If you’re a film fan with a love of the movies, and of action movies in particular, you probably love to watch films like Rambo III, Apocalypse Now and various other films. You might be surprised to know that you could actually make your own versions of these films using a video camera and some imagination.
You don’t need a cast of thousands, a huge budget or even Steven Spielberg, you can make your own Hollywood movies at home (or in the garden) using your friends, family, a video camera and some well chosen props.
For example, to shoot those exciting action sequences where the helicopter shoots at people on the ground, rather than using a real helicopter, you could use a radio controlled helicopter and intercut the shots with footage of your actors running away.
Before you say ‘hold on, this wouldn’t look very good’ – just how do you think films like Goldeneye managed to shoot the scene where the plane crashed into the power station? It wasn’t a real plane, it was a model. A model much the same as a radio controlled model you can buy in the shops or online.
With radio controlled helicopters, planes and other vehicles you could easily make your own movies, shooting your own action sequences at home.