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Gun Recoil for Your DVX100 Actors and Directors
by Paul Ziegman

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Actor’s Intensity for your DVX 100 Movie

There are a lot of cases where your first time digital movie actor might feel embarrassed or even feel like they are acting a little over the top, but the truth of the matter is when you’re shooting a real gun or trying to kill someone it takes a lot of intensity. Hold the gun intensely!! Give an intense facial expression while holding the gun and with every simulated gun shot.

Actor’s Movements During Film Production:

There are a few different directing techniques I like to use for my actors because not all of them are equally coordinated. Give your feet a good intense stance like your trying to brace yourself from a little kick. Get a firm grip on the pistol grip and quickly twitch your wrist and elbow back simulating the recoil.

Another way is to have your actor move their trigger arm in a motion as if they were trying to quickly poke someone’s eye out with the tip of the barrel. Perform that repetitively with a firm grip on the gun and make sure no one is standing too close to the gun man.

Last but not least…this one is for the real actors…it’s just like the first technique I explained but this time with a twitch added. So… quickly twitch back your wrist, elbow and shoulder. Then add your After Affects muzzle fire plug-in and some color correction tricks and BAAM!! Someone in your DVX100 movie realistically bites the fake dust!

And remember - safety (and intensity) is the key to a confident performance!

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