Horror Movie Making Dreams, Wyrmwood

            Horror Movie Making Dreams, Wyrmwood

    If you are reading this blog then we can guess that you wish to become a horror film maker someday.  I believe that anyone can be a bad film maker. To be a good film maker requires hard work, learning some basic rules, hard work, a good screenplay, hard work and never giving up. Did I mention hard work? It is not something you do in your free time. You have to commit to giving as much as eighteen hours a day seven days a week to your project or you are not going to make it.

    Today’s post is about the mega zombie epic film Wyrmwood from Australia. This beast has been over a year in the making and in my opinion it is what a walking dead film should be. If you do not go big then you should stay home. This film looks like it has gone evil dead kind of big and bold.  Just remember that if you are willing to put in the work you can make any kind of movie that you wish and the size and scope will largely be up to you.
    Okay here is the trailer from Wyrmwood.





  







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                  Lighting Your Horror Film



    The first thing that separates the men from the boys in the film making world is good lighting. Learning the basics of what is called 3 point lighting should be the first step you learn if you want to become a good film maker. The 3 point lighting rule is one that you will break from time to time and when shooting a horror movie you will break this rule on purpose more often than in your standard drama or comedy film.

    I say that you will break it because you will want deeper shadows or a character lit from only one angle to achieve a certain type of effect. But you will need to learn the rules before you will want to break them. Let us begin with a fun little basic tutorial on the 3 point lighting set up.


    Okay while shooting your no budget horror film you will want to know the basics of good horror film lighting. Just keep one rule in mind here, that is the things that you don’t see are more important in a horror movie than the things that you do see. Some times you can not afford the best effect or creatures and that is what shadows and darkness is for.   Think of movies like The Descent and Alien and The Grudge. Darkness and shadow is as important as light in these films. Learn to control the light and you may someday be able to rule the darkness.


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    At the end of each future post I am going to try to add a trailer for a lost or hard to find horror movie. I think that all of us love the idea of seeing a really good horror movie as much as becoming a horror filmmaker. Here is the trailer for the legendary Cannibal Holocaust. This first of the found footage movies was band for many years for a reason. It is brutal to living things.