle that can be safely broken over another person's head.

I suggest using my old friend DAS air drying clay, it is very heat resistent, and can be...

Build Plans for the Jib Arm (Camera Crane)

POSTED BY Steve Nelson, 26 November 2007 | PERMALINK

Special thanks to WestCroft for typing up the delicious ingredients needed to make the cake...I mean crane.

Bits:

• - Screwdriver bit
• - 1/8” drill bit
• - 3/16” drill bit
• - 1/4" drill bit
• - 5/16” drill bit
• - 23/64” drill bit
• - 3/8” drill bit

Hardware:

• 4- 3/16” x 1 ¼” Pan Head Machine Screws w/ nuts
• 4- ¼” x 1 ¼” Pan Head Machine Screws w/ nuts
• 6- 3/8” – 16 TPI x 4” Bolts w/ washers,...

More Camera Stabilizers

POSTED BY Wesley Scoggins, 26 November 2007 | PERMALINK

This week I was going to continue my Camera Stabilizer article by showing how to construct some different Camera Stabilizers, but a friend of ours on the forum, Captain Stevebeard posted this great tutorial for your own Fig Rig-type stabilizer that I think is great and could be really helpful.

Take it away Steve:

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Hi everyone,

We...

"I'm Not There"

POSTED BY Steve Nelson, 23 November 2007 | PERMALINK

As a fan of the work done and still being done by Bob Dylan, I was unsure of Todd Haynes' biopic on Bobby's life, entitled "I'm Not There." Would it be another tale of wrestling between the touring life of drugs and sex and raising a family, or would it make me think?  Well, I hoped for the best and headed up Broadway in good spirits (I had heard influences of Fellini, so, it had to be...