Hits and Misses (Making a No-Budget Movie)

I’ve been editing video since before high school. I love it. I love manipulating images to tell a story. It’s therapeutic for me. Like solving a puzzle or laying out cards in a game of solitaire, it puts me in a zone. Except here I get to express myself. Some people write in a diary, others talk to a counselor. Making movies, editing footage, that’s where my therapy comes from, that’s how I deal.

After my brother died I certainly had alot to deal with. And after the past couple of years filled with more downs than ups, I certainly had much to express. This was a tough one to work on. Took me about a year just because this was an emotional subject. But I felt like I needed to finish this one.

This is about the process of how I make movies, and about what drives me to finish this one.

How The Stunt Was Done

I've seen less complicated ways of doing this. I've also seen more complicated ways of doing this. This is a great example of how far we can go to get those precious few moments of footage for what might amount to a few seconds of screen time. By any means necessary.

Hulk's Smashing Special Effects: The Avengers

MGM Lion

Love this shot of them filming the MGM Lion roar.