The 5min Blog

It is everyone’s favorite time of year again! When grown people (like you and me) get to dress up in whatever we want without being taken down the local loony bin…. That’s right, it’s trick or treat time, and Halloween is comin’ a knockin’. Now of course, the dilemma right now is; do you get [...]

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What would life be like if everything was as easy as twittering 5min videos with our new player?
You’d get to work in the morning by blinking, and earn some precious  moments of sleep every day. By simply saying the word “lunch” it will pop up and appear in front of you. Oh yeah, step aside [...]

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My filmmaking career was short, but I enjoyed every moment of it.
It all started with a short assignment given in school, where my team and me  decided that we would stay away from the conceptual and abstract creations, and would go to something more real.  Voodoo AND hoodoo involved. A Teddy Bear playing Beethoven. Everything [...]

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Erik Beck…

This guy is the host of the greatest webcast dedicated to filmmaking, now on 5min.com. Erik shows you how to create special effects the fun and cheap way, and then subjects his siblings, roommates, and puppets to his creations. In his legendary BFX segments, Erik shows how to create inexpensive special effects, costumes and [...]

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