Vashi Nedomansky offers three editing tips for boosting your action films punch without boosting the budget.
I wanted to follow it up with more low budget tips on creating realistic effects that don't require CGI or green screens. This time around it involves editing techniques that have been around for 100+ years. These tips have been in Star Wars, Avatar, James Bond films and almost every Martial Arts movie shot on every continent. Even the Keystone Cops in 1913 used one of these techniques. Enough jibber jabber…let's get into it. TIP #1 – CUTTING FRAMES When shooting a stunt that requires impact: a punch, a collision or a car crash…remove a couple of frames right before the impact to exaggerate and speed up the moment. By cutting out the 2 frames before a punch connects, you accelerate the action and deliver the decisive moment a fraction before the audience was expecting it. It adds a superhuman and extra-powerful feeling to the punch/collision/car crash and makes it appear more violent than it actually is. Those 2 frames removed can make a safe and sterile looking stunt suddenly seem viscerally realistic. Vashi Visuals | Read the Full Article
I wanted to follow it up with more low budget tips on creating realistic effects that don't require CGI or green screens. This time around it involves editing techniques that have been around for 100+ years. These tips have been in Star Wars, Avatar, James Bond films and almost every Martial Arts movie shot on every continent. Even the Keystone Cops in 1913 used one of these techniques. Enough jibber jabber…let's get into it.
TIP #1 – CUTTING FRAMES
When shooting a stunt that requires impact: a punch, a collision or a car crash…remove a couple of frames right before the impact to exaggerate and speed up the moment. By cutting out the 2 frames before a punch connects, you accelerate the action and deliver the decisive moment a fraction before the audience was expecting it. It adds a superhuman and extra-powerful feeling to the punch/collision/car crash and makes it appear more violent than it actually is. Those 2 frames removed can make a safe and sterile looking stunt suddenly seem viscerally realistic.
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