http://phantommoose.com The filmmaking adventures of three teens and their families Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:41:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here’s the fourth video in a series on stage fighting from the book Combat Mime by J. D. Martinez. Today, we’ll show you how to fake a punch. Here are the other three in case you missed them. Combat Mime Video 4 -- Faking a Punch from Phantom Moose Films on Vimeo. You can also watch ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/07/23/combat-mime-video-4-faking-a-punch/ Here’s the third video in a series from the book Combat Mime by J. D. Martinez. Today, we’re demonstrating an shove. Here are the other two in case you missed them. Combat Mime Video 3 – Shove from Phantom Moose Films on Vimeo. You can also watch the video on YouTube. We'll be posting more ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/07/17/combat-mime-video-3-shove/ Have a look at our new dolly. It's got everything! It's made out of aluminum, has shock absorbers, built in accessory pouch, and it folds up for easy transport. You could even mount a jib on this thing! [caption id="attachment_325" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="New dolly."][/caption] http://phantommoose.com/2008/07/15/hello/ I’d like you to meet a little voice. He’s not a very good friend of mine, but he does serve a useful purpose. He is the Voice of Realism and he pops up everywhere. Trouble is, he’s easy to ignore. He asked me to tell you something for him. It ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/07/12/realism-in-a-can/ Here's the second in a video series from the book Combat Mime by J. D. Martinez. Today, we're demonstrating an elbow jab. We'll be using it with the choke technique that we discussed in the first video.   Combat Mime Video 2 – Elbow Jab from Phantom Moose Films on Vimeo. You can also ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/07/02/combat-mime-video-2-elbow-jab/ Lowel is a location light kit manufacturer with the usual large price tags, but they have a free section of their Web site about how to light different situations. Although the lessons all use their lights, there's no reason why you couldn't do the same sort of thing with a few ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/06/25/lighting-resource/ You may remember that I had posted a while ago about an article I found on stage fighting. Well, I got a few of the books listed in that article from my library, and I've been reading them over the past few weeks. I wanted to show you the one ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/06/18/great-resource-combat-mime/ There are two things that generally stand out when you watch an amateur video. Shaky footage from the lack of tripod use, and too many transitions. We amateurs love transitions and use them frequently. Too frequently. Why? I don't know, maybe because any video editing software comes with piles of cheesy ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/06/12/lets-talk-transitions/ Considering that I just posted a link to an article about stage fighting, I thought it would be a good time to discuss the swords that we use. There are two basic types, though you may find variations. Soft Plastic We had three of these for iSundae II, and we discovered a couple ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/06/03/plastic-swords-safer-fight-scenes/ I just ran across this very well written article on stage fighting, which is the art of making it look like you're fighting, while being safe! If you ever wanted a sword fight or fight scene in your movie, read this lengthy article and check out some of the listed ... http://phantommoose.com/2008/05/25/great-article-on-stage-fighting/