Camera angles
This applies to still photos as much as it does to motion pictures. I have noticed that plastic bags are placed behind heads to keep hair out of goo, or unrealistic looking gut being pulled out of body cavities, etc, etc, etc...
Before you shoot that pic or film footage, critically look at the shot. Is everything that's suppose to be hidden, really out of sight? Could a unrealistic looking situation (zombie feeding, disemboweling, etc,) be improved by a different camera angle or different lighting? Probably it could. Just take a few more seconds to look critically at the shot before you shoot. It could make the difference between a okay visual and a really cool one.
Before you shoot that pic or film footage, critically look at the shot. Is everything that's suppose to be hidden, really out of sight? Could a unrealistic looking situation (zombie feeding, disemboweling, etc,) be improved by a different camera angle or different lighting? Probably it could. Just take a few more seconds to look critically at the shot before you shoot. It could make the difference between a okay visual and a really cool one.
Tags: Lighting, realism, shooting angle
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Permalink Reply by Mark on -
The thing that I've found that would work best is that when a crowd of zombies attack an innocent... they gather around like animals to a feast... thus hiding what's supposed to be hidden.
Another thing some people ought to think about is editing. Many things can be taken out of a shot, if they took the time to do so.
For instance.... Using Adobe After Effects you can simply remove somone's head and add blood spatter without having to use a dummy or a jumpy shot to merge the footage together.... you can simply track a victim or zombie's motions, digitally, and add the desired effect... no bags, no cameras in the way, no squibs, it's a simple editing procedure that makes for great movie magic.
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