Director’s Notes
There’s not much to say about “Ninja Range.” It was filmed spur of the moment one day after Charlie and I finished location scouting out in Somerset, Wisconsin. I already had the rifle in the back of my blazer to show off, as well as the camera. We found the closest park to us. It took us no longer than 30 minutes to film.
I have some epic movie ideas that I’d like to film. I
know how to go about making them in theory. There are aspects of each that
I’ve never experimented with, or some that I lack the resources that I’d
need to pull them off.
The biggest two building blocks to everything I want to do
are green-screen, and gunfire. We had our fun with green screen during
“Motorstorm: Duel Drive.” All I need now is a larger one.
As for gunfire, I don’t have the software I need to make
fake muzzle flares, bullet impacts, and blood splatter. However, I did
find that a lens flare effect, if altered enough, looked a lot like a plasma
bolt.
Only one way to know if it would work for sure!
“Ninja Range” was meant as test footage (which is why it’s
so short), but after messing with it I realized I had a fun little video.
Clean it up, add some credits, and bam! Done.
I still can’t make normal gunfire, but I can make futuristic
gunfire! It’s a start. We’ve
already filmed something far more impressive with tons of it in it. I
can’t wait to start editing it! That movie is tentatively slated for
January.
“Ninja Range” is also another experiment of
sorts. I have gotten in touch with a guy named Randy Miller out on the
east coast who has signed on to compose something for the next few
movies. Up until now I’ve been stuck with royalty-free music that is
usually repetitive, with no themes or progression. Having someone
on-board with like-minded interest in soundtrack composers is an amazing
asset.
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| Ninja on set |
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