How to Film Inserts (And Save Time and Money)

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How to Film Inserts (And Save Time and Money)

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Күн бұрын

Today, we'll take a little break from miniature building to film some inserts. We always film inserts separately from the main filming as it's much more practical and allows us to make the shots as perfect as we want them. There are some cool tips on how to make your inserts look good in this one, so be sure to watch it at least ten times!
00:00 WHY FILM INSERTS SEPARATELY?
0:59 USING A MONITOR AS BACKGROUND
1:28 ARRANGING BEAUTIFUL SHOTS
3:07 FILM BACKGROUNDS IN ADVANCE
4:52 PREPARING FOR TOILET INSERTS
6:01 FILMING TOILET INSERTS
7:15 WHY WE LOVE INSERT SHOTS
8:03 REPEATING THE LESSON
8:41 FILMING THE WAREHOUSE INSERTS
9:16 USING SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDS
10:50 THE LIST
11:20 MORE INSERTS

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@stinkyham9050 6 ай бұрын

These guys inspired me to start doing some VFX shots in my basement with my 2 young sons. Its amazing how good $25 worth of styrofoam and cardboard can look with a bit of effort. Thanks guys.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Oh great!!! So happy to hear that! Say hi to the kids! 😉❤

@TommyRosati 6 ай бұрын

OMG! Fantastic! How you guys don't yet have a million subs, is a mystery to me. Your content is not only funny as hell, but very informative. Keep doing what you do! 👍👍

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! We're modest. Half a million subs will do. 😂

@FAKUZONE 6 ай бұрын

This is a great lesson on filmmaking on a budget ! Bravo 👏

@ZvilgantisKailis 6 ай бұрын

Big budget does some of those tricks too!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for watching!

@TheBonsaiZone 6 ай бұрын

Mandalorian on a budget, awesome shots!!!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks dude!!!

@JacobCenteno 6 ай бұрын

"You're doing it Peter (Pan), You're doing it!" Couldn't be more stoked to see you guys executing your vision and cinema goals. Inspiring!!

@IndyStry 6 ай бұрын

So inspiring to see these low budget but high production quality shots! Also the joke at 9:40 was hilarious!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 😉

@welchworks 6 ай бұрын

This channel is such relaxing edu-tainment.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

haha thank you!

@peffken8834 Ай бұрын

That's how you have to do it, with passion, creativity, ideas, abstract thinking, an understanding of impact and implementation with the available options. I might have done it the same way, but I didn't! Great work and thank you for sharing your work and experiences! Gold! 😘

@sliceoflifefilm Ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@brettsalter3300 6 ай бұрын

Insert me happy! (Love your shirts) You inspire me, not so much in specifics. But for your love of life! (Any way you Slice it.)

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

hahaha. you should see me when I'm editing this for hours. No love for life at all 😂😂

@Carteblanchefx 6 ай бұрын

yes! Yes! YES! This is a truly secret box with cool tips and tricks!!! Very useful and fun! 🐱

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@rocktober1957 4 ай бұрын

This is freaking FANTASTIC !!! GREAT JOB !!!

@BlobLaw 5 ай бұрын

Terrifically helpful (and entertaining)!

@nyaneswaranmanogaran5925 6 ай бұрын

Guys, ya'll are the BEST! New Age G.O.A.Ts of indie filmmaking without a doubt! I am enjoying this detailed insight into the BTS so much. Never stop making this content for every single project you guys do. A humble request from your die-hard fan.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! ❤❤❤

@Truth_Warrior 6 ай бұрын

Very nice! Keep up the great work!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Truth_Warrior 6 ай бұрын

I have a list of shots for my project, so I fully understand how much work goes into it.@@sliceoflifefilm

@ElkinsStuff 17 күн бұрын

You guys are an inspiration to our kids - to all of us! Best presentation of this stuff Thanks

@sliceoflifefilm 16 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for the lovely comment! ❤

@ElkinsStuff 16 күн бұрын

@@sliceoflifefilm Our kids are into film making. They are learning a lot from you, whilst being thoroughly entertained too!

@watchthetasteoflove 4 ай бұрын

really love the passion and the way you present it.

@sliceoflifefilm 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@MrTaco-ei5hl 6 ай бұрын

Entertaining, educational and fun! Your personalities really come across on screen. I watched this episode three times. Lots of fun.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Oh wow haha. thank you!

@jean-pierrejoubert2438 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Inserts are golden! You guys are amazing!

@JeffSandersFilms 6 ай бұрын

Very well done! Shots look amazing.

@jocelyndeguise 6 ай бұрын

You guys are amazing! Can't wait to see the movie!

@Usr1240 5 ай бұрын

Very intersting, what you can do, without getting expensive things. Love your work everytime❤❤❤❤

@Thies_Gruenewald 6 ай бұрын

Just perfect Infotainment 😊

@Petskuta 6 ай бұрын

I've been following since you announced this film, can't wait to see it! Good job with these videos as well :)

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@ZvilgantisKailis 6 ай бұрын

What an amazing know-how :) Thank you!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thank YOU for watching!

@seunadatsi 6 ай бұрын

This is so awesome! Thank you for sharing this.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@matsnilson7727 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic stuff! You guys never fail to impress with your work and clever budget friendly ideas. Gotta love the Nazareth t-shirt too. 👍

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Haha yea! Nazareth is THE band! 😂❤❤❤

@dougrobinson5706 6 ай бұрын

Damn! What an informative video. I love the monitor trick. I'm stealing it! Are you fellows back home yet?

@bradhouston4734 6 ай бұрын

Love it. Poor man’s Mando! Sooo good. I’m coming to be exploited by you guys one day!! 😀👊😀🏝️🇦🇺

@brick72 6 ай бұрын

You are awesome cool filmmakers ❤❤🎉🎉

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

You are awesome too! ❤

@johnnykarlitch 3 ай бұрын

Vous êtes... euh... vous êtes... FANTASTIQUES. Yeah!!!

@mckenziecreative 5 ай бұрын

So good!!!

@ChaosCanyon 6 ай бұрын

Love it. Some great tips and some awesome shots using the monitor. Love the humour in these bts vids. Can’t wait to see the final movie

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@InCameraTV 6 ай бұрын

Love these videos on the making of Splashback...very inspiring. I tip my Puma cap to you both - JP X

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks JP! 😉

@radicalempire6599 6 ай бұрын

The Kings of Inserts!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

😂😂❤

@nicklatimeractor 6 ай бұрын

And Dino is a Liverpool fan? You guys just keep getting better and better.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Oh he's a big time Liverpool fan! I'm not into sports at all but he keeps telling me all the new info on Liverpool as if I'm interested. I never watched a game in my life but I still know that Jurgen Klopp is about to leave and that they acquired that Endo guy recently... I don't even know who these people are, haha 😂😂😂

@nicklatimeractor 6 ай бұрын

@sliceoflifefilm haha! When I’m talking football to people I always see the light leave their eyes about two sentences in. Dino and I are kindred spirits

@carlosmarx2380 6 ай бұрын

given how good and stylized the shots look in this video, i'm almost a little sad that the film itself is black and white. i really love the look of the color shots here.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Yea I know... Some shots made me feel the same. But BW is cool! 😉

@pjhunton 7 күн бұрын

Love the insert shots, if you ever need an old, knackered Geordie photographer or camera operator hit me up!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😉💪♥️

@martinezfilmworks7880 4 ай бұрын

Great Info.

@sliceoflifefilm 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Sean-nv6zk 6 ай бұрын

Ok, as always, I learn something new from you guys. From now on, I will be stealing the "Poor Man's Mandalorian Techique" to describe this process. lol

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

haha please do! ❤❤

@tonydeb6793 6 ай бұрын

I love your videos.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony! 😉

@mcemtpockets1775 4 ай бұрын

Yes on the healthy life style

@sliceoflifefilm 4 ай бұрын

Very important 😂

@dnadaramesh3297 6 ай бұрын

Nice

@vonnyrotten 5 ай бұрын

This was awesome to see all the tricks and clever ways to enhance the story! I know you had great storyboards and knew your shots, but did you do any new inserts after watching your footage? How many would you say are planned from the beginning and how many are realized during shooting/editing? Thanks!

@sliceoflifefilm 5 ай бұрын

Oh absolutely, we added a lot of new shots. Let's say that we storyboarded 100% of live action shots, 50% of inserts, and 50% of miniature shots. So basically we "invented" a lot of new inserts and miniature shots as the film developed in the editing. For example we drew just one or two shots of the guy working in the warehouse, to establish his work day. But then in the editing we find a cool piece of music that fits, and decide to turn it into a nice little scene, and we shoot some more inserts, like a typewriter, close up of paper etc.. stuff like that. Basically adding to scenes to make them richer.

@vonnyrotten 5 ай бұрын

@@sliceoflifefilm I assumed you guys would have come up with new shots and extras! Love this series, I do toy photography and am trying to glean all sorts of great info as I am wanting to make a new "comic" style short movie. Thanks for all the content you share!

@PolycultureArt 6 ай бұрын

Insert this!!! Top notch as always. I really like what you did with the poormandolorian "volume". Its so incredibly effective, especially the shot of the Sony camera. Once you composited the screen over the top you would never know that was a "fake" shot, which is ironic because it still is captured "in camera". Ill say it again, learning more from every video than the last 3 years of film school. Much love, see you next week! Also thanks for sharing your trip to the USA. Even in Australia the stuff you are doing there seems so "exotic".. ha ha. I want to wear sick shirts and cowboy hats and eat burgers and shoot stuff! For like a week.. Then GTFO out of there.. Lastly your garage looks way bigger than it did in Slice, its still the same place yeah?

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Haha. Thanks a lot! Happy to hear you got some good info! Yea America is exotic to us too, and I agree, a week would be enough! We were there a whole month and it was hard to be away for so long. It's the same garage, albeit redecorated. We shot this with an iPhone. Perhaps the lens is wider 🤣

@PolycultureArt 6 ай бұрын

Maybe because its not stuffed to the brim with toilet sets and cars.. If the camera adds ten pounds, then the iphone must subtract them he he..@@sliceoflifefilm

@kelvinsakala 5 ай бұрын

This requires time and dedication but would love to try it for music videos

@breezabookings 6 ай бұрын

Welcome back from your trip guys!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Oooh, thank you, thank you!

@plutons0productions 6 ай бұрын

Hawaiian shirts for days

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Hawaiian shirts 4 life!

4 ай бұрын

Luka's face at 5:08 & 6:01 just sooooooooooooo fits to him (sorry mate no harm),

@sliceoflifefilm 4 ай бұрын

🤣

@arvvee1832 5 ай бұрын

Awesoms work! But it's so much additional effort to re-create / miniaturize each scene for inserts. For some of these, would it have been easier to capture the insert on the set, for a few additional minutes after finishing principal photography for the scene?

@sliceoflifefilm 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it's never just a few minutes. The light you do for the wide shot never works for an insert, there's always something to tweak. And the moment you need to move light and camera and you need to coordinate 15 people (as it is on bigger sets), you lose 30 min easily. And on every filming day you are always an hour behind schedule anyway, so there's just no time to spare. Of course, you can schedule inserts too, but that would inevitable add a few more days to the schedule. That's our experience at least.

@arvvee1832 5 ай бұрын

@@sliceoflifefilm Wow. Thank you for that explanation! (Who knew??)

@DennisScullyzenith7 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff! A big challenge must be matching the lighting?

@sliceoflifefilm 3 ай бұрын

not that hard actually. we just do it by eye, but color grading can always bring it to the finish line!

@DennisScullyzenith7 3 ай бұрын

@@sliceoflifefilm Okay 👌 Yeah I'm a Director and have always tried to avoid what I know as Pick-up shots that were missed on shoot or that I ran out of time for. The times I've had to do it I have battled with matching the lighting sometimes, although yes grading does help! Did you guys run out of time for all the extra Inserts you needed to shoot?

@sliceoflifefilm 3 ай бұрын

@@DennisScullyzenith7 No, we didnt even plan to shoot them with the actors because we would lose a lot of time on set. We always intended to film them afterwards.

@labcat73 5 ай бұрын

Ok it finally makes sense.... Lots of french red wine... Lots if bottles... Lots of bouquet... Bokeh..... ✌️👍

@sliceoflifefilm 5 ай бұрын

Exactly! 😂

@timcannon6814 6 ай бұрын

You guys make me miss smoking. I need a pack of slice of life lite 100s in soft pack.

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha! I wanna smoke now too!

@saschamayer4050 6 ай бұрын

I want a pack, but I don't even smoke! 😁

@elSegundoTF 6 ай бұрын

For the algorithm 🤟

@Filmovi_s_Ruba 6 ай бұрын

I love the fact that all of you wear costumes for shots where the camera only shows your hands. 😁😁

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

We are method! 😘😘

@HappyDude1 5 ай бұрын

They little guy peeing Is very famous in belgium Its a life size statue in brussel called manneke pis

@sliceoflifefilm 5 ай бұрын

Yes yes! Someone already commented. Great info!! 😉

@user-id6gs5xj9b 6 ай бұрын

when can we see the movie? Love from INDIA

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Not for a while. It's being applied to festivals. 😉😉

@sbcinema 4 ай бұрын

Great work, but I noticed a minor mistake, the type of camera flash you used is too modern

@sliceoflifefilm 4 ай бұрын

there's probably a 100 other mistakes like that in this film 🤣

@ninjawhippetproductions7411 5 ай бұрын

Why not "The Poor Man(dalorian) Technique"?

@sliceoflifefilm 5 ай бұрын

Haha good one! That's better!

@passion_proh-jects 6 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL! ps what's with the face hair??!!!! A nee Ah! Sies vuil VANTASTIES!

@sliceoflifefilm 6 ай бұрын

Face hair is the meaning of ones true self.

@passion_proh-jects 6 ай бұрын

I know...😞I'm sorry... I am wookie (or Village Person)... and loving it! ps There's a pump INSIDE the pee pee boy? Fabulous... That would have saved the family hundreds of thousands back in the day@@sliceoflifefilm