Not quite as good as the videocopilot effort, but a decent effort.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Not quite as good as the videocopilot effort, but a decent effort.

Busting my source. Yeah, I'm digging through their tutorials and learning the program. Great stuff on that site. I figured I would get more out of doing my own footage rather than using the files they provide. I'm learning.

As for scripting it, it's just an exercise on my part in special effects. No plot needed. You can if you want to though. Studios come up with "cool ideas" and then make writers write something to fit them. Can you write an entire script based around a single, climactic moment? To be fair, I'm not going to expand my exercise, but it's not a bad premise.

Quoted from George Willson Yeah, I know. The clouds were all over the place the day we shot it. If I could have had consistent sun or consistent clouds, we'd've been better. And I do plan on killing my brother in many different and interesting ways. He knows.

I think this needs a set up. I'm guessing this is meant to be funny since your daughter's reaction is more like "Oops" rather than, "Oh my god!"

If I am correct, the point of view is in the pretending that you hate your brother and imagine all of the ways he might be killed. Is this correct? Then, I'd like to see you with shifty eyes, imagining the hell out of the scene, each time, perhaps, the death getting more ludicrous.

I would love to hear some mysterious sound effects. Nice work, George.  

Sandra

Quoted from George Willson Busting my source. Yeah, I'm digging through their tutorials and learning the program. Great stuff on that site. I figured I would get more out of doing my own footage rather than using the files they provide. I'm learning. As for scripting it, it's just an exercise on my part in special effects. No plot needed. You can if you want to though. Studios come up with "cool ideas" and then make writers write something to fit them. Can you write an entire script based around a single, climactic moment? To be fair, I'm not going to expand my exercise, but it's not a bad premise.

It's amazing how Andrew Kramer makes it look so easy. I've had a dabble on it myself, but I get frustrated with it...can never quite get what I want.

It's a fantastic tool, if you can get the hang of it and learn how to direct VFX shots then the sky's your limit...you can make anything you want.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films It's amazing how Andrew Kramer makes it look so easy. I've had a dabble on it myself, but I get frustrated with it...can never quite get what I want. It's a fantastic tool, if you can get the hang of it and learn how to direct VFX shots then the sky's your limit...you can make anything you want.

That's pretty much what I thought going through the videos he made. It's an incredible tool, but it takes A LOT of patience and heightens my respect for those who do this all the time. But I love his step by step method and I know if I take the time to go through what he's done, not even the sky will be the limit.

So I'm practicing with it before actually sitting down to make something real. This one is actually my fifth video with it, but the first one worth showing. I actually had to shoot it twice because my first attempt did not work at all.

So I didn't just grab an camera and go. It still took some work and trial and error. Just like learning anything else.

I think you did a good job with this, Wilson with a double l. The body may have bent a smidgen early but that's the smallest of gripes.

Looks good George! I won't slow-mo it and nitpik an amateur effort, its has good shock value...

Did you use a dummy full of beans for the impact? I see a bunch of stuff rolling around after....

James

Body bent early? If you could roll it frame by frame, you'd find he actually bends when the truck is in the same space he is. The two pieces were shot separately, so it was a simple matter of lining up when he physically acted like he was hit, and the truck reaching that point in the shot. I also trimmed a few frames out to make it a little more jarring, and thinking about it, I suppose you would get hit first and then bend over the hood, but when he does bend, the front bumper is right on him.

The form on the front of the truck is my brother the whole time. No clever swapping of forms or multiple passes. The truck drove by once.

The stuff rolling around is supposed to be (represent) headlight glass. It's created using a particle effect in AE which explodes for one frame and hits a virtual 3D plane lined up with the surface of the road. I specified the amount of debris, the color, and how long it stayed there. I figured if it disappeared before the video ended, it wouldn't be realistic.

I still think the "damage" to the front of the truck looks cool...