Bullets

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Amerikan123

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Weve all seen recent movies with gunfights. There seems to be this trend of realism in these movies when a person is getting shot at it shows the bullet as a flying glowing light as if it is on fire. Any idea how to create this effect while filming or is it a strictly post effect? Thanks all.
 
The movies, are in fact wrong. You do NOT see the bullet, unless you are the Wachowski brothers and can slow down time to less than an eighth of a second. What you DO in fact see are the muzzle flashes and the damage that the bullet causes. If you are using real bullets, and a fast capture camera, you could probably get one of those "glowing light" effects WHEN it hits the ground, or WHEN it is fired from gun. Otherwise, it'll be so small and going so fast you won't be able to see it against its surroundings. If you still want the "glowing light thin line" effect, it's in post.
 
Actually there is a form of ammunition called 'tracers' which intentionally glow when fired so you can see where your bullets are going (particularily useful if you're shooting a lot of lead at night!). I'm not sure if this is what the original poster had in mind though...
 
Naw not really but thanks for the insight. Zach, i had no idea what real bullets do ive never fired a gun or anything but are there any suggestions as to how to create this in post?
 
well thats how u do it, listen to the guys. I think what you are going for is the private ryan look, where wenever they shot u could see the rounds fly through the air. Give it up, its prolly out of your budget lol!!!

just stick with the simple stuff, its more effective!
 
saturnin said:
Give it up, its prolly out of your budget lol!!!

just stick with the simple stuff, its more effective!
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It's statements such as this that often drive filmmakers to develop new and innovative methods to create the look for which they are striving.
 
The poormans bullet shot;

Get a bullet lead and drill a tiny hole from end to end. Place fishing line through the bullet tie one end to your actor. Let the bullet slide down the fishing line into your actor, make sure they move in very slow motion. Then use the air squib to blow out the other side.
 
ok if yo uwant glowing bullets.... this can get complicated....

Wait for night time.
get a paintball gun.
BRight yellow or white colored painballs.
as many Homedepot work lights as you can get, like 10 should be enough . an open field, or a REALLLLY big back yard. lay the lights down on the ground, in a straight line spaced 5 feet aprt, youre basically trying to make a track of light, face the lights up, into the air. now shoot the paintballs over the lighted area, the black (night) background should be pieced by yellow streaks,

Oh yea, you ahve to zoom in so you cant see the lights obviously, you just want tosee a field of black, and the yellow streaks. a slow shutter helps, and play the clip back faster so the bullets look faster.

, now you take the footage, and boost he contrast so the dark bnackgorund is a solid black, and yellows are brighter.

Then chroma key out the black, and now you have these yellow, bulley like streaks that will fly around where ever you want them.
 
see... a little innovation can get you the shot/s

i didnt mean to brake your morale or anything, just have to think outside the box sometimes.
 
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