In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the popular effect in which a colored stroke is placed around a keyed or rotoscoped subject. This example outlines an actor, but you can use it on anything. Create an outline around an actor in After Effects.
Who knew playing SCRABBLE could lead to something like this?!? Nearly four years after he was convicted of seven counts of Internet luring, a Winnipeg man's online activities have landed him back in court.
Keanu Reeves is a really good actor and I'm not even kidding Pity the fate of the blank-faced man or: Why you need to rewatch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Looks like Disney's next nerd blockbuster will come with some pretty cool action figurines. These figures have "impulse projection technology", which means that when you make the figures talk, an image of the actor's face is projected onto the figurine helmet. Interesting!
Ben Lyons (Producer) gives expert video advice on: What is 'scale', what different unions will I work with, how can I get actors, make-up artists and crew to work for little or no money? What if the actor or actress belongs to an agency? What safety precautions should I take while shooting my independent film? Hire cast and crew for your independent film.
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards take place this Sunday, January 16th, 2011 between the hours of 5 and 8 PM PST — that's 8 & 11 PM for those of you on the East Coast (and Somewhere in the Middle for those of you Somewhere in the Middle).
Learn how to play the improve game "Lines from a Hat" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improve game "Interrogation" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improve game "Psychiatrist" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improve game charades at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improv game "Slideshow" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improve game "Throw the Story" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improve game "Dress the Mummy" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Learn how to play the improve game "The Wind Blows For" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
Ever wonder how actors get bruises that look so real? Learn how to make these bruises and start your own visual effects for movies. Perfect for beginners or advanced make up artists, create real looking bruises for your next Halloween costume. Make convincing fake bruises.
Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to generate snow using Particle Playground in After Effects. He'll also shows how to make the snow stick to other layers in your composition. The tutorial concentrates on making snow stick to actors and things more than on being realistic looking snow. Generate snow using Particle Playground.
Here is our entry for the Greek building contest. It is a model of the theater at Epidaurus. Here are our favorite images and descriptions out of those we used to build it: 1 2 3 4
Over the weekend, Google made several updates to the Google+ profile. Here's how to make the most out of old and new features to make your profile page shine.
No game is perfect. Well maybe except for Super Mario Brothers 3. In the last two posts I've been praising Tera but it's not without its shortcomings.
The Star Trek franchise continues with this follow-up to 2009's reboot. J.J. Abrams returns to direct from a script by Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The cast and crew of the Enterprise come back for a second tour of duty along with acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch making his Trek debut as their most daunting threat yet.
Take your favorite movie trailer and replace the lead actors with cats and you have the hit youtube show, Trailer Cats. Check out the series below.
Film director, producer, actor and writer Sean Stone has thrown his weight behind a resolution introduced in the House last month by North Carolina Republican Walter Jones. Resolution 107 states that should the president use offensive military force without the authorization of Congress that such an act would be "an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor."
One of the coolest things about Twitter is the fact that you can get direct access to some of your favorite celebrities, and have one-on-one conversations with them in less than 140 characters. With Google+, you can have the same advantage, but you don't need to feel constricted by the 140 character limit. Although Google+ has been weeding out fake accounts, they do not currently have a system for celebrities to verify whether their accounts are legitimate or not.
Its amazing the access actors have to sets and what they could share with us if they took the time to document their experience. Sean Young has done just that, by sharing her Super-8 films from the making of the David Lynch Classic Sci-Fi Film - Dune. Shot in Mexico City in the Spring of 1983, this 6 minute film is a must see for Dune or David Lynch lovers.
Mike 'The Greek' is back with part 02 of his Oscar picks and boy does he have an accent! Herein: Best shorts, best supporting actor and supporting actress. Which is his Mortal Lock of the day? Watch and find out!
Mike 'The Greek' is back with part 02 of his Oscar picks and boy does he have an accent! Herein: Best shorts, best supporting actor and supporting actress. Which is his Mortal Lock of the day? Watch and find out!
I would kill to see Sir Anthony Hopkins, one of the best actors of our time play a role that wasn't pretty much EXACTLY like Hannibal Lector. Also, why are exorcist movies not that scary anymore?
Amazing actor who you know his face but most likely don't know his name. His latest role was the really mean boss man in THE TOWN.
Making a film? Is it your first time? Have you got your actors pushed right up against the wall? Can you see their shadows? BIG MISTAKE, rookie... Here's Mike with two quick tips to help you out.
Check out this video from actor / activist David Arquette to help bring attention to the Texas oil interests that are looking to overturn AB 32.
. "Screenwriting: An Eight Week Intensive" will begin with the basic elements of narrative, and then move to story structure, screenplay and teleplay formatting. Weinberg, a SAG actor, will elucidate his talents for constructing great dialogue and strong, nuanced characters. As a writer who's accomplished the rare feat of selling screenplays in the entertainment industry, Weinberg will be sharing tips on the business of screenwriting, too.
When one looks at the history of cinema, says The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, the director-cinematographer dynamic is the key relationship, “as much as the director and the lead actor.” It’s the defining factor, he says, not only for how a film looks but “how it will be perceived as having been directed.”
Actor-comedian Mario Cantone and Martha Stewart create a life-sized cowboy and cactus paper cutout. Make cactus and cowboy cutouts.
Learn how to play the improve game "Quirks" at your next party in this free video that will keep your party guests entertained and thinking on their feet.
I first heard the term molecular gastronomy while watching an episode of Bravo's Top Chef a few seasons back. Intrigued by the concept, I sought to find out more about this modern, deconstructed type of cookery. If you happen to be around foodies and the topic of molecular gastronomy comes up (which very likely will at some point) you'll want to have a few points to contribute and maybe even give them a run for their money.
I’m terrified of you. Yes, you- Director of Photography (DP). Your framing is beautiful, but your lighting could kill me, and my career. I am the Makeup Artist, and I don’t believe we’ve met.
Sergio Kato, Professional Actor And Model
No matter what word game you're playing, whether it's Scrabble or one of its near-homogeneous counterparts like Lexulous, Wordfeud or Words with Friends, one of the easiest ways to stay on top of your opponent is knowing all of the legal two-letter words you can play. You're not going to win by only playing two-letter words, but there are definitely occasions when the game could slip from your hands by not playing them.
Kick Ass Game Review Part 1: Background & Voice Talent There are three parties involved in bringing you The Kick Ass Game:
With film being such a vital outlet and marketing tool for fashion, movie stars are either wearing the coolest and latest threads, or retro looks that are sure to make a comeback. I regularly see a cool jacket or pair of sneakers being worn by an actor in a movie I'm watching, and I just know those items would look great on me.
