The DV Rebel’s Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap

Footnotes

Chapter 1

¹ Blowback is the name for the physical motion that you see on the slide of a firing automatic pistol. For a detailed discussion of this effect and how to achieve it safely and inexpensively, see the “Guns Guns Guns!” section in Chapter 4.

² The Ollie is the first step of most freestyle skateboard tricks—the getting-airborne maneuver in which the skateboard stays somehow magically attached to the skater’s feet.

³ Although Chapter 2 discusses the concept of on-screen eyelines, in this case the term means something different. On the set, an actor’s eyeline is the space directly in front of her while she’s working. It’s good to be conscious of keeping clear eyelines for your talent, i.e., keeping distracting people or stuff out ...