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Soapbox Spielbergs: Making Hollywood FX on Indie Budgets

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
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
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