Weekend Extra: Rainproof your camcorder

couldnt you put some cling film over the gap in the bottle to protect even more/?

this is awesome, I film my brother surf and when I wanna go out on the rocks the camera gets splashed... this will be perfect, thank you soooo much

What if you don't have microphones? What if the microphone is inside the camera and you need dialouge. First, the microphone won't pick up any sound, and the rain hitting on the bottle will make that, hollow sound. clunk clink clunk spshhh

freakin-z awesome

it seems like this would ruin your sound, the rain would make a loud noise interference when it hits the bottle. i find you are much better off just throwing a rain coat over it. but if its just drizzling this may work

Nice idea, but it needs some improves to be perfect.  Keep your good work.

Yeah, it's good, but how can you get in there for starting to record? and you can't see the little screen to know what you're shooting.

I used to have that same swiss army knife! By the way, good tutorial.

How about an episode on making a cheap waterproof housing for your camera for those underwater shots?

Thats awesome! You would for sure have to do any dialoge or anything later on. Can you imagine the racket it would make on the vid with the rain hitting the empty bottle? >.

Cool, thats actually very useful, i know the suffering people go through when it rains and tey say "Oh no, my camera will get wet and my film will be ruind!"

cool

Hey guys, these tips are awesome!! 
A big thanks from ET ENTERTAINMENT!

Check us out on the web!
http://www.et-films.net
http://www.et-films.net
http://www.et-films.net

holy shyza :( i really needed this vid awhile ago, oh why didnt i go random web surfer earlier???????

Would I also put rain ponchos up or something instead?

Thats really cool, but if you were reording sound with your camera, youll hear the rain drops on th tde bottle.

That rain idea seems really great. I will use it in the future.

What about completey submersible camera gear? The real stuff is expensive. I'm going to try and build my own but I'd love to see your interpretation

Add a little peanut butter to your fake blood mixture for thickness

Cookieface, here is a link for a blood effect similar to the bottle idea.  It's a little less work and fewer parts involved.  http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/blood/index.html

Another great idea for prop guns are Airsoft guns, they look very real and the pistols work very well on their own with no FX needed for the sound.

But I'm stil having trouble with the sqibs. I liked the idea of the tube and condom, but there were problems that I found with both those ideas. Are there any other methods that you know of?

Prop Weapons is really easy, and I think he mentioned them before. 

All you have to do is go to Toys R' Us, find the best looking toy gun there, spray paint it all black, and as long as you aren't doing any "Slide Action" shots, or close-up's, it'll look great.

What matters more is the muzzle flash, and the sound effect, animated effected shells, and a slide effect are secondary, and tougher to do, but no impossible if you have good aftereffects knowledge.

NICE! I was just searching on youtube for a waterproof camera case thing. I was wondering, could you do a episode on prop weapons? Thanks.

Great! Now how do I put it underwater? PLEASE teach the world to make an underwater camera housing!!

do a episode on fake guts

Very nice. I know it's been said before, but you should totally make a jib. That would be awesome!

Thanks!

hey can you do a episode on knife wounds

I think maybe you could do an episode on a camera crane sorta thing. Keep up the good work!

Maybe for the noise problem you could just engineer a towel or rag over the bottle. Like wrap it in some kinda cloth. If you catch my drift.
Or you might not want to use the mic on the camera at all

THANKS FOR EVERY THING IS IT VERY HELPFUL, GRACIAS.

As I watched that video I was thinking that would work better as a hidden camera.

I think it might also be a good idea to have the rear flap open up instead of down (ie: like this |\ not this |/ ), so it'll help keep water out better. The housings no good if you camera's sitting in a pool of water.

This is cool man. I'll use it sometime.

For sound you could use a shotgun mic right? There's probably simple and effective ways to cover it that wouldn't have any sound draw backs. Using onboard mics usually isn't suggested anyways

This is a great idea.  Seems like everyone else has covered the extras needed to make it better.  

wen the rain hit the outside of  the container it will make an echoing sound and u wont be able to hear ur actors! any suggestions to solve this prob?

I like the idea but there some flaws in your design.

1. Like someone already mentioned, how do you see what you are filming? Maybe leave the flap open while filming or something like that.

2: How do you reach the buttons on the camera(such as stopping and recording or zooming). I suggest making an opening right around where your buttons would be for easy access.

3: The protective thingy is kinda big for the camera. How do you keep it from sliding around while you are filming?

Also, I think it would be a good idea to do a test video for this like you do with the rest of your stuff. I know its summer and its not raining but maybe you could use a hose set to that sprinkler setting. Just some thoughts.

I have a question:
How are you supposed to see what you're filming? I mean, other than just kind of pointing the camera in the general direction of your subject.

It's so simple but effective
Nice job..
I can't wait to see the Samurai episode from BFX

Evan; They said in the video that you can buy liquid latex from costume shops, if you can't find it there they also put a link for an online store;

http://www.liquidlatexworld.com/

Awesome, great tutorial! I really dig Alan's hair, very rockstar-like

That's really useful! thanks a lot!

hey B FX my name is Evan and i am makeing a grind house zomie series and i need to know how to make it look like my zombie is geting a stick or a knife impale him                                       
                                    
                                                             p.s where do i get liquid latex

http://effectsandfilm.blogspot.com/ I just made a blog dedicated to special effects. I sponsor you guys but wont steal anything. Check it out and give advice maybe! Thanks alot

You may want to also put some sort of plastic wrap over it. And if it's REALLY coming down, with wind, you want to make sure that the water doesn't pool inside the jug.

that looks like it'll help me, rains where I am allot and this will definitely help, Thank you,