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Title:

Soapbox Spielbergs: Making Hollywood FX on Indie Budgets

Your vote:
Yes No
Organizer:
Tim Shey, Next New Networks
Description:
Web video series like GALACTICAST and INDY MOGUL are getting closer and closer to achieving Hollywood-quality special effects on zero budgets. Find out how some of these creators achieve amazing looking HD effects, from lightsabers to exploding heads, on budgets under $50, and try to stump them with an effect they can’t do.
Questions
Answered:
  1. How great can special effects look for zero bucks?
  2. Who are some new filmmakers who are doing great FX online?
  3. What are some of the effects the panelists have recreated?
  4. How can you do these effects at home?
  5. What web resources are there for the aspiring SFX guru?
  6. How can I build my own lightsaber?
  7. Do I need a greenscreen to do effects?
  8. How safe is it to create special effects at home?
  9. Can I film HD effects on a budget?
  10. What software or equipment do I need to have?
Panelists:
Erik Beck (NewTeeVee), Rudy Jahchan (rudyjahchan.com), Tim Shey, moderator (Next New Networks)
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Digital Filmmaking
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Tim Shey
on 13/8/08
Hi, everyone. Speakers we're seeking for this panel (and who helped brainstorm the idea) include the killer group of Rudy Jahchan (co-creator of Galacticast), Erik Beck (the FX guru from Indy Mogul), and Stu Maschwitz, co-founder of The Orphanage and author of The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap.

Also really open to ideas you have to make this panel great, and speakers we should try to get.

Should we make it a hands-on demo? Should we blow up a few things? Do you want snacks?
felicia williams
on 13/8/08
I've always wondered how Rudy does it! Galacticast and Comicbook Orange always look so slick.
Sarah Atwood
on 14/8/08
Galacticast has amazing special effects.
Matthew Parker
on 15/8/08
Hell Yes!
I hope this happens!
Good luck to you all!, Or break a leg I guess is what I should say.
-Weker1
Justin Johnson
on 15/8/08
I would find this fascinating, I especially like the option to try to stump the experts!
Michael Glenn
on 15/8/08
It's about time Gary got to speak his mind on a panel.
Silona Bonewald
on 16/8/08
I will SOO attend this one! And I know at least 10 others I would drag there too!
Erik Beck
on 16/8/08
Rudy and I gave an impromptu panel at Pixelodeon last year and it was awesome (and packed). I would kill to get the chance to speak on a SXSW panel with Rudy again. Literally.....kill!

j/k ;)

but seriously I know a guy.
Victory Darwin
on 29/8/08
5 stars! will be there. we are making a film in need of cheap effects! click my name to see our SXSW panels! cya there!
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on 10/10/08
PLEASE PICK THIS ONE!!!!
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on 23/12/08
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on 17/5/09
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on 30/5/09
I gave an impromptu panel at Pixelodeon last year and it was awesome (and packed). I would kill to get the chance to speak on a SXSW panel with Rudy again.
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on 22/7/09
Galacticast was awesome! it had amazing special effects.
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on 22/7/09
I also love the special effects in Galacticast!
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on 23/8/09
I would find this fascinating, I especially like the option to try to stump the experts!
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I will SOO attend this one! And I know at least 10 others I would drag there too!
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on 25/9/09
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on 28/9/09
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on 2/10/09
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on 11/10/09
Galacticast really has cool video effects , i can't understand how they do it with such low budgets

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on 12/10/09
To make beautiful and complex effects, you must have good equipment, a powerful computer, etc.
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on 20/10/09
Good idea for a panel. Case studies ARE good. :)
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on 23/10/09
I might not attend it, but I will definitely want to. Why must the tickets be so darn expensive?
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on 24/10/09
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on 22/11/09
5 stars! will be there. we are making a film in need of cheap effects! click my name to see our SXSW panels! cya there!
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on 22/11/09
I've always wondered how Rudy does it! Galacticast and Comicbook Orange always look so slick.
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on 29/11/09
Keep it up, bookmarked and referred some friends...
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on 30/11/09
Hell Yes!
I hope this happens!
Good luck to you all!, Or break a leg I guess is what I should say.
-Weker1

I also love the special effects in Galacticast!
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on 1/12/09
Keep it up, bookmarked and referred some friends...
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