Posts tagged how to

• 22 May

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Cheap Bounce Board

    So we've covered some lighting techniques, and how to assemble a cheap lighting kit in the past.  But something that I haven't really talked about how to make (and that is actually really simple) is the basic bounce board. These are really easy to make, and can help really improve your lighting

• 16 May

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Fake Oil/Grime

   Chances are that you've seen at least one movie in your life that featured a shady Mechanic character, or a group of people working together on a machine of some sort. Something that I have always noticed in these scenes is that nearly everyone is always splattered with oil or grime. Little touche

• 06 Feb

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Vertical Camera Rig

   One of the angles that i've had a surprising amount of trouble with (because it seems to deceptifully simple) is the stable overhead shot of someone that is laying down. It can be simple to get an overhead shot, but if you're having a character that is going to be shot on the ground for a while, i

• 30 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Super-Cheap Shock Mount

   All of us want great sound in our films, but unfortunately not all of us can afford a professional boompole, much less boompole accesories. This is one such accesory. Shock Mounts go at the end of boompoles, suspending the mic (usually from elastic or rubber straps) in the center of a mount, keepi

• 23 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Camera Car Mount

   This is a build that has been requested from Indy Mogul since practically the beginning, so I think it is well overdue that this build is finally undertaken.  It's big brothers are a common sight on film sets, during car chase sequences, and even during simple driving sequences, they are used in

• 14 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: ...Is moving!

      Hey everybody, Wes here. Just wanted to make a quick annoucement here on the blog for everybody that is looking for the tutorial today. As many of you know, for us school-bound folk, the Spring Semester has started, and that means a whole next schedule for me, and it's the first time

• 07 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Webbed Fingers

   Here I am back for 2009, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! Well I return to the blog with a request from the vaults. WEBBED FINGERS, one of our older requests, it can be applied to everything from Vampires or bat-people, to all sorts of half-aquatic people (or whatever other mutants y

• 15 Oct

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Grenade Launcher

      Grenade Launchers, what do I have to say? When you really need to have your hero blow something up, and he doesn't want to actually take the time to throw a grenade. Seen in classic action films such as Terminator 2, it's a classic "heavy artillery" weapon. Here is one I created for less tha