September 2010 Demo Reel

Once again my dear friends, the time has come to put out a new demo reel. The year at Teesside University is behind me and it is time to fill out job applications. Or so I've been told anyway. Read More...

AVE ICA complete at last

So here is the result of the past months work, from idea to storyboard, previs to film shoot, modelling to compositing. Hope it isn't entirely hopeless :-) Read More...

It’s been a while

So it's been a while a few weeks a couple of months. First there was Easter, then there was intensive work to finish the final year project and write a good report, then Studio Practice & Business had its turn, and suddenly and without quite knowing how I got there, two months had just vanished. Read More...

This week in AVE

Another week has come and gone - way to quickly as usual. This week I've been looking at music for the scene, booked a foley audio recording session in the studio, experimented with keyers and possible looks and started match moving. Read More...

Rough cut complete for the AVE ICA

This week I've delved further into Vue, figured out how to undistort and redistort my plates properly in NukeX and chosen and cut together the takes I'll be using for the final scene. Read More...

Green screen shoot complete

As mentioned in my last post, I shot the footage for my AVE ICA this past Wednesday. That was the plan anyway. Turned out we overshot on time with a lot and only got three out of five shots before the day was over. Read More...

Ready for green screen shoot

Not much to report in AVE this week. After finishing the presentation I booked the green screen stage so I can shoot the footage I need for the ICA. The shoot will be on Wednesday this week. I've also found an actor. Read More...

AVE previs ready

Christmas is long gone and I'm back in Middlesbrough after a refreshing break. The first thing I had to focus on when I got back was to create a presentation for Advanced Visual Effects where we were to present a storyboard, previs, schedule and a couple of other things regarding the ICA. Read More...

Last AVE post before Christmas

This Thursday I headed over to the green screen studio in the Phoenix building to finish my test shooting for the Advanced Visual Effects ICA. Read More...

SPB Research Presentation & Notes

I had the presentation in Studio Practice & Business this Wednesday. As I don't particularly enjoy being the centre of attention, holding presentations isn't exactly a favourite of mine, though I believe it went reasonably well. Read More...