Supermarket Special FX with Doug Sakmann

Get a crash course in special FX with cheap, readily available items! Looking to make your first horror movie or just want to simulate your friend's untimely demise? Learn how to be lethal using items from your local bodega! Featuring FX secrets and exclusive recipes from award-winning Director and FX maestro Doug Sakmann! The seminar will feature clips from Sakmann's projects that highlight each of the effects being used in different ways. Topics will also include the best methods of filming FX techniques to maximize the impact of the FX without revealing strings behind the illusions. This workshop was originally featured as part of the Filmapalooza Virtual Edition 2021 put on by the 48 Hour Film Project. Doug Sakmann (1980-2024) was an award-winning SPFX Artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Originally from Queens, NY, Doug had been creating monsters and FX for all types of projects around the world for over twenty years. Sakmann was also an accomplished producer and director, having produced over forty-five feature films as well as many TV projects, music videos, short films & commercials. I hope by sharing this workshop with the general public that people will see just how talented Doug really was and why he was so revered in the SPFX industry. Use the following techniques with caution and make something great, Doug would want you to and be your biggest advocate. — Producer Jeff Hahn Written and Directed by Doug Sakmann Co-Starring Morgan O. Shay Courtesy of Producer Jeff Hahn Connect with Zack: • https://twitter.com/legolarry • https://www.instagram.com/legolarry/ Connect with Talkin' Troma: • https://www.talkintroma.com • https://twitter.com/talkintroma • https://www.youtube.com/@talkintroma Connect with Loudspeaker: • https://twitter.com/heyloudspeaker • https://www.facebook.com/heyloudspeaker • https://www.instagram.com/heyloudspeaker Talkin' Troma is a listener-supported production of Loudspeaker Studios. Hear more great shows and commercial-free independent public radio at https://www.loudspeaker.org.