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Making a Gun Barrel sequence?

williamnclaywilliamnclay
edited October 2012 in Fan Creations Posts: 4
I am interested in how to make one. I cannot find any videos on YouTube on how to do this anymore, I just find videos of people's own.

I only have Final Cut Pro. I basically would like simple instructions on how to create one. I'd like to just rip one of the gun barrels from a film of my choosing and place an actor in instead of whomever is originally in the video.

I'm sure somebody here could explain to me how?

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  • tqbtqb
    Posts: 1,022
    http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=james+bond+gun+barrel+final+cut&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    In the old films they stuck a tiny camera into a gunbarrel, you should try it that way ;)
  • Gareth00789Gareth00789
    Posts: 655
    dont talk to much about the gun barrel, it counts as spam. apparently.....
  • williamnclaywilliamnclay
    Posts: 4
    Well, I am new to editing those sort of things. People have various versions of their own on YouTube, and it looks simple, but I have only edited basic footage. I have never attempted green screen or any of that!

    As I said I use Final Cut Pro, I am trying to figure out how to get a copy of one of Brosnan's gunbarrels in a .mov file format...?
  • oo7oo7
    Posts: 1,068
    <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/6ICTEZr4iqo?version=3&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/6ICTEZr4iqo?version=3&hl=en_GB"; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
  • oo7oo7
    Posts: 1,068
    the gun barrel itself could be chopped from a dvd copy or pulled from a you tube video
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited November 2012 Posts: 14,585
    Most definitely- if you don't like a challenge, that is. ;)

    Anyway, here's a screenshot of mine. It's a 3D barrel which will pan to the right much like Brozza's. It's just an open-ended cylinder I made in Maya with a Photoshop texture wrapped around the model. The blood is also Photoshopped.
    GunbarrelwithBlood1.png
  • tqbtqb
    Posts: 1,022
    One i did awhile back
    6zakco.png
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited November 2012 Posts: 4,399
    here is mine... just got around to adding the blood dripping effect...

    <a href="http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/djx187/library/"; target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/djx187/Screenshot2012-11-02at45421AM.png"; border="0" alt="Photobucket"/></a>

    @Qbranch

    i found a tutorial on how to do the blood dripping in After Effects, and it's easier than you may think it is... it's definitely one of those things that seems like it would be overly complicated... but if you know how to create masks - use the pen tool - and animate points you created with the pen tool - then thats pretty much it..

    i didn't create mine in 3D - as i think that is far too much for me to grasp right now, especially when it comes to lighting... i created my gun barrel from scratch in photoshop, and just transfered the file over to After Effects, where i did some lighting to it.

    the barrel moves at the pace of Brosnan's - at least that is what i attempted to time it to lol.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited November 2012 Posts: 14,585
    Thanks for the tip, Haserot. I can create the blood shape with the pen tool in Photoshop and animate each one with layers (takes forever), but I'm not sure there's a way of animating the pen tool points individually, so I will have a look at After Effects when it comes time to do the blood effect. Funny thing is, I've had AE on my computer for years, but never really delved into it's treasures :P

    Also good choice with Brosnan, he had excellent pacing in his gunbarrel- flawless GB overall, IMO.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    it's easier to do it in After Effects to tell you the truth... trying to do it in photoshop, then transferring it to After Effects would just give you more headaches i think.... all you do in After Effects is..

    1. Create a a new solid layer
    2. Switch the layer blending mode to 'multiply'
    3. Use the pen tool on that solid layer, and create your drip pattern
    4. Select the points, and move them a little - scroll up your timeline a little - then move the points again - and repeat that until the blood covers the entire screen.

    here is a tutorial i found on how to make it.... i really didn't care for his gun barrel (too much unneeded tomfoolery i think, he makes it more complicated than it needs to be).. but he goes through the blood effect - and it does turn out looking good...

    http://library.creativecow.net/articles/park_michael/007_Intro/video-tutorial
  • X3MSonicXX3MSonicX https://www.behance.net/gallery/86760163/Fa-Posteres-de-007-No-Time-To-Die
    edited January 2013 Posts: 2,635
    There is a way of creating a sort-of-amateur-Static-Blood on Photoshop, actually. And it's pretty easy.
    Create a new .PNG picture on Photoshop in 1920x1080, which is the best, imo.

    Fill the picture with the #960000 color.

    As Photoshop comes with some ready styles, click on the 'Blue Glass' Style.

    Deactivate the Gradient Overlay and do a double-click on the Color Overlay.

    Stay with the Multiply blend, but change the color to #232323. Change opacity to 50-70%, whichever number you prefer.

    Create a Pattern Overlay, with the Last Default Style. Set Blend to Multiply, and both Opacity and Scale to 100%.

    Optional: Create an Inner Shadow, with Full Red (#ff0000), Overlay. Opacity at 100%, Choke 8 and size 250.

    Now, resize the Canvas Size from 1920x1080 to 1920x2160.

    Drag the picture to the top, and make the Left, Right and Up edges' glowing disappear.

    fotoshop_zpse3173320.jpg

    Save the picture as a .PNG and open it again on Photoshop. If you also want to, you may save a .PSD of the original picture.

    Select a little part of the Bottom of the "blood", and go to the Edit tab > Transform > Warp.

    Do CTRL+J to create a new layer in case of any mistakes.

    Warp this section in curves, but not too long curving or it would look strange.

    Select the original layer, and create another selection Right on the side of the previous one and do CTRL+J again.

    Warp the close side to the previous layer, which you just warped, in a close curve to make it seamless, or the blood will become very weird.

    Do the same in the next 2 layers, warp them and connect them.

    Now, in the Original layer - the Layer 0 - delete the sections where the picture appears just below the warped blood section. So it won't become a "straight line" on them.

    Merge all layers into one. If you want to, you may set opacity to 50%, but you'll be able to control it's opacity and blending options on the editor you'll use.

    The final job may be something like this:

    Bloodyfinal_zps5962e31b.png

    <object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aoxJJy2DCjM?hl=pt_BR&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aoxJJy2DCjM?hl=pt_BR&version=3"; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
  • Goldeneye95Goldeneye95
    Posts: 546
    Thanks for the intructions on how to create a Gun Barrel sequence. Now I'm going to give it a shot.
  • 007bondUK007bondUK England
    Posts: 25
    Few years ago now but I wanted to see how Quantum of Solace would have looked if the gun barrel sequence was at the start so I created the following:



    Breaking this down I created the gun barrel in Blender, ripped Craig from the actual gun barrel sequence at the end of the move and cleaned it up in Photoshop and Rich Douglas kindly wrote a gun barrel music sequence especially for this project :)
  • SkyfailSkyfail
    Posts: 498
    @007bondUk,

    Your Gun Barrel is superb!
  • SkyfailSkyfail
    Posts: 498
    @X3MSonicX,Your Gunbarell is very classy! .
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,585
    @007bondUK Well done, mate! I've been playing around with a gunbarrel in Maya, but I can never get the blood effects to look as fluid as that. Very impressive. Love how the gunbarrel opens to reveal the scene.
  • X3MSonicXX3MSonicX https://www.behance.net/gallery/86760163/Fa-Posteres-de-007-No-Time-To-Die
    Posts: 2,635
    Skyfail wrote:
    @X3MSonicX,Your Gunbarell is very classy! .

    Thank you! :D
  • dkem91dkem91
    Posts: 66
    Very nice, everything about that flowed very well together. Also, nice version of the theme.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    007bondUK wrote:
    Few years ago now but I wanted to see how Quantum of Solace would have looked if the gun barrel sequence was at the start so I created the following:



    Breaking this down I created the gun barrel in Blender, ripped Craig from the actual gun barrel sequence at the end of the move and cleaned it up in Photoshop and Rich Douglas kindly wrote a gun barrel music sequence especially for this project :)

    THAT IS AMAZING! I like that gun barrel more than any they have used recently! ^:)^
  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
    Posts: 2,632
    Pretty much recreated a Binder-style gunbarrel here:



    Opening dots were taken straight from the film, the Gunbarrel design I made a greenscreen version of using Photoshop and went frame by frame to match the movements to fit the older films, Craig was taken directly from Spectre (used color correction and removed his gun hand with rotoscoping), blood was recreated shot by shot using Photoshop (a very time-consuming process - I can provide a greenscreen version of this so others can use it), and the music I just took from AVTAK.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    That is great! Well done.
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