Movies..?

Hey, since I have both HO trains and I am about to recieve my Microsizer soon, I am thinking of redoing some cool movie scenes, like the Fast and Furious Train track jump. The next thing I want to do is a 69 Charger jump over the train, etc, etc. Any camera tips I would need?

[sam see]

You have got to be kidding :lol


~Sam C.

Erm, Im not

[d00kie]

Well, not really.

All you basically gotta do is film about 8 seconds of the two FNF cars head to head from the left side zooming down the road.

Then you kinda want to film a few seconds of the train coming in with the signal lights going down to warn the viewer that a train will cross.

The final piece should have the camera in front of the cars and the cars jumping past the train. A ramp before that might help make the jump look good.

Don't worry, I will get someone to host it, but the thing is, should I add some music, or not? Slow motion when the jump happens? Details, just stuff to make it neat.

[killboy]

Yeah, definitely music and slow motion. The cars are too small and quick. Film in as high a frame rate as you can. (usually "Sport" mode on basic camcorders)

Shoot it dozens of times from different angles then use the best shots to make the sequence.

You might even get one to wheelie, like the muscle car did in the movie. There are a couple of ways to go about this. Weights are simplest, but they will look bad. In the movie, they used a hydrolic lift underneath the car with wheels on the front. The lift was square shaped, and hinged in the back to the car. On command, the square would go down, forcing the car up, then they edited out the mechanism.

You could do something similar with a single metal stick underneath the bit, with a small wheel or just a runner at the front of the stick. Use a very weak spring at the rear of the stick where it should attach to the car. The spring should be weak enough to let the car sit normally at a stand still, but cause the front end to lift during acceleration.

This will defidently take a while, considering I need to get the car and bodies, but otherwise its going good! Got the train set up, jump in place, and working on the buidlings in the backround.

Oh, yeah, I am also going to try to imitate the charger doing the flip over the semi if I can. I just need to make a spiral jump, and place it behind the matchbox semi I have, and I will push it with the other car. So it seems the semi is Moving, even tho it isnt. I think that I if I cannot get the car in time, I will do it with just one car.

I do have a thought, are microsizers like regular Radio Shack full size RC cars? If so i can run 2 on one controller and it will be MUCH easier to control.

The thing I am thinking about is to try this under the Christmas tree Anyways this should be great, just need to know if Tinyrc will host the video maybe. I am just glad my dad has a capture card. Adobe premiere!!!

[JaMeZzZ122]

i really suggest adobe preimere since u have it...i made some cool short videos on it and its pretty cool...the spiral jump will need some thinking and work for the actual ramp....ncie idea and best of luck and keep us updated on ur project

I made this Sweet ass ramp, but the thing is I have no clue if the Microcharger can make it up. Oh well, if not i can always make a new one. Its angle is about 30 degrees i think

[payaso]

All this sounds good in theory, but you'll need super high speed film... The same film they use to film humming birds or a snake catching food... This is all out of my price range, but would be very cool if someone had the budget to work with...

silla

[tinyrc]

Wow Angry Ice, sounds excellent! We'd be happy to host it, can't wait to see it!