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DETONATION FILMS -- THE EARLY YEARS

This is some of our earliest footage. Not our best, but it's good for practice, and it's free! Photo-JPG Quicktime format. Scroll Down.

TEMPLATES!

Along with our basic Word scripting template, Dan A. from Canada has contributed a set of his own Word templates, including a Theme and Treatment Template, an Ad Copy Template, a Shot Blocking Template and a Storyboard Template. Thanks, Dan!

WORD SCRIPT TEMPLATE (ZIP FILE)

DAN'S MOVIEMAKING TEMPLATES (ZIP FILE)

NOTE: Generally speaking, you should use a "SCREEN" compositing mode for black background footage and a "Bluescreen/Greenscreen" key for any blue or green background footage that has smoke. (Do NOT use "Chroma" for smoke!)

Bang1

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Bang2

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Bang3

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Bang4

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Bullet Hits

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Black smoke stock slowed and laid against a JPG background plate using the "Greenscreen" and "Motion" tools. SFX always help give such scenes a kick.

WIDESCREEN FRAMING GUIDES

For use in framing your shots if you are planning to crop your footage for widescreen. Put this PNG image (already transparent) in the track above your shot so you can see where the widescreen cutoff will be.

(Image shows a framing guide in use.)

Download free framing guides here!

FILTHY FIRE

Because sometimes villains fight dirty.

Filthy Fire 01

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Filthy Fire 02

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Filthy Fire 03

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SMOKE

Stock smoke is extremely useful but because smoke moves slowly, the complete files are much larger than our server space will support. We have posted the following short clips in the hope they will prove useful.

Smoke Plume Clip

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Poison Smoke Clip

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Smoke Wisps Clip

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AIRBURSTS -- Use the "bluescreen" and "motion" tools for compositing.

Airburst 01

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Airburst 02

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Airburst 03

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Airburst 04

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Airburst 05

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FIREBURSTS

Use the "screen" transparency for compositing.

Fireburst01

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Fireburst02

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Fireburst03

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Fireburst04

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FIREBALLS AGAINST BLACK

Use the "screen" transparency for compositing.

FireballAgainstBlack01

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FireballAgainstBlack02

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FireballAgainstBlack03

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SlantPipeFireball01

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FIRE!

Ground Burst and fire

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SkyFire01

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SkyFire02

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SkyFire03

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BURNING DEBRIS

Surprisingly useful.

Burning Debris 01

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Burning Debris 02

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Thank you so much for the FX that you have supplied. I could not believe my eyes when I
came upon your website.
You have given hope to myself and surely thousands more low budget film makers. This is going to revolutionize my films.
Once again I want to say thank you.

-Russell W.