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[zbeeblebrox]

let's see...I'm thinking you'd need mover's dolly - the kind that just look like pallets with wheels - with a handle rod attached to the back for Slenderman to be supported by (so he can stand still without tipping over - that's the tricky part, there's gonna be a lot of balancing problems with this). Then have someone behind him to push. Of course now you're not only concealing a dolly but a second person as well. The pusher could crouch, but with the shaky-cam way most SlenderVlogs are filmed, keeping Slenderman framed above the waist consistently is going to be a pain in the ass. If you had a second, longer pole you could attach horizontally to the dolly itself, the pusher might end up a long enough distance away from Slendy that he vanishes behind him. That fixes the waist-up problem. Of course...if you're lucky enough that the guy playing Slenderman owns roller blades and can pull off standing perfectly straight while moving in them, that's probably your best bet.

Personally, I don't see why you'd want to bother, when you could achieve the same emotional response by doing the painfully simple "Ring" trick of having Slenderman stand there, stop the camera, move slenderman much much closer to the screen, start camera. It's easy, scary, and requires zero engineering.

If you want to get extra clever and include foreground actors responding in realtime, film all of their actions during the second cut. Then in your editing software, layer the first cut over the second cut. Then make a basic mask (feather the mask if there was wind, or you'll still see a line!) around the first cut to reveal the actors in the foreground. Then disable the first cut just before the actors start freaking out and you're set!

[punxtr]

[redwulf25_ci]

[cochinosanchez]

[Kirosilence]

[cochinosanchez]

[Retail Zombie Slayer]

[redwulf25_ci]

[NikkiNikki]

I think it's a debate about Slow Zombies vs Fast Zombies, really. Then again, I don't like to see DarkHarvest Moving, where he's actually running. But Stiff as a board can be boring. That's why I like 5zer02, TJAprojects and Tribe Twelve, They all have Subtle movements, makes it creepier. Ever Since Marble Hornets went with the mannequin... It's kinda gotten Dull...

[CelestialFiend]

Really... from reading these suggestions I do believe that a well-thought out combination of these movements would be crazy scary to watch.
What I really appreciate is the low cost these could be done with if proper attention to detail is paid.

[Aurastys]

[cochinosanchez]

[redwulf25_ci]

On a semi-related note I'm wondering if there's a low budget way to create a swirl of black leaves when he Slenderwalks in somewhere. For those who aren't familiar the text blogs I've been reading lately (seems to be a video drought going on) have explained his teleportation with "The Path of Black Leaves". According to http://scribesigma.blogspot.com/search/label/Pathway%20Data

[CelestialFiend]

[cochinosanchez]

so what do you guys think? Is this how we would picture slenderman moving, and how we would want him to move in our vlogs? I will do a tutorial on this effect once im sure I got it right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqepn2gSJKQ