HOT MOVES
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"Hot Moves is pure, distilled, camera magic and like Tinkerbell's fairy dust it will make your shots soar. Just as the label promises, it truly is the 'Science of Awesome'!" "I'm a few chapters into the Hot Moves DVD and I must say it's another great title. Great work!" "HOT MOVES is THE most comprehensive way of not only seeing the coolest shots that have been done but understanding HOW they are done. I'd recommend these DVDs to ANY director, anytime. You will learn a lot and most importantly be able to implement it in your work. I know I will." | "Hot Moves does a great job at showing how to make simple camera moves seem complex and by using the terms and techniques from the DVD you can really take your projects to another level and make them more cinematic.
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"Once again Hollywood Camera Work does it again! Thank you for creating a DVD that makes me re-think and plan out better and far more impressive shots. This DVD has many different ways to think out a shot in all sorts of different locations. I have already used two ideas from the dvd for shots on my most recent commercial for Braman Honda.
"Hot Moves is the missing link. You know how to cover the scene right, but that's not good enough... you need this scene to pop! That's what Hot Moves gave me, an arsenal of techniques and ideas to make ordinary, extraordinary. It's the show-stopper stuff, the top-shelf for very special occasions, and yet it fits right into the concrete foundation of Hollywood Camera Work Master Course. It not only gives you great ideas for pure kick-ass camera moves, it suggest where and why each technique could have the greatest impact. Yet again, HCW has raised the bar. Hot Moves really is Awesome for the sake of Awesome.
" "Hot Moves is a great bank of ideas for camera movement. I like referring back to it right before a shoot, and while coming up with a shot list." "Hot Moves is a great supplemental DVD that gives you insight into creating dynamic shots. The DVD breaks down the process in a clear and informative way using 3D animation and great narration to make it easy to comprehend the process." "It doesn't matter what level you are at, Hot Moves will make you better." "I really love Hot Moves. I'm about to shoot my first feature film and Hot Moves has been a really great tool for me.
Since it's going to be a low budget film, I think the tricks you show will make it feel like it has more production value." "Thanks for creating such an awesome video." "HOT MOVES is a great resource for self-taught, independent filmmakers, such as myself, who, rather than honing their craft in an expensive film school, are often forced to learn their craft largely by trial and error. HOT MOVES makes it easier to achieve professional looking money shots, by explaining the mechanics, and principles behind them in a clear and concise manner. I can't wait to try out some of the techniques I've learned on my next film project." "Hot Moves is the kind of thing you wish you had when you were first getting started. Every shot and concept is perfectly animated and explained masterfully. It really gets you thinking outside the box; I immediately got out and applied what I learned to my own cinematography. Whether you are a indie filmaker or a big-screen vet, Hot Moves has something for everybody.
" "Really enjoyed "Hot Moves". It was a great remedial and advanced camera course
that puts into words what may be intuitive for some. This is really important, expecially
when you need to describe the camerawork to your colleagues. The end section that
describes what doesn't work is a worthy and thoughtful component too.
"I stumbled upon Hollywood Camera Work in a flea market a couple years ago... Don't know what the idiot that sold it was thinking, but it changed everything I thought I knew about directing. Awesome!!! Just been waiting for you guys to come out w/ new material." "Regarding the DVD's I've ordered, and Hot Moves, I enjoyed every minute of each DVD. It's like it's own little film school in of itself. I can't tell you how many times I've referred to the DVDs. Hot Moves is just amazing! With the techniques I'm learning from Hot Moves, I can't wait to blow away the minds of my fellow students with the dynamic camera movements/shots displayed in Hot Moves. I feel like I've been given the secrets of the great directors and cinematographers." "As usual, a great value for the money. You can tell a lot of thought and work has gone into these presentations and I always learn a lot. These presentaions have great rerun value as well. Thanks for the quality work.
" "Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I like the "Hot Moves" DVD course very much. It's easy to understand and very inspiring." "I think that I learned more about parallax from this single DVD than I did from the Master Course. More correctly stated, it made what I had already learned from the Master Course more understandable and positively built upon that previous basic knowledge.
"Hot Moves gives directors and DPs good tools to make shots look stunning if you have a sufficient budget to execute them. Nevertheless, many of the techniques can be applied to very low-budget shots to make them look great. A very nice 1-DVD set that gives you a totally different perspective on camera work than the Master Course." "Per Holmes' Hot Moves! demystifies the process of getting those awesome shots and presents the filmmaker with a range of options that will enhance any production." "I'm the Hollywood Camera Work for years for teaching purposes. The students like it a lot and Hot Moves is the top of it because of the compressed content." "As a young independent producer and 3D animator I am always in search of
educational material that will eventually upgrade my skills and give to my
camera moves the thrill and the professional look that people want to see.
HOT MOVES is really a great source of knowledge that gives you all of the
above. And much more. A great buy!
" "Once again Hollywood Camera Work does it again! Thank you for creating a DVD that makes me re-think and plan out better and far more impressive shots. This DVD has many different ways to think out a shot in all sorts of different locations. I have already used two ideas from the dvd for shots on my most recent commercial for Braman Honda.
"I loved your Master Course and I really appreciated the new Hot Moves DVD, it's great exciting work. Improved graphics, 16:9 aspect ratio and finally subtitles to help foreign users. All my gratitude. Please carry on!" "I am process of learning how to make better films and I found Per Holmes' "Hot Moves" a godsend. As with his other tutorials, "The Master Course In High-End Blocking & Staging" and "Visual Effects For Directors", "Hot Moves" is a complete and easy to understand tutorial for beginner and advanced filmmaker and I think every aspiring filmmakers should get it.
" "I own all the HCW titles. The addition of Hot Moves is a very welcome one. Like its predecessors, the content is hands-on and exceptionally presented. Its value far exceeds its cost. Also, I have to say the customer service and support is truly outstanding and exceptional like all of HCW's products. I'm looking forward to future releases. " "Hot Moves is one of the most exciting, & informative VFX courses I have used. The Master Course In High-End Blocking & Staging and Visual Effects For Directors shouldn't be missed either.
" "Hot Moves came in just in time. I had a Music Video that I was using a Jib Arm on and some of the concepts discussed in Hot moves gave me a better perspective of Parallax and how to use it to compose a better shot, thus making a better sequence. I can't wait for the Directing Actors series, I'm sure it's going to again add to the way I work.
"Once again you come up with a wealth of important information, presented in a concise and clear language.
I believe it's safe to say that many productions during the years would have turned out a lot better, had we all known what Hollywood Camera Work show us today. Brilliant work. We owe you!
" "Hot Moves is a great reference set for putting together attention-grabbing sequences. I refer back to it often." "This is being very useful for us to plan and execute our own and always wanted in house shorts and productions. It is better to learn from a well organized course than searching long hours for inspiring camera reference material. " "As an independent filmmaker with limited budgets, I need to move quick and fast on the set so I purchased both The Master Course and Hot Moves DVD. I'm so glad I did! The awesome stylized techniques I've learned helped my film look like a big budgeted project. People are always amazed to find out that I only had a 15 day shooting schedule! I owe it all to Hollywood Camera Work.
" "Hot Moves has set my mind boiling!
The amount of information packed into this video is mind boggling. I've watched it three times and continue to learn from each viewing! It's worth every penny.
" "Hot Moves is Hot! Hot! Hot! If you're serious about being a world class filmmaker Hot Moves is a must have. It truly is the science of awesome!" "After watching "Hot Moves", I realized I learned more in an hour and a half than what I learned in 3 film workshops I had taken previously." "In "Hot Moves," Per Holmes shows you the kinds of camera moves that key moments in any film absolutely must have! If you want a tour of some of the richest shots, "Hot Moves" shows you the way!" "I have spent countless hours cutting out "awesomeness" out of Hollywood films to reverse engineer and figure out what makes it so good. Now somebody made it for you. This DVD just takes all the hard work and delivers HOT MOVES." "Hot Moves is both inspiring and very educational. Not only has it got my DoP and I discussing a whole new approach to some of the scenes in a feature we are prepping but I also showed a clip or two a group of students I teach and there eyes lit up with excitement and potential for their own projects. They may be big budget ideas but they are still provide a source of imaginative approaches to low budget filmmakers. Great job, as ever.
" "I've really enjoyed the DVD. I am pleased to say that you have convinced me that a hot move need not always burn a hole in my budget.
" "An amazing resource. With the Master Course, you will know how to shoot a film. With Hot Moves you'll know how to shoot an epic.
" "Great Stuff! Pushes my productions way up!" "The subtittle "The Science of Awesome" says it all, but could also have been subtittled "The Art and Science of Hollywood Eye Candy". Hot Moves not only explains how to preform those stunning and sweeping memorable Hollywood Camera Moves that end up in movie trailers, and various techniques depending on your equipment limitations. Hot Moves works on all levels, whether you have helicopters and giant cranes and Jibs on location, or working handheld.
| "Hot moves is a very inexpensive way to learn cutting edge Hollywood secrets that will change the way that you shoot." "Hollywoodcamerawork team are excellent trainers in the area of 2D and 3D
cinematography, words cannot express the level of details made soo simple
with their high quality video tutorials. With these training material all of
which I have purchased so far, my understanding of film making has assisted
my efforts, therefore I can walk the walk and talk the talk gaining the
respect of others in this field. Thank you Hollyworkcamerawork for an
excellent job of training the world.
" "Hot Moves, another great teaching and learning tool from Hollywood Camera
Work. Invaluable and visually outstanding!!
" "A big thanks for all the hard work that you put into making these series. Hot Moves is a perfect companion to the other series." "Its normally quite difficult to add cinematic camera moves to your scenes
but its very easy to make your scenes look boring if you have little idea on
how to tell a story with camera moves and edits. Normally the camera move is
the last thing we tend to think about and when we do it tends to be static
and jump from camera to camera without much thought.
"I wanted to write you to let you know how much I enjoyed your latest release, "Hot Moves".
"All the stuff one needs to create great shots." "I purchased the original HCW a good few years back and it has always been a
fantastic reference guide. With the introduction of Hot Moves it takes the
reference guide to another level. The production quality is excellent and
the content invaluable." "I never thought that a single DVD can be so complete and so cleverly shaped to learn special camera moves. They are no gadgets in here, pals, but real artistic techniques for the motion pictures of our days. Once again Per Holmes has made a miracle. Thanks to him and the team.
" "Hot Moves really opened my eyes to possibilities. After seeing this DVD, I completely changed a lot of scenes which were quite lame to really exciting ones. The knowledge I gained from this DVD will definitely contribute for the success of my movie." "I bought Hot Moves two days before the commercial shoot... I'm so lucky, because I can shoot different way, I changed my blocking design right on the location. But the client seems not arguing at all. In fact they are so happy, because they get more cool angle, they keep smiling when they monitoring every single scene with unusual angle.
"I'm writing you from Israel. "Hot Moves" is a great work, I really enjoyed it and instantly put it to use. I hope you'll be doing more, and I wish you the best luck in your future projects." "Spov are small London based CG company. Hot Moves has, in a matter of days, improved our understanding of what makes great camera work, work! A number of the tutorials illustrate techniques that we would previously employ as a matter of course, but not quite understanding why! ("because it looks cool" might be a typical reason!)
"I can highly recommend Hot Moves to anyone in the film industry. Whether you are a professional or a film student, you will definitely benefit from it. The DVD covers all the things you need to know to put that little bit of extra production value into your next project." "Hot Moves/The Master Course are brilliant - informative, practical and inspiring." "This DVD provides an excellent perspective on the effect of camera moves. The narration is short, yet very clear and could even have been omitted, as the exampleclips say it all. This product is an absolute -must have- for filmmakers (live-action and cg), because it gives you an instant deep understanding of which shot will work best for your scene and what you will need to actually shoot it. No explanation needed, you can feel it, while watching the examples.
"I've just finished watching your new Hot Moves dvd and I was amazed!
I wanted to drop you a note for a special thank you for the great work you did, the time and energy you spent on making such fantastic educational material!" "Hot Moves is fantastic. More then just a collection of moves, it will leave you inspired with new ideas that will come faster than you can write them down. Highly recommended!" "Beyond film school in a DVD" "Thanks for the great chance to be a part of a team of experts that knows what they need to get the greatest shots, and the chance to be able to apply those to the feelings of the characters and filmmaking.
" "For me, Hot Moves explains some of the most subtle differences between seemingly identical camera techniques. It has given me a more educated eye. Well done." "As I'm involved in day to day soap television I'm always looking for "cheap ways" to enhance the production value of what I'm shooting. Hot Moves helps me tremendously to develop great shots on the same budget. There's no substitute for experience (except examples from Hot Moves).
" "This latest installment in the ways to work the camera to tell a great story adds an extra dimension to the HCW DVD training series. I own all of the videos produced by Hollywood Camera Works to date. They have yet to disappoint. All the different DVD training discs are equal to taking courses at a film/video school.
"This is great. I learned great deal of camera angles and movements by watching and studying this DVD. Thanks." "Hollywood Camera Work does it again with their "Hot Moves", a great follow-up to their Blocking & Staging Master Course. Years of experience condensed into a single disk! Hup, hup!" "This DVD definitely improved the production value of my animations and
flybys." "Watching 'Hot Moves' feels like that moment in learning when, after practicing the basics, doing the drills, sweating the hard stuff, you're finally ready to have some fun making truly cinematic moments that make your film stand out." "To me, Hot Moves was an eye-opener. It really explained clearly all those high-end camera moves I always wished I could include in my projects but didn't know how.
" "The material you provided in Hot Moves has blown me away. I am an Indy filmmaker and cinematographer. While I cannot currently afford to film some of the shots you taught, Hot Moves has given me some ways that I can add production value to my films without breaking the bank.
"Per Holmes has done it again... Hot Moves gives an insightful masterclass on elevating your movie imagination. The most memorable action sequences in all of your favorite big budget movies come down to the shot set ups, the placement of camera and imagination of placing your audience in the firing line. Get the adrenalin rush yourself by learning the craft of HOT MOVES by Per Holmes.
"Hot Moves is an awesome collections of techniques which are not only inspiring but also takes independent filmmaking to the next level.
We have seen so many cool moves in this course, that we bought a crane to enhance our shots.
At a glance - even if know how a lot about filmmaking, you'll learn something new in this course. It's outstanding and for sure the most interesting source out there.
"I watched both Hollywood Camera Work and Hot Moves and I found myself breaking down scenes a lot quicker because the insights I got from these DVD's really proved themselves during shooting. It's a well-spent buck, no diggidy!" "Per Holmes, my proverbial hat is tipped to you. Thank You!!!
" "Hot Moves came along exactly at the right time for me. It's the Master Vourse of the former Master Course. With it I got the chance to prepare myself most efficiently for making big films. More over I learned a lot about techniques how to do an expensive looking shot in an economical way. I am most inspired.
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