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How To: Make samurai armor and a ninja death star

Adam shows you how to make samurai armor and a ninja death star for filmmakers on a low budget. You'll need spray paint, cardboard, scissors, and masking tape.

How To: Make a stop motion person from junk

Adam shows you how to make a stop motion person for stop motion filmmakers on a low budget. You'll need small shoes, duct tape *(who would have guessed), white tack, metal wire, cardboard, and a little bit of clothes.

How To: Make an eye scanner and an ear piece for your film

Adam shows you how to make an eye scanner and an ear piece on a low budget, for your filmmaking, low or high budget. You'll need scissors, thick cardboard, glass lens, metal, metal snips, screwdriver, duct tape, and a remote control.

How To: Make a low budget samurai sword for your film

See how to make a Samurai Sword on a low budget. You'll need duct tape, cardboard, and silver spray paint. It's pretty simple, indeed.

How To: Make miniature moustache from recycled plastic

This week, Christine and Bre Pettis break it on down and show us how to use #6 plastic to create miniature mustaches! She's made a bunch of these in the past. They are awesome for people who need a moustache on the go.

How To: Create a zero budget sci-fi laser gun

Here's how to make a cool laser gun using some household junk and silver spray paint. It's a Sprite bottle, by the way. It's best if it's empty too. Really.

How To: Create zero budget gore special effects

Want to stick a load of blood and guts in your film? Don't have a lot of money? No problem! Just go to your local butcher shop.

How To: Make a video carousel from a BBQ rotisserie

Want to video something and show all of it? This shows how to make a video carousel from a BBQ rotisserie.

How To: Make your own vampire fangs

Scare the crap out of your folks with this one. Or scare the crap out of your audience if you're making a low budget film, because these suckers will impress. Realistic vampire fangs! You can't beat them.

How To: Make fake breakable glass, also known as sugar glass

Want to crack a bottle over your friends head, but you don't really want to hurt him? Okay, well, you won't learn that here, but you will learn how to make breakable glass to knock him over the head with a pasta dish. Sugar glass, yeah!

How To: Apply Halloween blood and latex skin effects

This clip, without sound (boo hoo), shows you how to apply those latex skin fx for the perfect Halloween gushing scar or pinchbeck movie scar.

How To: Make fake skin easily for your Halloween haunting

Make fake skin for your Halloween fun, just like we did when I was a kid! Use it for fake cuts, burns, and other ghoulish fun! Or use it to cover up those ghastly birthmarks.

How To: Make bloody cuts and slashes for Halloween

Special effect makeup, at home and easy. Make fake cuts and slashes for your Halloween haunting! Or any other day of the year, especially Valentine's Day.

How To: Rip a heart out of someone's chest for fun - or movies

If you've seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, you'll know one of the greatest special effects of the film is where Mola Ram rips the heart out of someone's chest. In this episode of Backyard FX, Erik recreates that effect with the help of his family members. Don't forget to check out our previous episode on how to create a fake heart.

How To: Build Kano's Mortal Kombat metal cyborg face

Are you a big Mortal Kombat fan? Do you need a cool terminator or cyborg effect? Do you love Hannah Montana? If you answered "YES" to any of these questions then you need to watch this episode!

How To: Build prop break-away furniture cheap

This week on BFX we teach you how to build break-away furniture, because if you break one more real chair over your friend's head, he's never going to act in your movies again!

How To: Design and build cheap demon wings

If you watched the Demon Makeup episode and wanted more, then you really need to see this episode! Erik shows you how to make life-sized demon wings that you can wear. Dust off your pitchfork and press play.

How To: Create realistic wounds and stitches

In this episode of BFX, Erik shows you how to create a gross and realistic gash that you can stitch up. It looks so good you can even stitch it up on camera! Plus Gary eats a sandwich and an homage to the Simpsons! What else could you want?

How To: Make an acrylic special effects eye with a mold kit

This short video is on how to use your new Eye Mold Kit from Ken Banks. It's simple and easy, and it makes a great looking acrylic eye for any special effect.

How To: Make tentacle face costume makeup for cosplay

James St. James, author of Party Monster, teaches you how to make a tentacle face makeup prosthetics...out of cereal! Your host for the show is Lenora Claire. Perfect tutorial for those interested in cosplay. Use liquid latex, which you can get at any theatrical supply store.

How To: Make things disappear in a video

A short video on how to make things disappear by using a simple editing trick.

How To: Fake a severed finger with bubble gum

Here is an easy and cheap way to fake a realistic finger partially cut off. Just need bubble gum and makeup. Very good tip to scare your friends or just make an evil prank.

How To: Make a cheap lightsaber prop from Star Wars

This video will show you how to make some cheap Star Wars light saber movie props with a few hardware store items such as pvc pipe, pool cues, duct tape, electrical tape, and spray paint.

How To: Make bullet squibbs for film special effects

Check this video to learn how to make DIY squib special effects for your film.

How To: Make a realistic Star Wars lightsaber

This video show how to make a realistic looking Star Wars Lightsaber for costumes and props from materials found at any hardware store.

How To: Make fake scars with bubblegum

A technique for making scars for parties,halloween, movie fx, or maybe just a joke or prank.

How To: Use the speed-up background effect

John demonstrates how to create the speed up background effect which evokes a "calm and reflection in a chaotic world" with this easy effect.

How To: Create ghostly special effects for video

John demonstrates an easy way of creating an out-of-body special effect.

How To: Create easy special effects

This week Brandon demonstrates how to perform a few special effects that can improve the visual dynamics of your videos. He explains special effects such as projector feedback loop, levitation camera trick, "use the force" trick.

How To: Create cheap fake blood for film

Brandon shows a cheap and easy way to create a fake blood special effect for your video.

How To: Create a split-screen effect in your video

Issac talks about the split-screen effect: what it is and how it works. There is also a quick demo on how to perform a split screen edit in Final Cut Pro.

How To: Set up and light a green screen

Andrew shows you how to set up and light a green screen for special effects.

How To: Use Chromakey to enhance your videos & photos

See how to use Chromakey to enhance your videos and photos. Chromakey is the process of removing one color and replacing it with another but it most often refers to removing green screen or blue screen backgrounds and replacing them with composited videos or images. This lesson uses Pinnacle software for the final video editing, but any editing software can be used - it's more about the principles of the process and setting up the cameras that you'll learn from this video.

How To: Apply burn scar makeup SFX to the face

This video shows you how to apply a makeup prosthetic made of gelatin that gives a horrific burn and or scar effect. You can easily do this at home for a great effect

How To: Create zero budget spurting blood special effects

A quick and easy way to achieve the effect of fountains of the red stuff flowing forth from a zombie-bitten neck. Your film will look so real, for what it's worth, that nobody can deny your greatness.

How To: Shoot Kung Fu fighting scenes backwards for SFX

Ben and Paul demonstrate the power of backwards running video when shooting a Kung Fu fight scene.

How To: Make a massive chest hole special effect

What do you do when you need a "Hole in the Chest" effect? DUH! Build a "GORE BOX"....obviously!!!! I never thought I'd see the day when we'd need something called a "Gore Box" for an effect, but...what else would you expect for a "Hole in the Chest" effect?