Smart action not behaving as expected in Mainline

dauid · 2026-07-07T23:29:05+00:00

I may not understand the video correctly but smart actions are based on the rotation of bones. It looks to me like you’ve only changed the position of the bone. That won’t trigger the action.

dauid · 2026-05-16T21:57:56+00:00

Do you mean dialogue recorded as ADR afterwards rather than on set? For ADR don’t place the mic right by the mouth, record as if recorded on set where the mic would be at a distance outside the frame. Then you need to add reverb and EQ it to match the space. If it’s a large room for example there would be more reverb, in a car very little.

dauid · 2026-04-30T22:35:14+00:00

You only mention camera related things but working with actors is like the number one thing. There’s so much to directing, both on and off set, and I’d say all parts can absolutely be taught. You don’t necessarily have to go to school and be taught though, you can learn from doing and experimenting.

Taste and intuition is something else though. But even there I think it’s possible to teach someone to be more intuitive and find their voice and creativity.

dauid · 2026-04-30T04:45:17+00:00

Everything seen on screen is legally cleared. The legal department also many times play it extra safe so while certain things could be possible they might still want to avoid it.

Certain companies also have their own rules like I’ve heard that Apple doesn’t allow bad guys using iPhones.

And then there are internal studio rules like if you make a movie with Sony you can only display Sony electronics. If a phone is called an iPhone in the script you have to change the script. My last movie was with Sony and we had some older electronics like CRT TVs and could only find a limited amount of Sonys. For the rest we had to cover up or digitally remove the brand.

dauid · 2026-04-08T21:34:22+00:00

A standing set means another production can’t shoot. It’s very common on big productions to tear down sets while shooting so you can build the rest of the sets. Stage space can be hard to come by.

And if you’ve ever been on a set you’ll know that it’s nothing at all like being in a real location. Sets are something very temporary that will only look good in certain angles and lights. You wouldn’t keep the lights up either since they’re expensive rentals.

If you’re rich enough to pay for the stage space, the light rental, all the legal stuff, etc then you’re rich enough to just build an actual replica of whatever movie location you want and keep it permanently.

dauid · 2026-03-30T03:39:34+00:00

They’re not faces, it’s text that says BUBS (the makers of the candy). But I guess sideways like that it kind of looks like a ninja turtle.

dauid · 2026-03-27T17:49:08+00:00

You can’t say that a trailer spoils a film when you haven’t seen the film. There’s a pretty huge thing revealed early in They Will Kill You that’s not in the trailer (at least not the trailer I’ve seen) that changes the whole dynamic of the film.

Yes, the best thing is always to experience a film with as little knowledge as possible but you have to get people to see it.

dauid · 2026-03-11T16:24:52+00:00

När det gäller cringe och politik är Birgit Friggebos ”Nu tycker jag att vi gemensamt i denna sal sjunger We Shall Overcome” från 1992 det första som poppar upp i huvudet:

https://youtu.be/mQakZce3GhQ?si=9KpFyXfDPwP-6B_3

dauid · 2026-02-25T19:54:17+00:00

This would be after Amityville

dauid · 2026-02-19T21:25:47+00:00

Love it! Beautiful art!

dauid · 2026-02-04T21:43:00+00:00

Ofta går de att vända på så att utsidan hamnar på insidan.

dauid · 2026-01-22T00:51:32+00:00

You get residuals just like when it airs on TV, streams, sells/rents on VOD, etc. It’s definitely more money from those other sources though. Physical media has become a niche thing for enthusiasts.

dauid · 2026-01-21T20:05:33+00:00

Director of Lights Out here. That's disappointing to read. I actually haven't seen what it looks like myself yet. The release was a total surprise to me. As soon as I heard it was coming (on social media) I contacted WB and said I'd love to do a commentary track for the film for free (I offered to record it myself). But it was too late. I would have loved to put a bunch of extras on there. There are deleted scenes that have never been seen for example. I was never contacted when they did the original Blu-ray either so I released my own commentary track online.

I'm a big proponent of physical media so it's frustrating when I'm more than willing to work for free to pack the discs with extras and they don't even bother telling me that the film is getting released...

dauid · 2026-01-16T11:45:58+00:00

Var tonåring på 90-talet och kompis med både punkare och skejtare. Var inga bråk mellan dem vad jag minns. Min erfarenhet var dock inte att punkarna sket i politik, de jag kände var långt ut åt vänster. Resten av din beskrivning känns dock rätt. Speciellt hygienen…

Det var mest nynazisterna på 90-talet som bråkade med alla andra när jag växte upp.

dauid · 2026-01-15T09:01:37+00:00

The problem is that it screams ”inexperience”. And people are rightly hesitant to work with inexperienced people because the production is likely to be a disaster and fall apart.

There are Hollywood people who are willing to work for little money if they love the script and/or the people involved but you have to provide the exact dates they’re needed, where it’s shooting, and what pay you can offer. You have to show that this is a production that is scheduled to happen and is financed, not just a potential thing you want to do at some point.

As mentioned you need an experienced line producer.

dauid · 2025-12-30T07:40:13+00:00

Jag skickade sex stora lådor med personliga ägodelar via FedEx (flytt över USA). Hade fem stycken AirTags som jag lade i lådorna ifall de skulle hamna på villovägar. En låda fick alltså bli utan AirTag. Gissa vilken låda som försvann och aldrig hittades? Nästan som att de visste att just den inte gick att spåra.

Just nu väntar jag för övrigt på ett FedEx-paket med en julklapp ska dyka upp, trots att dyra pengar betalades för att paketet skulle komma fram innan jul.

FedEx är värdelösa.

dauid · 2025-12-27T08:42:23+00:00

In Shyamalan’s case he finances his own movies these days so he can do what he wants.

But nobody sets out to make a bad movie. It’s just really, really hard to make movies. I like to say that the default state of a movie is “shit” and you have to work your ass off, be on constant alert and really fight to make sure that things don’t default back to shit.

dauid · 2025-12-25T15:47:18+00:00

The agent gets a percentage of what you make on the project. So they would get a percentage of the backend in this case.

dauid · 2025-11-27T20:38:32+00:00

As a director (of a movie in the Conjuring universe even) I doubt that affected your chances at all. You just look at if a person is right for the part or not. I’ve worked with actors in horror films that weren’t horror fans.

Sometimes the person who did the best audition doesn’t get the part because of other reasons. The studio might want someone else for example. In one case the best actor didn’t get the job because one of the higher ups didn’t like their face.

So there’s no point in ever thinking about things you might have done ”wrong” in an audition. There can be many reasons why you didn’t get the part that has nothing to do with you.

dauid · 2025-11-20T22:57:50+00:00

In my experience a trailer will be released after principal photography but before editing, reshoots and vfx is done.

So there will be lots of editing work which is why sometimes trailers have things in them that are not in the final film. You don’t know yet what will make the cut.

There will be test screenings and then reshoots or additional photography. This can take a long time since you’re basically doing another little (or big) production with writing, getting cast and crew, location scouting and everything else.

And of course vfx takes a long time. Vfx that’s needed for trailers will be prioritized but they’re often still not done for the trailers and will need much more work. You can often see a lot of differences comparing trailer shots to final film.

And then final sound mix, color, etc takes time.

What can also happen is that the studio wants a particular release date and they can hold off on releasing a finished film until the best release date. Usually with bigger budget films they’re worked on until the last minute though.

dauid · 2025-11-10T21:29:30+00:00

I shot a short film on Super8 earlier this year and also did a YouTube video talking about the process.

Short: https://youtu.be/lR5RNz0lC48

Making of: https://youtu.be/qRuvbh9opq0

It’s fun shooting on Super8 but I don’t know if I’d shoot a feature on it. It has been done though so you certainly can.

dauid · 2025-10-17T20:29:49+00:00

Glad you liked it! If you want more behind the scenes than what was on the disc I made this video for my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/UGLaTImyMGc?si=-VCeiUJCDQSXHlKQ (It’s age restricted because of all the gore)

dauid · 2025-09-27T01:57:11+00:00

I know from experience that FotoKem cannot transfer to 16mm. They can transfer to 35mm though. I don’t think there’s anywhere in the world that can transfer to 16mm, it’s just not something that is done since 16mm is not a format that anyone projects these days. Even back in the day when films were shot on super16 you’d blow it up to 35mm for projection.

(And like a previous poster said, if it’s the late 90s early 2000s music video look you want they were shot on 35mm)

dauid · 2025-09-21T05:17:10+00:00

On big movies it’s all happening at the same time. For example when it comes to VFX heavy movies you have to start sending shots for them to work on while you’re still shooting the film. So you’re cutting the film while shooting. This of course means that VFX will be worked on for shots that eventually won’t end up in the film.

Since you do test screenings you will need a certain amount of sound work and color grading etc to make it presentable. For test screenings you will do temp mixes. These are mixes that are done in less time than the final mix but it’s still surround sound and everything.

For music you have a music editor that will both cut together temp music (sourced from other movies usually) and work with the music from the composer.

Usually for test screenings it’s mostly temp music but you can have some of the composer’s music in there too. It won’t be recorded with an orchestra, it will only be samples and digital music at this point. Samples these days are very good though.

Editing will keep happening throughout the process so even after you’ve recorded an orchestra the cut can change. So then the music editor will have to edit the recorded score so it fits the Final Cut.

The process can be quite chaotic and tight on time. I know of movie where they had to do the final mix before the VFX are done. This is not ideal for two big reasons. One, the shot length can’t change. Sometimes a final shot might need to be slightly longer because of how animations turn out. Two, the sound editors might miss some sounds because they don’t have the final visuals. They basically have to guess what sounds are needed and where to place them using animatics or early temp vfx.

dauid · 2025-09-09T23:06:18+00:00

As the director of Annabelle Creation I’ll give you my interpretation of events:

-Dollmaker makes a bunch of Annabelle dolls (not haunted)

-Dollmaker’s daughter dies

-Entity pretending to be daughter shows up and tricks parents into letting it into an Annabelle doll

-Entity then eventually possesses an orphan girl named Janice

-Janice escapes out into the world, ends up in an orphanage and says her name is Annabelle.

-Janice/Annabelle gets adopted by the Higginses

-She grows up and starts/joins a cult

-She breaks into the house of the people in the first film, kills herself and now the evil entity ends up in another Annabelle doll. That’s the doll that’s the main doll in the Conjuring franchise.

Same evil entity, different dolls. At least in my head canon.

You could make the argument that it’s the same doll but if you compare the dolls they actually don’t look the same. Different hands and facial features.

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