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Post by mdslammer on Jul 8, 2008 13:30:42 GMT -5
Anyone had any experience making authentic looking block walls? I need to have 3 walls that look like my character is in a sleezy concrete basement. Think "Hostel". Dark, dank, dirty concrete walls.
Any suggestions would be helpful and appreciated.
Regards.
Mark Dalzell / Sin City Productions
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Post by skrewballceo on Feb 26, 2009 3:15:44 GMT -5
a few sheets of drywall with some grout and joint compound for texture. Spray with a light coat of black paint and add grey for highlights. the plus side is you can manuver them for either wide shots with charecters laying down or closeups standing. a few 2x4s for bracing and voila...
a slightly more expensive version is to build a green screen and CGI the image in later
Total costs
make it ur self - aprox 100$
green screen w/ software aprox 550$
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Post by moviemagicmaker on Jan 12, 2010 9:09:54 GMT -5
a few sheets of drywall with some grout and joint compound for texture. Spray with a light coat of black paint and add grey for highlights. the plus side is you can manuver them for either wide shots with charecters laying down or closeups standing. a few 2x4s for bracing and voila... a slightly more expensive version is to build a green screen and CGI the image in later Total costs make it ur self - aprox 100$ green screen w/ software aprox 550$ I really want to sell you your chormakey supplies. I made a greenscreen and got Sony vegas plat pro and was not over $100. Sony vegas plat pro from ebay-$85 Material from the cearance rack $4 Black plastice for backing for light proofing and sag prevention-$10 Now you can find all kinds of ways to make a rack to hang it from and I made one from pvc pipe that ran me about $15 so that does bring it over $100 but now I have a green screen and can move it anywhere. PLus the program I have can do a bunch of other effects and editing as well so by doing it this way I have a wall I can move anywhere and that I can change to look like anything, editing software I would need anyway and sound editing software that comes with it not to mention a dvd burning program that lets you add menu's. All this verses a wall that you would have a hard time moving to other locations with out a truck and a lot of help seeing as drywall is very fragile. |
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Post by moviemagicmaker on Jan 12, 2010 9:15:58 GMT -5
one suggestion on the green screen method. Make sure you reduce the brightness to about the same level as your main footage. I would actually got just a very light touch darker to help bring attention to your actors.
If you really want to build a wall try cardboard or foam core cut to the right size of the blocks then take something to act as grout (sp?) in between to give it that concave look. Add a layer of textured paint or cover them with a thin layer of white glue and sand then paint for color and effect.
You can glue this to the back of cheap panaling and your wall will be earier to move then softer materials
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