How can an $80 projector upgrade your Poor Man’s Process? How can filmmakers learn to use the same projection techniques that were used in First Man (2018), Gravity (2013) and Oblivion (2013)? Well to find out we spoke to Charles Haine, a professor of cinematography at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema and a writer at NoFilmSchool. Every filmmaker has shot a scene in a car at one point in their career. Whether it’s on a process trailer in a big budget production or doing the very unsafe and unwise method of shooting an actually moving vehicle, car scenes are commonplace in modern filmmaking. In this episode we show how using front projection can instantly upgrade your poor man’s process and improve the cinematic quality of your car scenes. We combine simple lighting techniques with a cheap projector we bought at Best Buy for stunning results. But can this technique match up with a CGI green screened alternative? Watch to find out!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) on the original XBOX is a beat ’em up / survivor horror game that is way better than you might expect. That is if we can figure out how to complete the tutorial 😉
Retro-Bit is partnering with SEGA to release new controllers for Genesis/MegaDrive and Saturn that are built to original specifications and also offer USB connections and more.
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Passion and Warfare comes a special 2CD edition of the album which includes the first-ever release of Vai’s Modern Primitive songs and recordings. Based on song sketches and works-in-progress penned, and recorded, by Vai following the release of Flex-Able, the artist’s debut album, in January 1984, the music on Modern Primitive has been completed by Steve for release as a full album bonus disc in the Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition.\
Before The Rock starred in the 2006 game Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run, there was another reboot of the franchise in 2001. Victor Lucas jumps behind the wheel to explain why it’s a Buried Treasure!
The ECS Group’s Liva Q2 is a tiny little Gemini Lake Windows mini PC running Windows 10. Just be sure to get the configuration that has 64 GB of storage as it’s not upgradeable despite the easy to open case.
