1) Nice Riddick pun. 2) Good stuff, but it didn't sell for me because of the shadow direction not matching the light source. Just couldn't un-see it. Could probably be solved with a second light aimed toward the 6 o'clock of the airsoft and lowering the brightness of the lights so they equal the total desired brightness. P.s. Recoil. That may have helped too.
Fun fact, HBO's new show "The Penguin" just did something very similar, but with the lights on the ends of the barrels of the guns, so the muzzle flash looks like it's actually coming from the gun. I just thought that was pretty cool. Great video!
I was thinking that's what they were going to do on here. Some kind of clear ring at the end of the barrel packed with super intense LEDs or something. Probably still wouldn't be close to bright enough, but the angle of the light source would always be perfect. I felt like I was seeing something different when the lights are clearly coming from way above the gun barrel and everyone at the end kept saying how good it looked lol
Then add some vapor to the airaoft gun's gas so the vapor diffuses the light. A similar experiment did that to have a practical muzzle flash + smoke effect.
That's been done for a few decades. If memory serves, they did that in the second Starship Troopers movie, back in 2004.They also did it in a few 90's SciFi Channel original movies, made for TV, and I think they used to do it as far back as the early 1980's, albeit with far less effectiveness, and far more timing issues.
This video took me by surprise. I was expecting a usual Corridor Crew video, but what I got was a behind the scenes of the hidden difficulties of making small films and how to push through them. Actually really enjoyed this style of video. Super cool!
Someone else mentioned it already, but creating a peripheral that attaches to the muzzle to create a localized light source would make an even better, faithful effect than a nearby lamp flash. But the end result for this effort is still a cool prospect and exercise. Hope it evolves into something useful and practical on a wider scale.
It already exists sort've, there are LED silencers for airsoft guns that spray a cloud of vapor and then light it up to simulate a muzzle flash, ofcourse you dont always want a silencer on your gun but the tech exists an i would love to see that added to this
@@zARCADEz Yea that makes a ton of sense to just rig the gun trigger to light up an LED near the muzzle. But it would have to hold up visually close up
@@cbjewelz the trick would be to shoot something like vape smoke down a barrel with some kind of easy to set up flash lamp or LED. The difficult bit is to get it to work without too much smoke, or the barrel just being a flashlight.
It would no doubt be a more complex setup, and may have some constraints like the actor needing to wear a battery hidden on their person to power the light. But you could be much more free in terms of the types of scenes. Multiple shooters from multiple angles on screen at the same time would be a non-issue.
Serious question: Why not disassemble the guns, and add a little Electronic wireless trigger to the gun trigger, that will trigger the lights to go off. That way, you can even add LED lights to the gun, simulating the muzzle flash. And even record the electronic trigger to time the sound fx more accurately. And if you have RC fake blood packs, you could connect it to the E-trigger so that it explodes when you pull the trigger.
Your method doesn’t seem sustainable. This would mean having to disassemble every gun they want to use on the shoot and install what you mentioned. Niko’s is more “pick up any gun and go”. Then there’s also the added benefit of getting solo shots of actors getting shot and they can time their own lighting by yelling out bang as illustrated in this video, without even needing to use the guns.
Honestly wouldn't even need to disassemble anything, you can get small pressure switches that install just behind or on the trigger to control laser sights and such, just run that to a transmitter. Slap it on any gun you're using.
These are gas (propane) operated guns, so there is no space inside to hide the electronics. If they were to be electric airsoft, it might be feasable, but then you don't get the "recoil" and the sound.
@@formoftherapy Idk man, the whole issue from the start was lighting. If the light isn't coming from the muzzle of the gun, then you haven't solved the original problem. The sound sensor is fine, but muzzle flashes don't come from above the shooter, they come from the barrel of the gun. Niko's solution here is partial, and there's definitely room for improvement.
Can we just appreciate the fact that Sam and Niko where childhood buddy's that had a hobby, then went on to create a hugely successfull business together and they're still friends. You guys are an example! ❤
Yeah, they must really like each other. A few years ago I started a business with a friend that I liked a lot, and now we haven't spoken in 6 years because the business went south. They should consider themselves lucky to still have each other after so many years.
I’m sure they know but at 12:00, the illusion is a bit broken with the light lighting up the back side of Niko (this might because I’m looking for it). I feel like this will be really hard to dial in as it’s hard to get the shooted and shooter properly lit in such a tight shot.
Yeah would work a lot better with a more focused direct light facing the talent. could probably setup multiple for shots in which he turns and have a crew member rehearsing the timing to switch one for the other
10:04 Sam might not like himself when he loses his cool, but it's nice to see that he cares that much about the shot. It's what sets him apart, he is his own worst critic and he uses that voice to improve his skills
@emw989 I've been watching Niko and Sam since they came up with Brandon and Freddie W. I've seen them play video games togther and that was a pretty typical Sam "freak out" he does get annoyed with himself when he doesn't get things right. And Freddie, Brandon, and Niko have to talk him back and tell him things are fine
My only complaint if any at all is that the light doesn’t appear to be coming from the muzzle flash itself. I don’t know if I see it that way because I know how it’s made or because it looks like that but in general it looks like it isn’t coming from the gun. Either way it’s really cool what you guys are doing here
Totally valid complaint! Next step would be to rig up an easily portable light on a stick for someone to hold in front of the gun when needed, but I decided to save that step for when we make GRAYMATTER 2. -N
@@CorridorCrew or do a bit of planning ahead; place multiple lights at the right spots. You already have the micro controller, the rest is a bit of programming to trigger each light in the right order.
You have to get a sense of how the first piece of tech works before you know how to refine and build upon it. If you don’t make anything with it, you won’t actually know how it looks. Plus, letting the perfect be the enemy of the good means you’ll never get around to making *anything* .
If Niko would like to have a new hobby, then there's a ton of things that could've been done there. With multiple guns there could be couple of things to do with more light sources. Instead of noise, he could use contact switch attached to trigger for non automatic weapon. For shots from afar he could have gyro attached to a gun, and based on direction he would face, he could pick one from few light sources (might be too expensive in terms of light sources, and how much work they would have to put into it).
Just connect a speaker of good quality (and with a gunshot audio file) to the light trigger, and you get a flash that's 100% synced to the sound plus physical ambient echos
@TheProfficer you may be surprised with the amount of light they can produce, but yeah, you'd be right in the quality of light. Could use in tandem to get the best of both worlds
Do you guys know of Scott Prop and Roll? They made a muzzle flash attachment for airsoft too. Coupled with your project it could be all practical! Their video is called Prop Guns: How We Use Airsoft in Movies and TV. A collab with them would be cool!
You've cut down half the work on future projects in the studio at the same time made it more realistic, and have made something one of a kind it's pretty amazing. Who knew what you could accomplish with only 80% confidence.
You guys should look at the slow-mo scene from the 2012 movie Killing Them Softly. They did something similar. Here’s the explanation from an American Cinematographer article: "The filmmakers did make extensive use of the Phantom Flex for another nighttime attack, Jackie’s car-to-car shooting of Markie. This sequence inspired one of the more unusual lighting effects designed for the production: a remote-trigger LED gunshot effect, which Fraser’s crew created in close collaboration with Al DeMayo and Lee Parker at LiteGear. “The LED gunshot effect was originally designed for the scene in which Jackie shoots Markie, but when we talked to Al and Lee about engineering the effect processor, we asked them to make something that would be universally applicable,” recalls Bott. “The effect was actuated by a Piezo trigger attached to the grip of the gun, and the trigger was tuned by the LiteGear effects processor to respond to the vibration of the hammer striking the firing pin. By attaching the Piezo trigger to the handle and having the sensor remotely tuned, we had the flexibility to use the effect with whichever firearm was used in the close-up. It was intended to be enhanced in post, and was conceived in part as a visual-effects reference."
Niko, I’m Joseph. The guy you, “thought you recognized” back at the end of August! Thanks for taking a few moments out of your busy day and sharing about what you were working on. I’m excited to see the final product and wish you guys the best in your continued pursuits of incredible VFX & entertainment. God bless you guys. -Joe
This was really inspiring and encouraging, making your own tools for the creative process can be so discouraging. Watching Niko troubleshoot his lighting system, I could feel that frustration. I can’t count the number of times I’ve just been stuck, no error messages, no leads, nothing. But I’ll always look back to this when I need to keep going. Thanks guys! And good luck with the new gray matter video, I know it’ll be awesome!
Sam doesn't make mistakes. I could tell he was just acting the part when he was getting mad. Acting could use some work, but luckily that is the only thing he needs to work on. A perfect specimen. :D
4:11 I love how Niko literally used his VFX brain to solve the issue. How do you figure out where your VFX is breaking? Start from the bottom and start walking up your layers til you identify the problem. So cool.
Great! Now you could bypass the sound input as a trigger and rig inside the gun (maybe inside the clip) a radio transmitter launched by the gun trigger. So then no accidental sound in the scene make a flash, only the gun. Yes, you can send me a Simpsons tee for this great idea.
Wireless signals, radio, bluetooth, or otherwise, would just add additional latency into the system, albiet small. A better option would be to have a speaker in/on the gun that emits a specific frequency as a beep, and tune the pick-up microphone for that specific frequency.
@@happzy I recommend looking into it. There's still lots of gunplay but the original vision was a fair bit different from what we got on screen. It was much more like that scene in the dark and the bit with the trainees doing the tai-chi looking stuff. What we got was still fun but I would have liked to see the original plan given form.
11:54 Niko turns around and muzzle flash is now lighting him from the back. A second flash bulb will fix it. Now to figure out how to tell the system which to turn on...
Yall should check out the BTS of the new The Penguin episode on Max! They used something they called “flash guns” that look like regular guns but have a big flash that’s triggered when they pull the trigger! Just finished watching the episode and watching the bts I thought of this video!
Yeah, or something called "non-guns" basically a cap gun that produces a realistic muzzle flash and won't deafen you, unfortunately they don't eject a casing or move
very cool! Just an FYI there is a product that already exists that is much better for your needs. They are called "non guns" and fire what are essentially quieter cap gun caps. Tons and tons of great options that are identical looking to real guns. Easy to rent if you are in LA. Brighter muzzle flash than a real gun. Lots of the industry is moving in this direction.
The risk of injury is low and death is basically zero (infinitely safer than a blank in a real gun). I’d feel safer having a non-gun fired at me 2ft away than carrying a 60lb camera package up a ladder. Plus there is literally no way to get as cool looking a muzzle flash without shooting a real blank. I’ve used them on 3 shoots and am never going back to blanks or CG.
The non-guns from ISS do this, yes... but are more expensive to rent than most airsoft gas guns are to buy, and they also often don't have moving parts (slide, bolt, etc.) the way real ones do.
What you are talking about is still a blank gun with the issues he would have as the real gun converted to blanks. They are classified by the ATF as a "blank fire only non-gun" or BFONG. They still fire a blank, much like the blank converted real gun, but the blank is not made from a standard ammo type, and the guns are not made to be able to take pressures of live ammunition. They are still loud, still are dangerous at close distances (20 feet minimum tends to be the standard), and still would require the same permits and permissions as converted guns. Source: it's literally my job
there’s something about watching a video where the creator is passionate about what they’re doing that just gets me hype. When that light finally communicated got me so excited
Having a confidence level of 80% is genuinely the key to getting through any engineering problem. Of course, there are times to get help, but at least having confidence to commit to trying something instead of quitting is paramount.
This reminds me of the live action Sorcerer's Apprentice. For the magic bolts they had the actors wear little blue LEDs in their palms to give real lighting to the scene and then just painted out the LED in post. Just like with wires, sometimes its easier to paint out the evidence of a practical effect than to put in a full effect.
My new favorite technical Crew video. I am currently in college to become an engineer and Niko just single handedly created something that many upperclassmen would struggle with immensely... this is why I want to go into film: the problem solving is simply one of the core components of this art and it is so beautiful. Thank y'all.
My only issue is the direction the light is coming from. If you could somehow attach it to like a selfie stick or something, that might make it better.
This is awesome 👏💡👏💡👏💡 Now the next step for the ‘AutoMuzzleFlash’ is to design a PCB to solder all the components to and house it in a 3D printed enclosure
@@pathologicaldoubt eh sort of but maybe not. right now it has the problem of noticeable delay, and it's a hacked together prototype. big difference between that and a production ready design.
search "sound flash trigger". They've been a thing for a long time, just need one that auto-resets, many are designed for a single trigger event because they're meant for high speed photography. They range from AU$55 electronics hobbyist projects to commercial units for many lighting systems, depending on your budget. There's also RF flash triggers, that you could likely rig on the performer and integrate with a pressure switch in a glove (or taped to finger with body coloured tape/wires or trigger in an airsoft gun. There's also the "no gun" category of weapon simulators, which use a flammable gas like propane or actylene + oxygen gas to produce a visible muzzle flash, but are much safer than blanks. But those are still quite expensive. No guns can be used for pretty much everything accept extremely close range. The flashes are extremely quick flames that transfer little heat, and only produce a fairly muted pop rather than a bang.
The best would be to get this same concept into the muzzle of the gun itself like a powerful LED, it wouldn’t need to “hear” the noise either something manual would work as in pulling the trigger of the gun hits a button inside that makes the light flash for each shot.
@@TheRandompaint army vet retired. i have, but in the context of what they are trying to achieve, it is fantastic. nothing will be the actual thing, but we they are getting closer
@@johncooke1072 for what it is, it looks good. If they had more knowledge of firearms they could make it even better. Every flash is identical to the next one which as you know doesn't happen like that. Also it looks like someone is flipping a light bulb, that strobe was lighting everything.
I think he was also most focused on the flash back towards the actors like a real muzzle flash. The fireball expands beyond the width of the barrel but a light inside the gun would be more like a flashlight. A combo of both would be rad but I like his solution.
Niko I think I have a great idea to bring those muzzle flashes to life. In airsoft you can aquire light flashers that thread onto standerd airsoft threaded barrels that get activated by a bb passing though them. My idea is to get a gass blowback gun and use its gass to trigger the light via moving say a peice of paper or tape in the barrel. These look insainly good and combined with the sound activated surround light you made you could get a shot that looks great in the ruff cut.
theres already something that does this kind of thing really well called a tracer unit. there are types of tracers that add a vwery realistic muzzle flash. and using bbs in the airsoft gun woul.d probably make the actors reactions more "real" just because they know exactly where they were hit
It was for sure intended to invoke it, if not a direct sample (I've watched that special innumerable times, it sounded a bit off, but I caught it nonetheless).
It's a reference to amazon and it's a very specific piece of music, the synths and the claps match pretty much perfectly so I guess it's intentional, even if the pitch doesn't exactly match
you guys are also my "childhood buddies" even tho I was already in my 20's when i first "met" you guys on youtube. FreddieW did that. My "friendship" with you guys outlasted so much shit in my life you dont know.. (2011 when we became " friends " on this channel ) I admit I dont watch EVERY video these days, but when I do watch one it always feels like coming "home." Thank you so much for the only stable thing that I got going in my life
@@LaurieCheers Ah gotcha, I thought they meant at the beginning of the action scene they filmed, or at the beginning of the video when he's shooting, and I could not for the life of me figure out what the reference could be. Thanks for pointing it out! Haha though as far as references go, typing "It's Pitch Black in here. It's Riddickulous" in a 0.5 second cutaway gag is pretty weak sauce, like something Meet The Spartans would leave on the cutting room floor.
I love how y'all are constantly looking for ways to revolutionize filmmaking techniques. Which is plenty cool on its own as you apply those techniques to your own short films, but then you go and make an extremely approachable video detailing exactly how you did it, which pitfalls to avoid, and how to improve it further. It's clear that y'all do this for the love of the craft and all the little 12yo Sams and Nikos out there right now.
One thing that's worth mentioning is not every shot is liable to have muzzle flash. The air directly in front of the muzzle needs to have the right balance of combustible material, so it's very possible that maybe the first shot or two won't have a bright flash. You could probably use something in your rendering software that ramps the brightness and then has a randomness algorithm as to whether a shot would have a muzzle flash and how bright it would be.
Although that might be accurate, for someone like me that knows nothing about guns would look off I believe. I imagine that they want to strike a good balance between realism and hollywood (cinematic) realism. So something that looks real but also looks good on screen or that looks "real" according to what you see on screen.
The main problem I see with this is the shadows coming from the wrong angles in the flashes. If you can make sure the light is always in front of the actor, then you have something. Not sure if you could add a light about one foot in front of the barrel and take it out in post. If not, then you need to plan the lights to be located where the gun will be pointed when the trigger is pulled.
why would you need the light to turn on and off with a sound? you are pulling a trigger, just have the light and sound both trigger, when you pull the trigger
Wiring up to the trigger requires inventing some sort of wireless unit, as well as having to use a specially rigged gun. With my method you can use any Airsoft gun at any time, no setup needed. -N
@@CorridorCrew makes a lot of sense for something off the fly like this, didnt think about multiple guns with 1 rig if you were scaling it up to a full scale movie budget i feel youd 100% want the specially rigged guns, if only to make sure the light comes from the end of the gun the one shot where you fire the smg then spin round and fire the pistol, because the light is coming from above the pistol shot is lit weirdly compared to all the others, that one shot is the only one which looks at all "off", and on a larger budget youd probably have multiple rigs to make sure every shot has a flash from the correct spot
@@CorridorCrew The trigger doesn't have to be in the gun, it can be taped or otherwise attached to the performer (trigger finger pressure, often tuned to a sudden change looking for the trigger break), with the RF flash trigger hidden like a mic pack on the performer. RF flash/strobe triggers exist already. Sound is cheaper for multiple performers, but you really need to tune it well to reliably trigger on the right sound characteristics otherwise the flash/strobe triggers with other events in the scene like performers movement or other sounds that are hard to prevent with a simple decibel threshold (eg: shooting in an uncontrolled environment like outside or live theatre performance). Commercial sound based flash/strobe triggers are available if you want a more reliable/weatherproof solution.
@@CorridorCrew Yeah, wireless unit is a huge increase in complexity (and therefore jank and potential failure points), however, the sound sensor solution has its downsides too, as it can't be in the frame and therefore the light it produces doesn't really look like it is coming from the _muzzle._
Claude is fantastic at writing DMX. I went from not knowing how DMX works, to having a fully functional multi-channel light show with different lights on timing synced to multiple parts of music, web interface, in less than a week with a $15 USB DMX adapter. Halloween is going to be awesome.
There’s always a next step to improve. What they did here was incredible! I’m imagining an array of sound-reactive lights that only fire when a sensor on the actor is visible or something, so the muzzle flash always comes from the right direction. Totally doable as the next iteration.
many lights for bands/djs/gigs can be run from an internal mic with a volume knob on the back for sensitivity... They have strobes available.. (or strobe mode for many newer led washes) I'm sure there are plenty on the used market for V little money (especially if they aren't LED)
My guess was the thinking was that the directionality of the light source wouldn’t matter once it’s brought into post, but I think what would really elevate this would be to have the light source be on the tip of the barrel somehow. It’ll totally change what does/doesn’t get illuminated
U wont get that ambient light, and it will be too darn visible and stuff because of either hard lighting on hand or stuff or just a low light or harsh light with that light on gun thing
You guys keep encroaching into becoming a genuine movie studio department. You freelance on projects while creating your own stuff but I feels like you are slowly pivoting into actual production quality work I would watch. Incredible work.
But the light CLEARLY looks like its coming from above it does not look right. maybe if you attached the light to the front of the gun facing you and painted it out in post (super duper easy :)
Yeah I think the effect actually looks pretty cool- but doesn't look at all like it's coming from the muzzle or anywhere near the gun. But it's partly for content and partly to come up with new cool stuff so I get why they went this way, made for an interesting build and I can see the effect being used by others to have cool lighting during battles.
And the fast response from I presume is led, is creating a stroboscope/rolling shutter effect, the light needs some decay. 100w tungsten for the win lol. ok thats maybe a tad slow but....
Yep although they look like suppressors... And suppressors don't make big flash so not real great. I saw some small enough to seem like muzzle breaks but they are still pretty bulky. Also the LED of these devices are not strong enough to produce a realistic flash anyway.
@@bablela26 this depends on your gear. I play in an indoor field that has dark corridors like in the short film they shot. In this setting that muzzle flash can be blinding.
Oh, I think that something that would fix the issue some people noticed with the light source coming from the back at ponits would be to put the light on a boom pole in order to follow the actor and choreography.
I think so, but I don't think it is integrated in this way. I know with musical performances you can plug XLR cables into some of the lights, but the effects would run off a pre-recorded track or from a mixing desk. IDK if something like Niko's already exists
Now you can arduinofy all of your props! It's honestly nice to see the crossover with hobbiest engineering coming into practice in a professional setting. I can't wait to see where this takes you guys as you often work really well with low tech options (besides studio quality lights and cameras ofc), and killer editing.
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Love you guys. Still have my green screen blanket after all these years!
1) Nice Riddick pun.
2) Good stuff, but it didn't sell for me because of the shadow direction not matching the light source. Just couldn't un-see it. Could probably be solved with a second light aimed toward the 6 o'clock of the airsoft and lowering the brightness of the lights so they equal the total desired brightness.
P.s. Recoil. That may have helped too.
Try this but also experiment with an airsoft Tracer - Blaster unit
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Hi Max!
They should go back to the first ever video and re-VFX, all of it
They kinda already did
@@APerfectlyNormalLegoPerson when where
I love that idea
@@APerfectlyNormalLegoPerson when where
@@APerfectlyNormalLegoPersonapparently you are the only one here who has seen it, where is it? we all wanna see
Fun fact, HBO's new show "The Penguin" just did something very similar, but with the lights on the ends of the barrels of the guns, so the muzzle flash looks like it's actually coming from the gun. I just thought that was pretty cool.
Great video!
I was thinking that's what they were going to do on here. Some kind of clear ring at the end of the barrel packed with super intense LEDs or something. Probably still wouldn't be close to bright enough, but the angle of the light source would always be perfect.
I felt like I was seeing something different when the lights are clearly coming from way above the gun barrel and everyone at the end kept saying how good it looked lol
Then add some vapor to the airaoft gun's gas so the vapor diffuses the light. A similar experiment did that to have a practical muzzle flash + smoke effect.
They should react to it
@@BinToss._. But Airsoft is already doing it ! look up Muzzle flash tracer
That's been done for a few decades. If memory serves, they did that in the second Starship Troopers movie, back in 2004.They also did it in a few 90's SciFi Channel original movies, made for TV, and I think they used to do it as far back as the early 1980's, albeit with far less effectiveness, and far more timing issues.
This video took me by surprise. I was expecting a usual Corridor Crew video, but what I got was a behind the scenes of the hidden difficulties of making small films and how to push through them. Actually really enjoyed this style of video. Super cool!
Someone else mentioned it already, but creating a peripheral that attaches to the muzzle to create a localized light source would make an even better, faithful effect than a nearby lamp flash. But the end result for this effort is still a cool prospect and exercise. Hope it evolves into something useful and practical on a wider scale.
Oh man imagine with refinement the kind of effects this could achieve.
It already exists sort've, there are LED silencers for airsoft guns that spray a cloud of vapor and then light it up to simulate a muzzle flash, ofcourse you dont always want a silencer on your gun but the tech exists an i would love to see that added to this
@@zARCADEz Yea that makes a ton of sense to just rig the gun trigger to light up an LED near the muzzle. But it would have to hold up visually close up
@@cbjewelz the trick would be to shoot something like vape smoke down a barrel with some kind of easy to set up flash lamp or LED. The difficult bit is to get it to work without too much smoke, or the barrel just being a flashlight.
It would no doubt be a more complex setup, and may have some constraints like the actor needing to wear a battery hidden on their person to power the light. But you could be much more free in terms of the types of scenes. Multiple shooters from multiple angles on screen at the same time would be a non-issue.
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Exactly, sometimes you don't even know what it is that you don't know
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Serious question: Why not disassemble the guns, and add a little Electronic wireless trigger to the gun trigger, that will trigger the lights to go off. That way, you can even add LED lights to the gun, simulating the muzzle flash. And even record the electronic trigger to time the sound fx more accurately. And if you have RC fake blood packs, you could connect it to the E-trigger so that it explodes when you pull the trigger.
Your method doesn’t seem sustainable. This would mean having to disassemble every gun they want to use on the shoot and install what you mentioned. Niko’s is more “pick up any gun and go”.
Then there’s also the added benefit of getting solo shots of actors getting shot and they can time their own lighting by yelling out bang as illustrated in this video, without even needing to use the guns.
Honestly wouldn't even need to disassemble anything, you can get small pressure switches that install just behind or on the trigger to control laser sights and such, just run that to a transmitter. Slap it on any gun you're using.
These are gas (propane) operated guns, so there is no space inside to hide the electronics. If they were to be electric airsoft, it might be feasable, but then you don't get the "recoil" and the sound.
@@formoftherapy Idk man, the whole issue from the start was lighting. If the light isn't coming from the muzzle of the gun, then you haven't solved the original problem. The sound sensor is fine, but muzzle flashes don't come from above the shooter, they come from the barrel of the gun. Niko's solution here is partial, and there's definitely room for improvement.
@@omicronixzerus2929 That's why i thought of maybe putting LED's on the muzzle to add that effect
Can we just appreciate the fact that Sam and Niko where childhood buddy's that had a hobby, then went on to create a hugely successfull business together and they're still friends. You guys are an example! ❤
They’re like the Rhett and Link of the film industry
Yeah, they must really like each other. A few years ago I started a business with a friend that I liked a lot, and now we haven't spoken in 6 years because the business went south. They should consider themselves lucky to still have each other after so many years.
Let's not forget too that the Corridor channel has been up for more than a decade now, THEY ARE SO talented!
More like 'Sam and Niko' 😄 loved watching this channel when that's what it was called back then, still love it now.
Sam is great but my guess is Niko could work with just about anyone. Very chill guy.
I like the dynamic of Sam and Niko. They should consider creating a "Sam and Niko" UA-cam channel
LOL
They did. It's called Corridor
@@franzpattison yeah xD
@@franzpattison incorrect, it was the original name for the Corridor Crew channel, and my comment was a joke 😂 *whooosh*
@@QueeferSutherlands They still focus on short films on their main channel. This is their other channel.
Niko screaming over an Arduino is really just the core experience of any project involving an Arduino.
Audioreactive systems or otherwise 😅
I’m sure they know but at 12:00, the illusion is a bit broken with the light lighting up the back side of Niko (this might because I’m looking for it). I feel like this will be really hard to dial in as it’s hard to get the shooted and shooter properly lit in such a tight shot.
agree, the idea is really brilliant but for me it looks odd, not that natural
Yeah would work a lot better with a more focused direct light facing the talent. could probably setup multiple for shots in which he turns and have a crew member rehearsing the timing to switch one for the other
I'm 81% confident this was extremely entertaining.
Gotta say, my confidence level is 80%
Sam predicting he'd say that every time is adorable. They're like an old married couple.
this feels like it's asking to be turned into a shirt of some kind
Tory, what is PGO?
@@dirkbester9050 81% actually
@@ianglenn2821i think that's General Audience
10:04 Sam might not like himself when he loses his cool, but it's nice to see that he cares that much about the shot. It's what sets him apart, he is his own worst critic and he uses that voice to improve his skills
Both Sam and Niko are displaying high levels of leadership. Inspiring!
you bots are aware that whole bit was scripted right
@emw989 I've been watching Niko and Sam since they came up with Brandon and Freddie W. I've seen them play video games togther and that was a pretty typical Sam "freak out" he does get annoyed with himself when he doesn't get things right. And Freddie, Brandon, and Niko have to talk him back and tell him things are fine
@@wax_axiom479 reality tv was made with people like you in mind
@@emw989 you must be fun at parties
As a person who works networking and IT, i can relatet to the amazing feeling of acomplishing a long project SUPER HARD
My only complaint if any at all is that the light doesn’t appear to be coming from the muzzle flash itself. I don’t know if I see it that way because I know how it’s made or because it looks like that but in general it looks like it isn’t coming from the gun. Either way it’s really cool what you guys are doing here
Totally valid complaint! Next step would be to rig up an easily portable light on a stick for someone to hold in front of the gun when needed, but I decided to save that step for when we make GRAYMATTER 2. -N
@@CorridorCrew Yeah as long as it was more over the gun and also with a *much* smaller modifier so the light's harder, I think you'd be in business.
@@CorridorCrew or do a bit of planning ahead; place multiple lights at the right spots. You already have the micro controller, the rest is a bit of programming to trigger each light in the right order.
You have to get a sense of how the first piece of tech works before you know how to refine and build upon it. If you don’t make anything with it, you won’t actually know how it looks. Plus, letting the perfect be the enemy of the good means you’ll never get around to making *anything* .
If Niko would like to have a new hobby, then there's a ton of things that could've been done there.
With multiple guns there could be couple of things to do with more light sources. Instead of noise, he could use contact switch attached to trigger for non automatic weapon.
For shots from afar he could have gyro attached to a gun, and based on direction he would face, he could pick one from few light sources (might be too expensive in terms of light sources, and how much work they would have to put into it).
There are muzzle flash imitators for airsoft which look very convincing. They use leds to illuminate the gas coming out a GBB gun
`Yeah that was the same thing I was thinking.... Niko could modifie it that he doesn't need to use any BBs....
Just connect a speaker of good quality (and with a gunshot audio file) to the light trigger, and you get a flash that's 100% synced to the sound plus physical ambient echos
simplest method is taping a bit of paper inside the tracer unit. It being disturbed by the gases escaping will trigger the flash
I don’t thing that that would be enough to light up the whole scene. The lights they’re using are professional grade.
@TheProfficer you may be surprised with the amount of light they can produce, but yeah, you'd be right in the quality of light. Could use in tandem to get the best of both worlds
Do you guys know of Scott Prop and Roll? They made a muzzle flash attachment for airsoft too. Coupled with your project it could be all practical! Their video is called Prop Guns: How We Use Airsoft in Movies and TV. A collab with them would be cool!
They put LEDs in the muzzle attachment and illuminated the gas to create the muzzle fire. I came to the comments to tell them about Scott as well.
Yeah I was going to say the same,
Just saw that video recently. Pretty cool 👍
First thing I thought of when watching the video
@@meatball7223 they gotta colab
You've cut down half the work on future projects in the studio at the same time made it more realistic, and have made something one of a kind it's pretty amazing. Who knew what you could accomplish with only 80% confidence.
You guys should look at the slow-mo scene from the 2012 movie Killing Them Softly. They did something similar. Here’s the explanation from an American Cinematographer article:
"The filmmakers did make extensive use of the Phantom Flex for another nighttime attack, Jackie’s car-to-car shooting of Markie. This sequence inspired one of the more unusual lighting effects designed for the production: a remote-trigger LED gunshot effect, which Fraser’s crew created in close collaboration with Al DeMayo and Lee Parker at LiteGear. “The LED gunshot effect was originally designed for the scene in which Jackie shoots Markie, but when we talked to Al and Lee about engineering the effect processor, we asked them to make something that would be universally applicable,” recalls Bott. “The effect was actuated by a Piezo trigger attached to the grip of the gun, and the trigger was tuned by the LiteGear effects processor to respond to the vibration of the hammer striking the firing pin. By attaching the Piezo trigger to the handle and having the sensor remotely tuned, we had the flexibility to use the effect with whichever firearm was used in the close-up. It was intended to be enhanced in post, and was conceived in part as a visual-effects reference."
Greig Fraser. Guy's a whiz.
Ohhhh a piezo, that's so smart
I knew a film had done this, just couldn't remember which
Niko, I’m Joseph. The guy you, “thought you recognized” back at the end of August!
Thanks for taking a few moments out of your busy day and sharing about what you were working on. I’m excited to see the final product and wish you guys the best in your continued pursuits of incredible VFX & entertainment.
God bless you guys. -Joe
12:58 "Do you even use a pen tool once?
Only (3d, illustrator, Photoshop, others) artist knew that's impressive
This was really inspiring and encouraging, making your own tools for the creative process can be so discouraging. Watching Niko troubleshoot his lighting system, I could feel that frustration. I can’t count the number of times I’ve just been stuck, no error messages, no leads, nothing. But I’ll always look back to this when I need to keep going. Thanks guys! And good luck with the new gray matter video, I know it’ll be awesome!
Sam doesn't make mistakes. I could tell he was just acting the part when he was getting mad. Acting could use some work, but luckily that is the only thing he needs to work on. A perfect specimen. :D
they should take some acting lessons and maybe do some react videos on that. what makes the acting in some movies so awkward?
@@alienfac32I think a lot of times it can be inexperience but most importantly a lack of chemistry between the actors.
@@alienfac32 I'm in acting class and it's amazing how much the training helps give a good performance.
7:29 Okay so now i need to see that banjo with a muzzle flare comped in!
Yeah
4:11 I love how Niko literally used his VFX brain to solve the issue. How do you figure out where your VFX is breaking? Start from the bottom and start walking up your layers til you identify the problem. So cool.
To be fair, that's a problem solving approach in almost any situation with complexity, like coding or modding.
1:47 sam still has this expression to this day 😂😂
1:47 Sam still makes that expression, all the time! 🤣🤣
classic
Great! Now you could bypass the sound input as a trigger and rig inside the gun (maybe inside the clip) a radio transmitter launched by the gun trigger. So then no accidental sound in the scene make a flash, only the gun. Yes, you can send me a Simpsons tee for this great idea.
Wireless signals, radio, bluetooth, or otherwise, would just add additional latency into the system, albiet small. A better option would be to have a speaker in/on the gun that emits a specific frequency as a beep, and tune the pick-up microphone for that specific frequency.
you would have to do something to the slide too.
@@neondreams2337 I'm curious about the overall latency of the current solution as well.
You could then also have multiple guns in the same shot trigger different lights
@@neondreams2337 Sound is far slower compared to Radio... Latency would go down, if anything.
0:11 There was a scene like that in Equilibrium if I remember correctly
or Riddick
Oh yes!
That was supposed to be part of the gun kata stuff that was sadly ultimately dropped from the rest of the movie.
@@chaos.corner What do you mean it was dropped? Equilibrium is full of gun katas.
@@happzy I recommend looking into it. There's still lots of gunplay but the original vision was a fair bit different from what we got on screen. It was much more like that scene in the dark and the bit with the trainees doing the tai-chi looking stuff. What we got was still fun but I would have liked to see the original plan given form.
0:11 Love the Riddick joke
11:54 Niko turns around and muzzle flash is now lighting him from the back.
A second flash bulb will fix it. Now to figure out how to tell the system which to turn on...
Yall should check out the BTS of the new The Penguin episode on Max! They used something they called “flash guns” that look like regular guns but have a big flash that’s triggered when they pull the trigger!
Just finished watching the episode and watching the bts I thought of this video!
Came here looking for this comment after the episode, lol
Yeah, or something called "non-guns" basically a cap gun that produces a realistic muzzle flash and won't deafen you, unfortunately they don't eject a casing or move
@@MessiahEntertainment same hahaha, just watched the inside Gotham ep for the second episode
very cool! Just an FYI there is a product that already exists that is much better for your needs. They are called "non guns" and fire what are essentially quieter cap gun caps. Tons and tons of great options that are identical looking to real guns. Easy to rent if you are in LA. Brighter muzzle flash than a real gun. Lots of the industry is moving in this direction.
Still has risks of injuries
Anything that causes any kind of fire or rapid gas expansion has the potential to harm people.
The risk of injury is low and death is basically zero (infinitely safer than a blank in a real gun). I’d feel safer having a non-gun fired at me 2ft away than carrying a 60lb camera package up a ladder. Plus there is literally no way to get as cool looking a muzzle flash without shooting a real blank. I’ve used them on 3 shoots and am never going back to blanks or CG.
The non-guns from ISS do this, yes... but are more expensive to rent than most airsoft gas guns are to buy, and they also often don't have moving parts (slide, bolt, etc.) the way real ones do.
What you are talking about is still a blank gun with the issues he would have as the real gun converted to blanks. They are classified by the ATF as a "blank fire only non-gun" or BFONG. They still fire a blank, much like the blank converted real gun, but the blank is not made from a standard ammo type, and the guns are not made to be able to take pressures of live ammunition. They are still loud, still are dangerous at close distances (20 feet minimum tends to be the standard), and still would require the same permits and permissions as converted guns.
Source: it's literally my job
there’s something about watching a video where the creator is passionate about what they’re doing that just gets me hype. When that light finally communicated got me so excited
Having a confidence level of 80% is genuinely the key to getting through any engineering problem. Of course, there are times to get help, but at least having confidence to commit to trying something instead of quitting is paramount.
In 7:22, That shot of Dean shooting in multiple directions as the light flashes is the most badass shot I've seen ALL WEEK
This reminds me of the live action Sorcerer's Apprentice. For the magic bolts they had the actors wear little blue LEDs in their palms to give real lighting to the scene and then just painted out the LED in post. Just like with wires, sometimes its easier to paint out the evidence of a practical effect than to put in a full effect.
As someone who has designed custom PCBs for light controllers for my own needs, Niko fiddling with the breadboard was extremely relatable to watch 😁
i love how this videos filmed, kinda like a documentary between sam and niko
9:27 I was thinking he'll make it in a way that the light will be coming from the gun.
4:27 Niko got every note 🎶
My new favorite technical Crew video. I am currently in college to become an engineer and Niko just single handedly created something that many upperclassmen would struggle with immensely... this is why I want to go into film: the problem solving is simply one of the core components of this art and it is so beautiful. Thank y'all.
Love the whole documentary style interviews going on. You can really tell Sam was going crazy over the idea! What a glorious specimen
@7:04 Avg Engineer moment, it doesn't work for 3 days and them suddenly you figure it out
But you are not sure why
And you never know what you did to fix it, it just seemingly decides to work after taunting you
2:18 I've heard about this. The signaling goes something like: Stop! Drop! Control the lights now! Open up shop!
My only issue is the direction the light is coming from. If you could somehow attach it to like a selfie stick or something, that might make it better.
This is awesome 👏💡👏💡👏💡
Now the next step for the ‘AutoMuzzleFlash’ is to design a PCB to solder all the components to and house it in a 3D printed enclosure
I'm a film director and recently worked with blanks and ran into this problem. If you sold these I would be all over buying them!
They could easily make a lottttt of money selling these
@@pathologicaldoubt eh sort of but maybe not. right now it has the problem of noticeable delay, and it's a hacked together prototype. big difference between that and a production ready design.
@@PabloEdvardo once again, proof-of-concept. this will definitely be improved upon, at least a little by graymatter 2
search "sound flash trigger". They've been a thing for a long time, just need one that auto-resets, many are designed for a single trigger event because they're meant for high speed photography. They range from AU$55 electronics hobbyist projects to commercial units for many lighting systems, depending on your budget. There's also RF flash triggers, that you could likely rig on the performer and integrate with a pressure switch in a glove (or taped to finger with body coloured tape/wires or trigger in an airsoft gun. There's also the "no gun" category of weapon simulators, which use a flammable gas like propane or actylene + oxygen gas to produce a visible muzzle flash, but are much safer than blanks. But those are still quite expensive. No guns can be used for pretty much everything accept extremely close range. The flashes are extremely quick flames that transfer little heat, and only produce a fairly muted pop rather than a bang.
@@gracej79 sounds like for a flash and not dmx protocol
This is a game changer. I did notice at 12:00 you can tell the flash is coming from behind you on your back but overall this looks amazing
The best would be to get this same concept into the muzzle of the gun itself like a powerful LED, it wouldn’t need to “hear” the noise either something manual would work as in pulling the trigger of the gun hits a button inside that makes the light flash for each shot.
@@joek1168 If it's in the muzzle, it wouldn't illuminate the actor.
@@c4v3m4n27 if it were bright enough I bet it would similar to turning on a flashlight you’re holding in front of you
True, but this was merely a test shot, not intended as a real finished product. But that is an important detail they should keep in mind.
he legit uses a flashlight in the scene, it doesn't light up his face like the muzzle flash would.
It's the "meh, I'll just invent it" mentality that I love😂
the sequence at 11:58 is sold me. that pistol shot looks genuinely perfect
You don't hit the range a lot, do you? 😂
@@TheRandompaint army vet retired. i have, but in the context of what they are trying to achieve, it is fantastic. nothing will be the actual thing, but we they are getting closer
@@johncooke1072 for what it is, it looks good. If they had more knowledge of firearms they could make it even better. Every flash is identical to the next one which as you know doesn't happen like that. Also it looks like someone is flipping a light bulb, that strobe was lighting everything.
@@TheRandompaint oh yeah for sure. But I’m excited to see where it goes
I thought he was going to add a light inside or on the guns, this though lets you use anything they already have though, and the and you can 9:57
I think he was also most focused on the flash back towards the actors like a real muzzle flash. The fireball expands beyond the width of the barrel but a light inside the gun would be more like a flashlight. A combo of both would be rad but I like his solution.
Niko I think I have a great idea to bring those muzzle flashes to life. In airsoft you can aquire light flashers that thread onto standerd airsoft threaded barrels that get activated by a bb passing though them. My idea is to get a gass blowback gun and use its gass to trigger the light via moving say a peice of paper or tape in the barrel. These look insainly good and combined with the sound activated surround light you made you could get a shot that looks great in the ruff cut.
I think a youtuber/prop maker already did that
theres already something that does this kind of thing really well called a tracer unit. there are types of tracers that add a vwery realistic muzzle flash. and using bbs in the airsoft gun woul.d probably make the actors reactions more "real" just because they know exactly where they were hit
Another movie with a cool "illuminated only by gunshots" scene is The Warrior's Way.
Wren playing the guitar when testing the setup at 7:29 is absolute gold
Such a nice touch haha
2:56 is that Bezos from Bo Burnham's Inside? Sounds like it, wouldn't surprise me if its from the same sample library.
It was for sure intended to invoke it, if not a direct sample (I've watched that special innumerable times, it sounded a bit off, but I caught it nonetheless).
It's a reference to amazon and it's a very specific piece of music, the synths and the claps match pretty much perfectly so I guess it's intentional, even if the pitch doesn't exactly match
so I'm not the only one who thought of this. It really reminded me of that. Maybe...
My brain immediately went there haha
has to be, it's the song about Jeffrey Bezos/ Amazon!
you guys are also my "childhood buddies" even tho I was already in my 20's when i first "met" you guys on youtube. FreddieW did that. My "friendship" with you guys outlasted so much shit in my life you dont know.. (2011 when we became " friends " on this channel )
I admit I dont watch EVERY video these days, but when I do watch one it always feels like coming "home." Thank you so much for the only stable thing that I got going in my life
Most people will miss it, but that Chronicles of Riddick reference in the beginning is chefs kiss!
That’s probably because there isn’t one? What reference are you talking about?
@@hanklestank The script at 0:11 (more a Pitch Black reference really.)
@@LaurieCheers Correct, specific to pitch black. All in the Riddick universe though 😁
@@LaurieCheers Ah gotcha, I thought they meant at the beginning of the action scene they filmed, or at the beginning of the video when he's shooting, and I could not for the life of me figure out what the reference could be. Thanks for pointing it out!
Haha though as far as references go, typing "It's Pitch Black in here. It's Riddickulous" in a 0.5 second cutaway gag is pretty weak sauce, like something Meet The Spartans would leave on the cutting room floor.
11:30 I recognize that holster sound anywhere.
I love how y'all are constantly looking for ways to revolutionize filmmaking techniques. Which is plenty cool on its own as you apply those techniques to your own short films, but then you go and make an extremely approachable video detailing exactly how you did it, which pitfalls to avoid, and how to improve it further.
It's clear that y'all do this for the love of the craft and all the little 12yo Sams and Nikos out there right now.
Are you saying they love little kids?
This is genuine innovation right here. I'm currently going through film school right now and this is some *killer* inspiration, thanks.
One thing that's worth mentioning is not every shot is liable to have muzzle flash. The air directly in front of the muzzle needs to have the right balance of combustible material, so it's very possible that maybe the first shot or two won't have a bright flash. You could probably use something in your rendering software that ramps the brightness and then has a randomness algorithm as to whether a shot would have a muzzle flash and how bright it would be.
Although that might be accurate, for someone like me that knows nothing about guns would look off I believe. I imagine that they want to strike a good balance between realism and hollywood (cinematic) realism. So something that looks real but also looks good on screen or that looks "real" according to what you see on screen.
The main problem I see with this is the shadows coming from the wrong angles in the flashes. If you can make sure the light is always in front of the actor, then you have something. Not sure if you could add a light about one foot in front of the barrel and take it out in post. If not, then you need to plan the lights to be located where the gun will be pointed when the trigger is pulled.
That was also my concern. It was a cool proof of concept though. Now at least something directionally lights up the room according to a trigger.
why would you need the light to turn on and off with a sound?
you are pulling a trigger, just have the light and sound both trigger, when you pull the trigger
Wiring up to the trigger requires inventing some sort of wireless unit, as well as having to use a specially rigged gun. With my method you can use any Airsoft gun at any time, no setup needed. -N
@@CorridorCrew makes a lot of sense for something off the fly like this, didnt think about multiple guns with 1 rig
if you were scaling it up to a full scale movie budget i feel youd 100% want the specially rigged guns, if only to make sure the light comes from the end of the gun
the one shot where you fire the smg then spin round and fire the pistol, because the light is coming from above the pistol shot is lit weirdly compared to all the others, that one shot is the only one which looks at all "off", and on a larger budget youd probably have multiple rigs to make sure every shot has a flash from the correct spot
@@CorridorCrew I appreciate you actually answer that question; thank you!
@@CorridorCrew The trigger doesn't have to be in the gun, it can be taped or otherwise attached to the performer (trigger finger pressure, often tuned to a sudden change looking for the trigger break), with the RF flash trigger hidden like a mic pack on the performer. RF flash/strobe triggers exist already. Sound is cheaper for multiple performers, but you really need to tune it well to reliably trigger on the right sound characteristics otherwise the flash/strobe triggers with other events in the scene like performers movement or other sounds that are hard to prevent with a simple decibel threshold (eg: shooting in an uncontrolled environment like outside or live theatre performance). Commercial sound based flash/strobe triggers are available if you want a more reliable/weatherproof solution.
@@CorridorCrew Yeah, wireless unit is a huge increase in complexity (and therefore jank and potential failure points), however, the sound sensor solution has its downsides too, as it can't be in the frame and therefore the light it produces doesn't really look like it is coming from the _muzzle._
Simulating the recoil would be even harder than muzzle flash
Claude is fantastic at writing DMX. I went from not knowing how DMX works, to having a fully functional multi-channel light show with different lights on timing synced to multiple parts of music, web interface, in less than a week with a $15 USB DMX adapter. Halloween is going to be awesome.
So in essence what you're saying is, when it comes to DMX, Claude gon' give it to ya?
@@shinobi-no-bueno 🥁
11:58 My gun's so fancy, the muzzle flare comes from behind
But how dare you they are so smart and thought of everything and made it better than ever and invented AI anime too! How dare you!
@@BiscuitsMonsieur spend less time on hating
Haven't you all heard of "proof of concept"?
There’s always a next step to improve. What they did here was incredible! I’m imagining an array of sound-reactive lights that only fire when a sensor on the actor is visible or something, so the muzzle flash always comes from the right direction. Totally doable as the next iteration.
@@kmeyer78 I'm thinking it needs to be on the front of the gun
11:44 when he switches to automatic that part is so badass bro Niko's got that combat face dooown🤘
I would have been so mad if there was no DMX joke in this video
Scott Prop and Roll here on youtube released a video a few months ago where they use some off the shelf parts a bit of tape solve this same issue.
7:41 Wren is big packing in that Simpsons shirt 😂
2:56 Bo Burnhams Jeffrey Bezos song 😂 Great detail!
CEO ENTREPRENEUR
Glad someone else noticed it lol.
Glad someone else caught it
I believe that was Bezos I
many lights for bands/djs/gigs can be run from an internal mic with a volume knob on the back for sensitivity... They have strobes available.. (or strobe mode for many newer led washes)
I'm sure there are plenty on the used market for V little money (especially if they aren't LED)
That goes so hard. I want one
0:55 why are they low key dressed like columbine
I've watched to much unsubscribe
Probably (hopefully) going for a matrix vibe
Probably the matrix
Not lowkey at all
@@AstOnokGaming shit looks like zero day
Podcast listeners have been waiting for this
1:39 the sparking off the tree is classic
0:49 ok , that was nico 😂
4:57 who the threw in that Doctor Who reference 😂
Thought I was the only one who heard it aha
@@terminatorplayz4614 Nope, I heard that too..
I was just about to ask
Goes down 1% absolute meltdown, goes up 2% ready to conquer the world.
My guess was the thinking was that the directionality of the light source wouldn’t matter once it’s brought into post, but I think what would really elevate this would be to have the light source be on the tip of the barrel somehow. It’ll totally change what does/doesn’t get illuminated
I'm sorry but minor issue....
11:45 Vector supposed to shoot fast, and the sound aren't like vector at all, the one you used.. sounds like and AR
A Co2 gun with yellow LED in the end to light up the gas coming out the barrel would work.
not bright enough to light up the environment which is the whole point of this video
@@pioter-ji1bo a flashlight in the palm of your hand can light up an entire building
@@pioter-ji1bo We have the technology nowadays
@@eXe09 Nope, those LEDs require thick wires and cooling blocks to keep running.
U wont get that ambient light, and it will be too darn visible and stuff because of either hard lighting on hand or stuff or just a low light or harsh light with that light on gun thing
2:57 CEO entrepreneur, born in 1964
Jeffrey
Jeffrey Bezos!!
C'mon Jeffrey you can do it
Pave the way, put your back into it
@@skillfulbones6178 show them why
You guys keep encroaching into becoming a genuine movie studio department. You freelance on projects while creating your own stuff but I feels like you are slowly pivoting into actual production quality work I would watch. Incredible work.
3:10 I see you, Jeffery Bezos
good reference
But the light CLEARLY looks like its coming from above it does not look right.
maybe if you attached the light to the front of the gun facing you and painted it out in post (super duper easy :)
Yeah I think the effect actually looks pretty cool- but doesn't look at all like it's coming from the muzzle or anywhere near the gun. But it's partly for content and partly to come up with new cool stuff so I get why they went this way, made for an interesting build and I can see the effect being used by others to have cool lighting during battles.
Before watching the video I thought that's what it was going to be. The light needs to be at the front of the barrel
And the fast response from I presume is led, is creating a stroboscope/rolling shutter effect, the light needs some decay. 100w tungsten for the win lol. ok thats maybe a tad slow but....
@@lezbriddon it's easier to just film at a faster framerate.
maybe having someone with the light moving it where they are aiming would help. so the light is always in front of the gun
Im pretty sure you can buy airsoft muzzles that make muzzle flashes, you guys should try that sometime
Yep although they look like suppressors... And suppressors don't make big flash so not real great.
I saw some small enough to seem like muzzle breaks but they are still pretty bulky.
Also the LED of these devices are not strong enough to produce a realistic flash anyway.
@@bablela26 this depends on your gear. I play in an indoor field that has dark corridors like in the short film they shot. In this setting that muzzle flash can be blinding.
Oh, I think that something that would fix the issue some people noticed with the light source coming from the back at ponits would be to put the light on a boom pole in order to follow the actor and choreography.
Now I'm seeing doctor who references in corridor videos I'm wondering why no VFX artists react to doctor who?
Omg yes! Greta examples of janky AND excellent vfx shots
@@noahmellemstrand4756 Yep such an excellently mixed bag of VFX
Am I wrong, but don’t sound activated lights already exist??
clap on👏👏clap off👏👏, the clapper.
I think so, but I don't think it is integrated in this way. I know with musical performances you can plug XLR cables into some of the lights, but the effects would run off a pre-recorded track or from a mixing desk. IDK if something like Niko's already exists
Definitely. Since forever. Have some old disco lights that do that, there's even a dial to control the sensitivity.
sure, but they made a profit of niko learning a new skill and got a prop they'll use forever out of it.
There's a massive benefit in being of control of the light system.
4:57 Is that a Doctor Who reference?
>Pulls an audio clip directly from Dr Who
"iS tHiS a Dr wHo rEfeReNcE?"
Now you can arduinofy all of your props! It's honestly nice to see the crossover with hobbiest engineering coming into practice in a professional setting.
I can't wait to see where this takes you guys as you often work really well with low tech options (besides studio quality lights and cameras ofc), and killer editing.
I love how the viewers keep going up while I'm watching 😂
8:47 "I had you straight at the barrel of the lens you cant do that on a Hollywood set"
*Alec Baldwin felt that*
Never clicked a notification so fast till now.
Been waiting for this video since the last 3 podcast