I've decided to start doing an everyday. Inspired by the master Mike Winkelmann, AKA Beeple & many others who have followed in his footsteps, I intend to improve my skills by focusing on a particular task / idea for at least one hour each day.
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Description: Working with Capture I was asked to animate an educational 5 minute animation for young audiences entering a clinical study for treatments for cerebral palsy. The project was distributed on interactive DVD.
My Role: Animation, Compositing, Grade
Main Techniques Covered: 2.5D Scene & Character Animation.
Software Used: After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop
Description: Working with Elstree Film Design & a young film maker we tasked ourselves with making a small film about the Fifty Plus Bowls group at our local community centre. As well as providing the centre with a film for their website we were also able to provide some work experience on a practical project.
Main Techniques Covered: Pre-production, filming interviews, filming cutaways, building a narrative, & delivering a final film.
Software Used: Premier, After Effects.
Description: I was asked by Formation to create one of five 10 second idents for the Camden Create festival along with four other very talented directors. The brief was completely open and we were allowed to create anything we liked within a ten second period. Our only restriction was that it had to start and end with the Camden Create logo.
See below for my 10 seconds of animation in isolation. Music edit by Formation
See below for all five animations. The directors are as follows (in order of appearance):
Directors: Louis du Mont / Chris Lloyd / Javier Martin / Me / Rob Ward
See below for some screen grabs from my section of the animation.
Description: 10 second VFX shot to test out the Cineware workflow from After Effects CC.
Main Techniques Covered: After Effects & C4D round tripping with Cineware, tracking, texturing, post depth of field, sound.
Software Used: Cinema 4D, After Effects, Premier, RSMB Motion Blur.
Description: This is one of my favourite photo's I have taken recently in the Yorkshire Dales. iPhotography is one of my favourite hobbies and this shot was taken using the panorama tool on my iPhone 5, and graded with the Camera + app. It would be great to be able to work this fast with my DSLR, i.e. take a photo, grade it straight away, upload it.
Description: Working at Moving Brands I built & animated the 3D rig featured in this spot for (iO) using Cinema 4D's Mograph Module. The objects were textured and lit with GSG Light kit & HDRI studio. Tracking was completed with After Effects built in 3D Camera tracker.
My Role: Building 3D Rig, Texturing, Lighting, Tracking
Description: Lighting test using GSG Light Kit. The 3D model was purchased via TurboSquid.
Description: The Elstree UTC is a new Academy for young people specialising in film industry training. I was asked to bring their pre-designed logo to life so that they could use it to top and tail all their video content. It was a simple & short brief.
Description: My 2013 showreel opener.
Description: This reel is a showcase of some of my most recent animation & VFX work. Further examples of work can be found on this blog & the Featured Work page of my site.
Showreel Track: Iron by Woodkid
Description: I'm currently working on a short animation (time permitting) based on 'The Element Song' by Tom Lehrer. I wanted to play with the Mograph Sound Effector in Cinema 4D to drive the animation in conjunction with some Dynamics and Thinking Particles.
Main Techniques Covered: Mograph, Lighting, Shaders.
Software Used: Cinema 4D, After Effects.
Description: A short abstract animation. Its purpose was to test some techniques in Cinema 4D & After Effects whilst making something pretty. Prepare for a very short burst of shiny geometry cut to a subtle sound track :).
Main Techniques Covered: Morphing with deformers, cloning looping animations onto randomised geometry, mograph effectors, multipass rendering, lighting.
Software Used: Cinema 4D, After Effects, Premier, GSG Light Kit, VC Optical Flares, RSMB Motion Blur.
Description: Below is an edit created by Capture to showcase the work carried out on Shadows of Liberty, an independent feature documentary about news censorship. Working with Capture I created a significant amount of animation for the project, a breakdown of which can be found on the Featured Work page of my site along with a full list of credits.
My Role: Motion Design, 2D Animation, 3D Animation & Modelling
Description: I was asked to create this year's Christmas E-Card for Elstree Film Studios. They required something clean, crisp & simple. I opted for a traditional winter setting that appeared to come together in the style of an old fashioned film set. A slow moving camera shows all the elements falling or sliding into place to create the final scene.
Description: A trailer for the theatrical documentary 'Shadows of Liberty' due out next year. Whilst working with Capture I completed a number of motion graphics sequences and other animated content. A breakdown of my contribution will follow once the film has been released.
My Role: Motion Graphics, 3D
Description: For singer songwriter Rob Finlay's debut album ‘These Words Aren’t Meant For Me’ (See the Featured Work page on my main site for the official video)we created imagery that we then projected onto the band on the day of the shoot. This is an edit of the projections that we fed into the 12000 lumen projector.
My Role: 3D, Motion Graphics, Design Direction / Rob Finlay: Editing
Description: Making of the music video for singer songwriter Rob Finlay's debut album ‘These Words Aren’t Meant For Me’ (See the Featured Work page on my main site for the official video)
My Role: Filming / Rob Finlay: Filming, Editing
Description: Design ideas for my own personal logo. No pallets or textures as yet, just possible geometry & layout. Want it to be clearly read as N & C as in Neil Copland. Think I like option 3 the most.
Description: Some RND for a personal short involving a paper airplane. I used 'Foundry Camera Tracker' for a little tracking test, and some simple joint rigging to allow the airplane to unfold. Not bad first attempt but the end track needs a little tweak. I need to shoot some proper footage and work on the natural lighting of the 3D object especially as it enters frame. Would like it all to feel home made and for the airplane to feel realistic, at least to begin with.
