Posts tagged specialeffects

• 06 Nov

  Episode: Beyond the Trailer

  'A Christmas Carol 3D' Movie Review

  Host Grace Randolph takes "A Christmas Carol" director Robert Zemeckis on his own personal journey of redemption with a much-needed intervention!  Plus audiences let us know if they’ve been spirited away by this new take on the classic tale!

• 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!

• 22 Jun

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Knife in the Head Demo by Multivision FX : Hollywood FX

  Multivision FX is a full-service special effects studio working in TV and Film.  In this episode of Hollywood FX, Erik Beck tours their special effects workshop, learns the importance of knowing real human anatomy, and gets a demonstration of a gory Knife in the Head effect.  Check out http://www.

• 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-

• 25 May

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Gory Prosthetic Wounds and Special Effects : HFX

  Erik visits Synapse FX in Southern California for this edition of Hollywood FX.  Get a behind-the-scenes look at how this special fx shop creates some amazing effects for independent film.  They're experts of it all and show off some of the latest prosthetic technology used to create realistic wou

• 19 May

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Terminator or Pizza Boy? : Original Short

  Terminator or Pizza Boy?  Indy Mogul has found an exclusive clip from the new Terminator Salvation movie.  It's an extended clip of a Pizza Boy scene that was cut from the theatrical version.  John Connor wants a pizza, and the pizza boy just wants to deliver it, but the battles that rages on bet

• 18 May

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Terminator Robot Chest Build

  The Terminator Movie franchise continues with Terminator Salvation, so Backyard FX had to answer the fans with a build from the movie.  This week, Erik builds a ripped-open chest that reveals a robotic endoskeleton like the one from the new trailer for Terminator Salvation.  For under $30, Erik sh

• 05 May

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Star Trek Search for Hot Girls : Original Short

  Star Trek's most ambitious mission yet: Find Hot Girls!  Having no luck with the ladies from the future, two cadets transport back in time to impress girls from the past with their advanced technology.  Unfortunately, there's already an app for that.  And everyone knows the Klingon always gets th