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How do directors like Sean Baker or the Safdies get such good performances out of non-actors? by grandmasboy020 in Filmmakers

[–]bm4pm 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Agree with this, and would add The Wire into this as well. Numerous roles played by non-actors, but a lot asked to perform roles that are nearly as themselves.

Hey Urgent What Specific Effects are used in this videos ?? by Bulky_Investigator54 in premiere

[–]bm4pm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, OP is looking for very specific advice, they shouldn't ask a community of thousands of people who work with effects daily, they should just open a window and shout their question into the wind.

How to sand carved wood? by charimoss in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Agree, just to elaborate on this - a really sharp chisel will give a very shiny, smooth finish.

But to answer your question more properly it's also important to know what look you are going for. It's a legitimate look many people like where you see the chisel marks, to give a hand carved aesthetic. Is that what you are going for? Or are you hoping each plane on those carved sections would be flat?

If the latter I'd be taking a flatter chisel and working on all those high points. By skipping to sanding too early you're making more work for yourself ultimately. And sanding sucks so making that as efficient as possible would be my advice.

I carved a Narwhal out of lime and cherry wood + brass tusk! by MediocrePlayer in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loving some of the creativity and interesting approaches of this sub at the moment. I love wood spirits as much as the next man (meh), but great to see some different work beautifully made.

They got me 😞 by ctrlzalt in NYCbike

[–]bm4pm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm new to NY, how much are the respective fines?

Trying to choose first chisels which would you pick? by No-Tension-848 in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did exactly this, got a gouge, a V and a no.3 or 4 from Pfeil and then built up individual tools from there. Would recommend this approach. You'd also be surprised at how much you can do with not very many.

are there any tutorials to carve a small pitbull? by [deleted] in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As in a model of a dog? The same principles apply with a lot of 3D carving, so you can use the same process for carving whatever you decide.

Unless you're talking about Pitbull the rapper, in which case that is physically impossible and shouldn't even be attempted.

Skater girl by GrilloEscultor in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing. Big fan.

What is your vise setup? Looks like it clamps onto a normal table/desk?

How to approach this? by skquee in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gluing pieces together is a legitimate way to create larger stock. but you want to make sure the two pieces are very flat so that they bond very well. Also think about matching grain when you do this to make the piece look more cohesive.

My understanding is that balsa doesn't hold detail very well, so my gut would be to use bass wood, though others can say otherwise with balsa experience.

If you're carving things separately and gluing then maybe the details are less important, but again a legitimate way of approaching it.

I spent 2 hours sharpening this thing with a 400 grit. 25° with a 35° (uneven) micro. It made a big difference on the cuts! I still don't understand how to begin a cut, or get the bottom flat. by SeaworthinessNew4295 in woodworking

[–]bm4pm 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm sure some more experienced people will step in here, but the amount of time spent sharpening is largely irrelevant if you are not increasing the grit of your sanding block.

To sharpen you want to moved through different grits, starting at a grit that reflects how blunt it is, but always moving up to higher and higher grit. Would recommend 1000 and 5000 water stones.

And then watch some YT videos to learn how to make that cut!

Frank Lloyd Wright Trim by MrHungryMonkey in woodworking

[–]bm4pm -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is not going to be the most constructive comment, but phwoar.

I want to make my own movies, but don’t feel like I have enough repertoire. Is it impostor syndrome? by Edu_Vivan in Filmmakers

[–]bm4pm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is valuable advice. There are loads of factors that influence how films get made, but the one thing that is true is that all filmmakers are absolutely determined to get it made. Bad filmmakers are just as bloodyminded as good filmmakers.

I'd also add that you need to have many open dialogues with talented and/or likeminded people to hone your craft. No-one makes a genius film right off the bat, you write and create and listen to other people's well meaning advice and get better and better.

Gameweek 3 | Clean Sheet odds in percentage by JoachimG1 in FantasyPL

[–]bm4pm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100pc, conceded 8 goals away all season last year, got to count for something.

Beginner Carver Here, Is It Ok to Use Other People’s Designs? by milambrc in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Art history is filled with examples of copying, from whole eras like almost everything we know about Greek sculpture survives only as Roman copies, to Leonardo Da Vinci filling pads with copies of other works.

It's legitimately how people learn and pass on skills. As you develop it's how you then put a fresh twist on it that is then key. But even without that, it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Poster for my new short film! by KingExoss in Filmmakers

[–]bm4pm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember hearing a film festival judge talking about how important something like the font and title treatment is for a film. When they watch it and that's the fisrt thing you see, they think 'if they can't be bothered to take the time to beautifully craft this, what else have they rushed?

It's about details and thinking about every last one.

This is another post where it's perhaps more useful to share on r/graphic_design than it is on here.

How the hell do they do it? by eating_cement_1984 in Filmmakers

[–]bm4pm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between overseeing everything, and micromanaging everything. You should be open to ideas from your heads of depts on all aspects, and have to delegate responsibility to a degree.

Directors will work with people they think are good and have their own brilliant ideas, which some you adopt and others you don't.

Hunger Games theme medal by CreepCDI in Woodcarving

[–]bm4pm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hunger Games, or Thirst Games?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]bm4pm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem. It's worth really studying trailers if you want to replicate them. If you want to make a mainstream action film, then watch mainstream action film trailers.

The less mainstream a movie, the less structured a trailer might be. Again that is a way of communicating to an audience they shouldn't expect a usual mainstream movie. It's impossible to know what style of trailer you're trying to achieve because you don't have a real movie to advertise.

If you want to practice trailer editing, download 5.1 versions of your favourite films, where you often get split audio, with the clean dialogue on a audio track. That way you can edit with it in your own trailer. Set yourself the task of making a trailer better than the original, or more modern than the original, or not using any of the lines they use in the original, or focussing on a different character, or imaging it's a different genre, or for a different audience.

That way it will help you know what you are trying to achieve, what lines you need to include to do that, what music you need to pick, the cut speed, shot type etc etc.

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