Posts tagged DIY

• 20 Jul

  Episode: Backyard FX

  How-To DIY Snorricam Tutorial

  This week, BFX shows you how to build a cheap DIY Snorricam for all your filmmaking needs.  Darren Aronofsky and Martin Scorsese have famously used the Snorricam in their films and now you can, too.  If you have your own Snorricam footage, submit it to http://www.IndyMogul.com/submit and we could

• 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

• 07 Jul

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Season 3 Promo

  Backyard FX Season 3 will premiere Monday July 13th!  In Season 3, BFX goes back to a having a Build episode and Original Short test film every week.  We'll also be introducing the new BFX Build Team!  Check back next week for the premiere episode!

• 08 Jun

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Bloody Finger, Explosions, DIY Focus Wheel : Your FX

  Bloody fingers and a DIY focus wheel for your camera don't usually go together, but on Your FX, it makes perfect sense.   Check out these two tutorials as well as this month's mash-up of special effect clips sent in by the Indy Mogul viewers.  If we use your tutorial, you get a free Indy Mogul t-

• 24 Mar

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Conceptualize, Shoot, and Edit in 24 hours?

  For this episode of $99 Music Video, Director James Spruill teams up with the band Franklin for Short to create a music video concept for the song "Fast & Soft."  James and the band relied solely on their low-budget filmmaking skills and DIY creativity to create the entire video for less than $99

• 23 Feb

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Rockbottom Productions - Episode 2 - "Horror"

  Rockbottom Productions: "Horror Movie" from Neko Neko Films on Vimeo. As promised, the folks at Rockbottom Productions have followed through with their monthly web series in an epic hoRRor (make sure you roll that "R") flick. We are excited about the use of humor and production that make for a v

• 16 Feb

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Space Suit and Helmet: BFX Redux

  This week, we have a special 'BFX Redux'.  Backyard FX is revisiting two favorite episodes:  The Space Suit and The Space Helmet.  These episodes have been re-edited and remixed into one build and one awesome 'Original Short.'  Our oldest fans get to see an updated version of a fan favorite, whi

• 09 Feb

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Robots and Lighting Kits : Your FX

  Duplessesstudios shows us how to make a robotic arm and Nic Koch teaches you how to make a cheap lighting rig for your shoots.  We also have a great montage of special effects submitted by you, the viewers.  Oh yea, and Erik announces that Indy Mogul will be giving a free t-shirt to viewers whose