Video Making

DIY Movie Making article roundup

Beware the Ides of March! I was itching to say that. Ahem. Here is a collection of MAKE magazine articles related to DIY movie making. Note that most back issues of MAKE are available for purchase in the Maker Shed. Don’t miss any future articles … subscribe! MAKE Volume 01 $14 Video Camera Stabilizer – […]

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Awesome ultra-low-tech DIY movie making method

This minute-long short by Mindfruit Studios is called “Memoirs of a Scanner,” and was made using only a scanner and software to stitch the still images together into a movie. It has characters, special effects, and a coherent plot that tells the story of an episode in the life of a business office, from the copier’s perspective. [via Neatorama]

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Lost Knowledge: Magic Lanterns

Lost Knowledge: Magic Lanterns

A look at the 17th century precursor to the slide, and then movie, projector, magic lanterns.

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Stop-motion music video

Stewart McCullough sent us this stop-motion music video he did for some friends, The Bran Flakes. He used (and recommends) Dragon Stop Motion software. He says it’s “very well done… stable, with a good user interface, and lots of good features specifically for doing any kind of stop-motion animation.” It costs $275. The Bran Flakes […]

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Introducing: the Hickshaw

Introducing: the Hickshaw

In response to our DIY Movie Making theme, Derek “Deek” Diedricksen sent us this first episode of Tiny Yellow Houses, a series he’s doing on backyard shackitecture, this one featuring his “Hickshaw,” a movable small structure designed to be used as a backyard hang-out space/tiny office or festival sleeping space. Derek also has a self-published, […]

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The city at night is made of light

The city at night is made of light

Tokyo/Glow is a short film, written and directed by Jonathan Bensimon, about the little glowing guy from a cross-walk sign who jumps down from the sign, at night, and wanders around Tokyo gawking at all the lights. I don’t think there are any CG effects. The film’s amazing look was achieved by combining a real actor in a custom glow-suit with a bunch of photographic hi-jinks: stop-motion, time-lapse, long exposure…did I miss anything?

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