Channel Title: Slice of Life Channel Description: Welcome to "Slice of Life" – the channel where we whip up movie magic using classic, old-school techniques like miniatures and matte paintings. Our videos are packed with behind-the-scenes action, showing you the whole movie-making shebang! Plus, we've got tons of tips and tricks that'll make your filmmaking adventures a blast! And we also like beer! <video> Our Favorite Film Editing, Sound Design, and Music Tricks Description: This is the unprecedented insight into the mechanics of our minds when it comes to filmmaking. We generously share the mysteries of our thought process on editing, sound design, and music. This insight and knowledge will probably change filmmaking as we know it. Forget about Scorsese, Spielberg, and Tarantino. They can all go take a nap because we've uploaded a video on YouTube!!! Is anyone even reading this? I always feel the pressure to write something clever in the description and then because I don't know what to say I just end up rambling about random stuff that has nothing to do with the video. 00:00 STARTING THE EDITING PROCESS 3:30 USING TEMP SHOTS 4:55 TRIMMING 7:24 PROBLEM SOLVING 8:57 SOUND DESIGN 13:00 SCORING THE FILM 16:58 SOUND MIX </video> <video> We Combined a Traditional Matte Painting with Blender! Description: Albert Whitlock's Matte Department & Illusion Arts: https://www.youtube.com/@TraditionalMattePaintings Here at Slice of Life we're crazy about traditional matte paintings and it's no surprise we managed to squeeze one in this film as well. But this time we enhanced some of the parts with the help of a free 3D software called Blender. It's a wonderful synergy of new and old, of analogue and digital. Or, perhaps, it is a BLASPHEMY! Please state your opinion in the comments and try to start a fight. 00:00 WHAT ARE MATTE PAINTINGS? 0:57 PLANNING THE MATTE PAINTING 1:55 PAINTING 3:53 FILMING 4:17 HISTORY LESSON 5:16 COMPOSITING 6:34 USING BLENDER 8:18 3D HELICOPTER #mattepainting #blender #blender3d #filmmaking #vfx </video> <video> Miniature effects - VFX breakdown #filmmaking #film #miniature #vfx Description: FULL VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVG7gsfocoU&t </video> <video> How to Create Traditionally Animated Lightning Effects Description: In this electrifying video we will demonstrate how to make analogue lightning effects and at the same time prove how it's always better to make your hands dirty and try to film stuff for real instead of generating stuff on your computer because it will always look better. Except when you're working on that client job, you know, and they ask for some lightning effects, and you ask "ok when do you need it'?", and they say "we need it yesterday", and you say "ok how much money do you have?", and they say "not a lot really", and then you say "ok", and you most definitely don't go film anything for real because they don't deserve it, you don't even generate lightnings in After Effects because even that would be too much work. What you do instead is you search your hard drive for that old lightning effects pack you downloaded back in 2012 that you never used and you just slap some cheap-ass lightnings on their footage and take their money. So only use this analogue technique for your own projects and NEVER for client work... The bastards don't appreciate you anyway... 00:00 LEARNING ABOUT OLD LIGHTNING EFFECTS 1:17 EXAMINING A BLADE RUNNER LIGHTNING 1:54 OUR PAINTED LIGHTNING 3:25 FILMING A SHOT FOR SPLASHBACK 4:02 UNDERLIGHTING TECHNIQUE EXPLAINED 4:46 UNDERLIGHTING TEST No. 1 6:06 UNDERLIGHTING TEST No. 2 7:05 RESULTS! 7:25 MORE EXPERIMENTS </video> <video> Some old school VFX from our film "Splashback" #filmmaking #miniature #vfx Description: FULL VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKwziV9zLWk </video> <video> Use Graphic Design to Expand Your Film's Universe! Description: FINALLY!!! The video you've all been begging for has finally arrived! The flood of requests for a graphic design video was just too overwhelming to ignore. You won't believe how many requests we got - literally zero. BUT! It's one of my favorite topics and I really wanted to talk about it and drink beer, so I made my wish come true. Maybe, just maybe, you’ll find it helpful or at least mildly entertaining.* * This video is much more enjoyable if watched with beer in hand. 00:00 DR PEEPEE 1:04 SLICE OF LIFE 1:46 NASA LOGO 5:23 ID CARDS 9:58 FONTS 10:43 POSTER 17:36 TITLE DESIGN </video> <video> How to Professionally Grade a Black and White Film (in DaVinci Resolve) Description: We're coming to an end of our 'Splashback' filmmaking saga. This video is the one before the last. Or maybe it will be the last if I never make the last video. Anyway, it's about grading... I mean it's pretty self explanatory. Which is why I won't talk about it here at all. What I actually wanna say is that Dino spent his childhood in Germany. I bet you didn't know that! Or was it Austria? I think it was Germany but I can't be a 100% certain. Anyway, that's why he speaks almost perfect German as it can be witnessed in this video. So when I was editing this video, and the time came to make a "Berliner Rollergang" music video at the end, it was only logical that I sing the lyrics because I don't know any German at all. So the point of this whole story is that I don't know if I even pronounced anything right, BUT the first person that writes the correct lyrics in the comments will get a present!!! I am serious! I will ship you the original Slice of Life Blu-ray and Making-of Book! Free of charge!!! I know this will probably be limited to German speaking audience but I'm totally OK with it because Germany is pretty close to Croatia and I'll probably save on shipping because of that. Good luck and may the Farts be in you. 00:00 20 THINGS TO DO IN BERLIN 0:50 MEETING LUTZ 1:59 WHY GRADING? 2:38 GRADING A SHOT 6:17 FACE TRACKING 7:02 GRADING ANOTHER SHOT 7:44 AI ROTOSCOPING 9:29 BERLINER ROLLERGANG </video> <video> How to film a shot with a miniature rocket! #film #filmmaking #miniature Description: Full video on our channel @sliceoflifefilm </video> <video> Invisible Visual Effects: The Painful Work You Never Notice Description: This is an episode about the most horrible part of filmmaking that almost no one ever speaks about. Additionally, it's a lot of work that is well... invisible. But this time we are uncovering it all!! We are spilling all the dirty secrets from our film and showing how we fixed all the mistakes that occurred during production because that's how films are made... with lots and lots of mistakes. 00:00 WHAT ARE INVISIBLE EFFECTS? 1:27 PRESS CONFERENCE WIDE ANGLE 2:22 PRESS CONFERENCE CLEANUP 5:24 ADDING MORE PEOPLE IN THE SHOT 6:52 TOILET WIDE ANGLE 8:42 COMBINING TWO SHOTS 9:44 POINTLESS HEAD REPLACEMENT 11:30 TV ROTOSCOPING NIGHTMARE 12:33 WHITE HOUSE ROTOSCOPING NIGHTMARE 13:46 BEDTIME STORY #blender3d #blender #aftereffects #filmmaking </video> <video> VFX BREAKDOWN with miniatures #film #filmmaking #miniature Description: FULL VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVG7gsfocoU&t </video> <video> How to film an epic rain scene! #film #filmmaking #miniature Description: Full video on our channel @sliceoflifefilm </video> <video> Compositing Miniatures and Creating Realistic Shots Description: All the miniature shots have been filmed, and the next phase is creating the finalized, oh-so-beautiful shots! In this video, I demonstrate the ancient technique of "compositing." It's a magical process where the filmed passes are combined and augmented with additional filmed elements, and when they're all wonderfully blended together, we get the final shots. Indeed, it is all truly fascinating and fulfilling. 00:00 WAREHOUSE SHOT 3:57 SUPPLIES HANGAR SHOT 5:33 PRESS CONFERENCE PARKING LOT 7:44 CAR INSERT SHOT 8:12 FILMING WITH THE DOG 9:05 DOG NEEDS TO PEE 9:43 DOG NEEDS TO PLAY DEAD 10:28 THE MOBILE TV UNIT SHOT </video> <video> How to Film Realistic Looking Miniature Cars Description: This is our first ever CHRISTMAS EPISODE and also part TWO of our miniature filming process. We had a real blast with this one! We filmed in the middle of the holiday season and were constantly battling the cold. Some of the miniatures were poorly built, which caused problems during filming. This resulted in some of the model builders being fired, which was awkward considering I was the only model builder on the project. Then, we had problems with our gear which almost drove this whole project to the brink of failure. All in all, this is probably our favorite episode to date, especially because the uplifting Christmas music wonderfully juxtaposes the overall misery on set. Enjoy! 😂 00:00 PRESIDENTIAL ARRIVAL SHOT 1:48 PARKING SHOT 1 2:58 PARKING SHOT 2 4:29 PREPARING THE GUARD HOUSE SHOT 7:48 FILMING THE GUARD HOUSE SHOT 10:00 DR SEUSS'S "HOW THE GEAR BROKE ON CHRISTMAS" STORY 12:02 THE ROAD SHOTS 13:52 MAGIC HOUR SHOT 15:28 LAST SHOT </video> <video> NEW YORK Picture Frame Diorama + (Flux BEAM AIR PRO review) Description: For more info on FLUX lasers check out this link: https://aff.flux3dp.com/sliceoflife Also check out our FREE filmmaking masterclass: https://youtu.be/eIaoldKtmSo?si=ahdlK1-HDiAsIhGl </video> <video> Our film is on HBO - Here's how you can watch it! Description: LA SHORTS LINK: https://www.lashortsfest.com/watch NEW MAKING OF VIDEOS COMING SOON!!!! FULL SPLASHBACK MASTERCLASS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGu0l9WfhTG4_JwHHal-HXg_C3_BVw8dF&si=itvFMWFC-dJp6FEF </video>

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Welcome to "Slice of Life" – the channel where we whip up movie magic using classic, old-school techniques like miniatures and matte paintings.
Our videos are packed with behind-the-scenes action, showing you the whole movie-making shebang! Plus, we've got tons of tips and tricks that'll make your filmmaking adventures a blast!
And we also like beer!

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