{"id":335,"date":"2020-09-06T10:10:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T09:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/?p=335"},"modified":"2020-09-06T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T09:14:57","slug":"kick-out-the-jams-old-school-sfx-rulz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Kick out the jams \u2013 old school SFX rulz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Here at Warehouse Transmedia we\u2019re beavering away on some practical effects work this week \u2013 as we ramp up pre-production on our second low budget feature film.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We love old school SFX, stop motion and camera trickery like matte painting and the famous Sch\u00fcfftan process.<\/em> <em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>THE WHAT?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Sch\u00fcfftan process is an old school effects process invented by super cool camera dude Sch\u00fcfftan (The Hustler).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Old Eugen invented the effect while working on Fritz Lang\u2019s groundbreaking Metropolis in 1927.&nbsp; The effect was used for years until it was replaced by blue screen\/ green screen chroma key effects.&nbsp;&nbsp; But, it still works, and it sometimes has advantages over modern trickery pockery as its an \u2018in camera\u2019 effect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>What does The Sch\u00fcfftan process look like?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We\u2019re glad you asked, the effect itself is literally smoke mirrors.&nbsp; Have a look at this quick YouTube video below showing the Sch\u00fcfftan process in action.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vw9faZcqSg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Stop MOTION!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When it comes to stop motion creature features, and banging big screen old school thrills \u2013 you\u2018ll also need to know all about RAY, he inspires us dialy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6DgdJyOBN9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Getting bloody good<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For make-up effects and blood and guts we like anything by Dick Smith and Tom Savini \u2013 you can learn about Tom\u2019s work below (it will blow your mind)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpWOM2x0AxQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And finally, when it comes to old school SFX there\u2019s the man himself \u2013 the Godfather \u2013 Phil Tippet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTGQ_K0DBPo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Warehouse Transmedia is a creative Leeds based film and video production company, which specialises in the realisation of low budget genre films, to be released digitally, and shot using innovative methods both old and new.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Warehouse Transmedia is owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/matthewcooperdirector.co.uk\/\">Matthew Cooper<\/a> who is a leading&nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matcoop.co.uk\/uk-script-writer-for-hire\/\"><strong>script writer for hire<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matcoop.co.uk\/script-consultant-uk\/\">script consultant<\/a><em>. Matthew\u2019s career in film, TV and the digital; sectors spans over 30 years and includes BAFTA and Royal Television Society nominations. You can find some of his&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1247639\/\"><em>broadcast credits on the IMDb<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Warehouse Transmedia is the studio behind the feature film <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4017332\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1\"><em>Markham<\/em><\/a><em>, which was released in 2020 and shot in Leeds and Staithes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Warehouse Transmedia we\u2019re beavering away on some practical effects work this week \u2013 as we ramp up pre-production on our second low budget feature film. We love old school SFX, stop motion and camera trickery like matte painting and the famous Sch\u00fcfftan process. THE WHAT? The Sch\u00fcfftan process is an old school effects&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/?p=335\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kick out the jams \u2013 old school SFX rulz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warehousetransmedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}