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31 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Fake Tears & Crying
This week I am going to cover something that's been requested a bunch, but that's yet to really be covered, which is making fake tears when you don't have actors that can't cry on cue (which are harder to find than you'd imagine.) This is going to focus more on the HOW TO, rather than showing in p
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31 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
New Video Stabilization Research
I saw this video on some interesting research they they are doing over at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and thought some of you Mogulers would find it interesting. Frankly I love seeing things that can further expand the professional qualities of filmmakers on a budget, and I can't wait to see wh
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30 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
ITV FEST - 4th Annual Independent Television Festival: July 31 – August 6
The 4th Annual Independent Television Festival (ITV Fest) will be held in Los Angeles July 31-August 6. The ITVFest, is the nation’s leading festival for independently produced, original television pilots and Web series. The week-long festival is a great event for filmmakers and creative content
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27 Jul
Blog: Beyond the Trailer
Top 5 'Orphan' One Sentence Reviews!
Grace Randolph reporting here from sunny California where I just wrapped up Comic Con 2009! While there's no Movie Math this week (it'll be back next Sunday), I'm happy to present the winners of this week's One Sentence Review Challenge!#5 - JohnnyTasteTest"Orphan - a movie so scary, it will proba
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24 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Mouth Foaming
Something that has been requested recently is a way to produce a lot of foam from a mouth for scenes where people are having seizures, or for transformation scenes (like with zombies). While I have seen a lot of suggestions about what to use, I thought I would test a bunch of common foaming agents
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21 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Submit Your 10 Second Promos to Indy Mogul
By now I'm sure you've seen one of the very cool 10 Second Promos we're running on Indy Mogul. You should also know that we're looking for your awesome 10 second clips to pop in the show! This came from the very successful 15 Second Film content presented by Ignite film Festival.We loved so many of
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20 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
WestHavenBrook's: The Danger Element is out!
The first part of WestHavenBrook's "The Danger Element" whose production we have been following for a long time is finally up and available for you guys to watch for free! Check it out!
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19 Jul
Blog: Beyond the Trailer
UPDATED - Summer Giveaway: free movie tickets from Beyond The Trailer!
The One Sentence Review Challenge continues! A little less than two months to go in our summer ticket giveaway! Below is a list of the winners so far! This weekend, July 24th: G-Force! Beyond The Trailer's One Sentence Review Challenge - WINNERS LIST Star Trek - YouTube's MB20786 wit
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17 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Neko Neko Films is back!
Rockbottom Productions: "Drama Movie" from Neko Neko Films on Vimeo. That's right Neko Neko films just released a NEW episode of Rockbottom Productions. For those of you who haven't heard of Neko Neko they are an awesome young film group who I met in Texas at SXSW. In recent months they have started
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17 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Magic Wand
In keeping with the spirit of this week, I thought I would go ahead and do a simple effect that i've gotten a TON of requests for. How to make your own Magic Wand prop. Start with a wooden dowel and something to use for the handle. I got this foam cylinder at my local craft store, and I lik
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08 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Erik Beck and Indy Mogul on TV (Again!)
Erik Beck of Indy Mogul is fetaured in another episode of the Science Channel's new show "Science of the Movies." The latest episode featuring Erik is titled "The Magic of Henson" and it will be airing this Thursday, July 9th at 10pm on the Science Channel. Erik also appeared on the show last
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06 Jul
Blog: Beyond the Trailer
Movie Math - Blog Edition!
Turns out dinosaurs vs robots is a draw! Meanwhile Johnny Depp’s latest raid on the box office comes up short. How little did he get away with? Let’s find out with some Movie Math! In a battle that shockingly didn’t involve Jerry Bruckheimer, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs tied with
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03 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Prop Scalpel
Even though i've covered fake stabs and cutting before, a lot of you have been requesting how to make more "medical"-based tools, and I think a good place to expand on my Syringe build from a few weeks ago would be to make one of the most basic medical tools, the Scalpel. I think the best b
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03 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Awesome Music Video Shot With Webcams
A friend of mine sent me this amazing music video shot entirely with webcams, and I just had to post it up. This once again illustrates the entire point of Indy Mogul, that it doesn't matter if you don't have an amazing camera, or professional actors, with a good idea, and hard work, you can make so
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03 Jul
Blog: Indy Mogul
Disposable Film Festival '10 - Submit now!
Disposable Film Fest '09 Promo from Disposable Film Festival on Vimeo.Our friends over at the Disposable Film Festival, are currently accepting submissions for 2010! If you don't remember, the DFF is a festival dedicated to telling good stories with sub-cinematic equipment. It doesn't matter if it'
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03 Jul
Blog: Beyond the Trailer
BTT's newest intern!
Hollywood is a tough business to break into, so you gotta start making inroads ASAP! Take Beyond The Trailer's newest intern, Mady Sabia. She's the daughter of BTT's director/DP John Sabia and his lovely wife Lisa, who you can see on BTT's Ice Age 3 episode. Here's Mady on the set - already weig
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