How to make a Zombie for $50 or less

DIY filmmakers teach no-budget special effects on the web, encouraging the inner-Spielberg in all of us
BY KEVIN SITES, FRI FEB 8, 2:39 PM PST

is there such a thing as too much zombie?

No way, says Erik Beck.

In fact, on one recent episode of his hit web show, "Backyard FX," he used little more than nose putty, face paint, a plastic bottle and some toilet paper to create a gory zombie face that even George Romero could love.

In the DIY film world Beck is considered the MacGyver of no-budget movies, teaching viewers how to use the contents of their kitchen junk drawers to create everything from ninja swords and werewolves to stop-motion puppets and beating human hearts — all for $50 or less

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Just when you thought that becoming an independent filmmaker was financially out of reach, along comes RED DIGITAL CINEMA'S  super hi -def RED ONE camera.

The RED ONE™ body – designed for flexibility and functionality. Weighing in at around 9 lbs, a streamlined package specifically designed to maximize your shooting options. Matched with a 35mm PL lens mount it allows you to take advantage of the world’s best optics. Modular and upgradeable, the RED ONE™ camera is a future-proof acquisition system you can build upon. RED ONE™’s modular design means you can upgrade with us as we add new features, accessories and improve system specifications.

The RED ONE body can be had for $17,500 and lenses and accessories go for about another $16,000. Cheap by any standard when you consider that this camera shoots 35mm Super hi-Def better than its leading $100k+ competitor.

Popular Mechnics - By Seth Porges

LAS VEGAS — Shooting high-definition video on a camcorder used to require lots of time, lots of cords, and extremely powerful computer processors. Now, a slew of new video cams from different manufacturers hope to take some of the pain out of shooting HD by allowing you to easily transfer your video from the internal memory (most use flash, one uses a hard drive) to memory cards. Once your video is stowed on the card, you can easily view it (many new TVs feature memory slots), share it, or edit it, without ever having to plug into your PC. In addition, because you can offload all of your shots, these cams allow for essentially endless shooting in the field without running out of space (assuming you have a decent stash of memory cards, that is.)

And with virtually all of the leading camcorder manufacturers announced dual-format camcorders at CES, it is a certifiable trend. Lets take a look at four of them.

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