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of the more simple special effects that don t require a great amount of time to be spent
in post-production. The first thing we re gonna be taking a look at is how to create
rain that looks very realistic without having to do it in a non-linear editor. After that
we re gonna take a look at how to speed up your background and after that we re gonna
take a look at DFN or shooting during the day to create a very night-time look. I m
Tom Skowronski and this is Simple Special FX. Now in order to pull off realistic-looking
rain you re gonna need the right materials. First off you re gonna need a bucket, poke
some holes in there, make sure that when you get the water inside of it, it s gonna be
able to leak and look very realistic. Also you re gonna need the use of a garden hose
and a sprinkler head. Lastly you re gonna need a ladder or step stool. Now some simple
tips when trying to pull off this effect; number one, make sure that your ladder stands
at a distance away from your subject. Otherwise, on camera, you might get some shadowing from
that ladder or step stool. Another thing you need to pay a close attention to is the amount
of distance between the bucket and where the water is landing and where the subject is
standing with the umbrella. Another tip that you re gonna need to pay close attention to
is you re gonna need a ladder or step stool that s tall enough so that when you stand
the rain has enough time to fall down naturally. If it doesn t fall down naturally it s not
gonna look correct. Now in terms of framing you want to make sure you composite your shot
with a medium, and the reason for that is because once the bucket is emptying out all
the water it s not gonna look natural if it s hitting a subject only in this direction
while you have all this empty space with no water coming down. You want to make sure that
you seal off that area so only your effect is captured. Now the next step in this process
is you need to make sure that you sell the effect. What does that mean? That means you
need an umbrella, you need to wear a thick, thick jacket, and you need to make sure you
have the right attire for dealing with the rain. So whether it s hot outside or cold
outside you need to make sure you re dressed accordingly to pull off this effect. Now the
last part in this process is to add some Foley and get the sound of your rain. You want to
make sure you have the most accurate tone to pull it off. Now for most of you that means
going to the Internet and finding those sounds but if you want to get creative and have some
fun a good way to do this is just to grab a bag of pinto beans, empty it inside of a
PVC pipe, seal off both ends and slowly move that PVC pipe back and forth. That s gonna
give you the sound of rain and it s gonna sound perfect. Now another way to go about
this is to grab your garden hose and shoot the water directly into the air. This is gonna
give the water enough time to fall naturally. As you can see this effect looks a lot more
realistic. Now next up we re gonna take a look at a very simple special effect that
s actually very, very popular nowadays and that s the sped-up background effect. Now
first off the materials you re gonna need is simply gonna be a sturdy tripod and your
camera. You re gonna need to make sure that you sell this one all in front of the camera.
Now the first step in pulling off this simple special effect is going to be to grab a shot
of your subject reacting with the background. Now how does this work? This works by, first,
having the subject react as if he or she is in slow motion while the background stays
at its standard speed. Now the last step to pulling off this effect is putting it into
your non-linear editor and simply raising the speed of your overall clip. Since your
subject worked in slow motion it s gonna look like he s at normal speed while the background
is gonna seem extremely sped up. Now there is another way to go about this simple special
effect. It involves grabbing two separate shots and cropping them together in your non-linear
editor. Now for example what we did is grabbed a shot of one subject downtown in an area
that didn t have a lot of background activity. Then we grabbed a separate but identical shot
of a background that did have a lot of activity. In our non-linear editor we then composited
them together by cropping them and slowed down the shot of our subject while at the
same time speeding up the secondary shot of our background. When these were put together
we had the same sped-up background effect. Lastly before trying this effect for yourself
make sure you watch out for a few specific details. Number one, make sure that the wind
is not gonna effect your clothing or your hair, otherwise, this will break the illusion.
Also if the subject is doing something that has other motion attached to it such as smoking
a cigarette it ll also break the emotion. These are things you want to avoid. Now the
last simple special effect that we re gonna be taking a look at is DFN or Day For Night,
and this is where you can use your camera to make it look like, even though you re shooting
during the day, that you ve actually shot at night time. The first step to this process
is you need to eliminate the skyline from the frame of your shot. The reason for this
is you don t want to see the sun in the background because it s gonna break the illusion. The
next thing you want to do is find some shade. You re gonna shoot under the shade because
this eliminates the shadows that are gonna be provided by the sun. Also you re gonna
want to make sure that your actors on-screen make sure that they sell the effect properly.
This means reacting to things in front of them that they re not gonna be able to see.
Also, it tends to be a little bit colder at night, so they need to dress accordingly.
The next step in this process is gonna involve your camera. You re gonna need to, first,
white balance your camera to something that is orange. This is gonna be a warmer color
such as a manila envelope which is a great example of something to use because that will
result in your camera thinking that it s night time. s gonna essentially trick your camera
into having a cooler white balance. Next up you re gonna want to make sure that you lower
your exposure one or two stops lower than it normally is when you re shooting during
the day. So for us we went down from F8 to F11, check that and then we went back down
to F16. Now what we essentially just did is tricked our camera to match the conditions
of an average nighttime environment. You don t necessarily need a huge emphasis on post-production
techniques to pull off some simple special effects. [End of Audio] Simple Special FX
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that don require a great amount of time to be spent in post production. The first thing
we gonna be taking a look at is how to create rain that looks very realistic without having
to do it in a non linear editor. After that we re gonna take a look at how to speed up
your background and after that re gonna take a look at DFN or shooting during the day to
create a very night time look. I m Tom Sko ronski and this is Simple Special FX. Now
in order to pull off realistic looking rain you re gonna need the right materials. First
off you re gonna need a bucket, poke some holes in there, make sure that when you get
the water inside of it, it s gonna be able to leak and look ve ry realistic. Also you
gonna need the use of a garden hose and a sprinkler head. Lastly you re gonna need a
ladder or step stool. Now some simple tips when trying to pull off this effect; number
one, make sure that your ladder stands at a distance aw ay from your subject. Otherwise,
on camera, you might get some shadowing from that ladder or step stool. Another thing you
need to pay a close attention to is the amount of distance between the bucket and where the
water is landing and where the subject is standing with the umbrella. Another tip that
you re gonna need to pay close attention to is you re gonna need a ladder or step stool
that s tall enough so that when you stand the rain has enough time to fall down naturally.
If it doesn t fall down na turally it s not gonna look correct. Now in terms of framing
you want to make sure you composite your shot with a medium, and the reason for that is
because once the bucket is emptying out all the water s not gonna look natural if it s
hitting a subjew ct only in this direction while you have all this empty space with no
water coming down. You want to make sure that you seal off n that area so only your effect
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accordingly to pull off this effect. Now the last part in this process is to add some F
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