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Q and Erik: Cannon GL2, Prosthetic Kit and Spirit Gum Substitute
This week on "Q and Erik" we discuss the Cannon GL2, prosthetic kits, spirit gum substitutes and Erik shows off his "sexy fireman" costume, sexy being a relative term of course.
Tags : mogul, indy, DIY, erik, q, spirit, sexy, gum, cannon, gl2, prosthetic, fireman
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hahahahahaha. That was amazing
more "sexy fireman" costumes!!!!!!!!!!
Heheh, I knew you gentleman would like that!
Do you really play guitar Justin? I do (for 5 years...) You should give us those type of clips every week!
Ehh, sort of. I played on and off for two years. I can play a couple chords, enough to get through most Counting Crows songs!
the band that 'm in played Mr. Jones
Steve I was also sad to see the sexy fireman go but Erik is just too entertaining to give up...Keep moving those arms around
What were you filming this with if you have your GL2 on the table next to you?
Next New Networks has a Sony HD studio camera that we use for green screen stuff.
is that why Q and erik is always in widescreen when the other shows usually are not?
Yup!
man, studio camera + HD + studio equipment, talk about expensive.
Yup! Luckily we didn't have to pay for it, heh. We make sure all the tips are low budget though.
nice episode Indy Mogul hope to see some Christmas Zombies afterall Zombies are great for any season. Nice Costume Erik \m/
Silent Night of the Living Dead!
hey erik,
You have to be 21 to drink in Kentucky. ...well, ...legally.
just in case you're interested. ...not that I can think of a reason you should be.
i liked the thing about the stuff
Hi Erik I know you got your Canon CAMERA and technica audio at ebay. But just give mme a estimate of how much they would cost at Best Buy or Circut City. Thank you.
They'd be a lot more expensive. Probably twice as much. There's huge mark up on big box stores like that.
Woot, you need to be 16 to drive. And 21 to drink?? In sweden you'll have to be 18 to drink and drive.... (Don't drink and drive)
kinda same here!! but you can get a special permission to drive when you are 16 !:D
Rock on you guys!!
lol i live in kentucky. and you must be 21 to drink... legally.
yeah where at
If I wanted to do some sort of effect where my actor gets his/her leg/arm cut off, what do you suggest as far as "greenscreening" the actor's arm? leg? lime green panty hose???? paint their arm???? let me know thanks Erik
Bones, cutting someone's limbs off is not that easy to do with green screen. It might be able to be done, but I tried it, and it didn't work well. Anyway, I would reccomend using some editing software that has MASKING and MASK their arm all gone bye-bye.
Great show, BTW.
How do we get the footage of Justin?
Where it says click to download, right click and select "save target as" and then tell it where you want it. I'll have my vid up shortly... Not on how to download the vid, I mean using the footage.
Exactly! Our M4V is probably the highest quality download we put out. Also, if you do make something awesome with the green screen footage, feel free to post the link here in the comments section, or on the forums. WOOHOO!
Ok, I downloaded it and I just brought it into the editor and WTF it's the wrong vid. It's an older Q and Erik, not this one. What happen? Did somebody set us up the bomb?
Alright, the m4v and wmv are both in working order now
The download won't work for me! If this is on youtube (which you guys usually put all your stuff on youtube) I'll just rip it from there. But last time I "downloaded it" it just didn't work. Don't know why. Just downloaded an empty file and named it "QE_2007" or whatever I guess. Well, I'm off to hack youtube... actually, it's not really hacking, but whatever...
were's mr. scoggins' blog? shouldt it of been out yesterday.
It'll go up tomorrow, since we have a new post from Intern Wally today. We just finally set him up with a user name so he'll start regular blogging asap.
And by "him" I mean WesCog
im offended about what he said about kentucky but it true but still going to watch it
Thanks Randomann, I don't know how I missed that.
wait...people ACTUALLY live in Kentucky?
Thanks for clearing up the "office setting" thing. I knew that had something to do with next new network.
My grandmother and family lives about 4 hours away from you guys (by car). i MIGHT visit one day........ but my dad would be like, no their strangers, ha.
Keep up the good work.
hey the episode was great but whenever you click on the windows download it's linked to the one with the mind controlling hat IDK if that was it is supposed to be but the Quicktime one downloads this weeks. Thought you should know.
is fixed now
Thaks Justin...I wont let you down!
you can drink at age 18 in Wisconsin if you have a league age parent with you
i used the zombie idea in a recent episode and it was really cool . i made it look like i had a bullet hole in my cheek. im going to send it in because it was so awesome
wow! Erik and i wore the same costume for Halloween. PS why cant skeletons have kids?......because they have a hallo-weener.
well, i guess erik took my idea of putting a sexy girl on the show since our demographic is all teenage boys, but I didn't think the sexy gir would turn out to be him!? "Has the the world gone crazy?! Am I the only one who gives a %^&%W about the rules!!!"
wow...Indy Mogul as a full time job...like heaven on earth...
who played the sexy fireman
Where do you film the beginnings of BFX? Like the last episodes of Mogulween were in like a basement type area thing.
That's Erik's apartment in Brooklyn
Custom white balance is superior. Make it "look cool" in post via your NLE or compositing package. Auto is useful for quick stuff I suppose, but I would never use it on a serious shoot. Also, Indy Mogul, you spelled Canon wrong, unless that was a subtle reference to it being an explosively awesome company or something. Huge Canon geek here, so I just had to be all over that.
I also thought you had good aim. Very disappointed. Good show though.
tried alnight to submit my pumpkin video with no success. could i be sending it in a wrong format? can you help? me my son busted his but on it.
Not nice Erik, why kill Steve? He's a sexy sexy man.
Great tips as always, I'm a dipshit when it comes to cam settings.
Also, if I ever go to NY again, I am soooo coming to ki-...hug you guys.
I'll bring cookies!
Yeah awsome fireman costume! LOL
GOT HIM ;)
There is "Where is Waldo" 's Waldo at 04:05 - 04:10 in the background of the office. Very nice.
Love your show.
Hey Indy Mogul great show. I want to shoot a film with moonlight, but i've got a relativly cheap camera. So if i shoot it's dark even with nightshot on. do you no what to do? Please help me Indy Mogul so i can make my movie in the moonlight.
Google 'shooting day for night'
Another fantastic episode.
I am making a movie and I need some and underwater shots. I have a very VERY small budget so instead of an underwater camera (unless there is a way to modify a normal one which I doubt) is there an video effect I can use? It does not need to look good as it is 50s style.
Also I need a muscle suit which can be worn under or over clothing to make Arnie arms and chest and stuff. It too can look fake but not REALLY fake. If you can I'd like them to be cheap and easy to make loads of them.
One last question: Where does your funding come from?
You could use a digital camera with an underwater housing, and then just record video. Probably the easiest route.
Here's a tutorial on making an underwater housing on the (VERY) cheap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_c3SHj0qbc
you should be able to get the ammo can at your local army surplus (which is to war movies as the goodwill is to zombie movies and puppets)
for an under water camera we built a periscope type thing with 2 mirrors reflecting each other in a wood case so the shot looked underwater but u don't destroy your camera.
4 muscles just use tissue papper under a long sleeve shirt.
Thanks for the underwater effect I would never have thought of that. :) As for the muscles I'm needing muscles that can be worn without a shirt or jumper. With a tank top or something :P.
The forums won't play nice with me! They won't let me post anything and say I am not signed in. What have I done wrong?
Also if I come to New york how would you like Steve disposed of?
Just kidding Steve is funny.
That took me a few goes. I ended up logging on, on the homepage. But it took me ages too :P.
i found Waldo!!! (4:05)
dang someone else beat me to it
" I hate you eric, I hate you too steve"
LOL!
what about hammer time?
I found waldo!!
who was she was hot eriks girlfriend probaly
DAMMIT STEVE WHERE'S WEEKEND EXTRA, PUT THE F******
POTATO SALAD DOWN A GET IT ON HERE!!... please... thanks
....NEEED WEEKEND EXTRA....NEED CAMERA JIB....NEED BRAINS....
please?
Steve's still frantically editing it. It's gonna blow yer mind!
haha like ur sexy fireman costume
i would like to ask were u can get one of those hahah
love the show really good
WEEKEND EXTRA!!!! WHERE OH WERE IS WEEKEND EXTRA!!!
STEVE!!!! POST THE WEEKEND EXTRA
where is todays weekend extra?
please weekend extra
its coming in about 2 minutes
dkhg
fsdfasd
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Go to directontheset.com and register!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you guys have a professional green screen, or did you just paint a wall or something?
is the sexy fireman venessa
fabulicious
I read this wrong I thought it said gum prostitute. That would have to be a whole other episode I think.
when you were talking about the cannon gl2...i was almost certian you were gonna say "Hammertime"
no thats not true cause most of kentucky is dry i didnt spell it write or well i know clinton county is dry
you said that people with Asthma should just "man up" when it comes to chemical fumes... not true... it could be life or death for some of us... it's not a choice... Kids could die because they think they are just being wimps about it... I'm 43 and have had asthma all of my adult life... it's not at all what the movies play it out to be. It is a life or death disease. not a joke... your casual comments could kill in this case... I'd love it you would study up on the real disease...
Now stepping off my soap box again...
I love your show guys... truly insightful with a great since of humor... Keep up the great work, your passion shows through...
Timothy...
this wasent one of there bet films
you missed peanut butter jelly time