I attended a local Norwich networking event for media/marketing types this evening called Hot Source. I’ve been attempting to go for about 6 months, ever since Ryan from Lambda Films told me about it but have always been pre-empted by Read more…
I’ve got this entire week off work, not for a holiday but for the biggest, most ambitious project It’s A Trap have ever attempted.
Back in 2010 we produced a short film called Arms Race. It began life as a few quick test shots to try out a cool gatling gun prop that Nigel Clegg had made and then rapidly expanded into a full short film. Here it is:
Here’s another behind-the-scenes from Confrontation At Dawn: Gotta love so-subtle-you-don’t-know-it’s-there VFX.
This morning I threw together a quick mini-tutorial on the demon face shot from Confrontation At Dawn. It’s quick and dirty, but shows just how simple such an effective shot can be:
Here’s a short film we worked on recently that’s (very) loosely inspired by the Witcher games. Christopher wanted to try out some new fight choreography and get in the director’s chair, and this is the result. I wasn’t on set Read more…
I’ve an idea in my head for a story that’s been rattling around for a while and which is resolutely refusing to coalesce into something tangible. Having now dabbled with long and short form prose, radio and movie scriptwriting and Read more…
I forgot to post this a few weeks back when it first went up. It’s an extended, very detailed director’s commentary and VFX breakdown of the short film Extraction Protocol, which I directed for FXhome. If VFX and low budget Read more…
My current favourite game is a tiny, lo-fi indie game called FTL. As any self-respecting genre fan will know, that stands for Faster Than Light, with the core purpose of the game to jump your spaceship from sector to sector, staying one step ahead of the pursuing rebel fleet. (more…)
It’s about time I mentioned a couple of rather excellent software products I’ve stumbled across in recent months. First up there’s Inkscape, an open source vector graphics editor. Think GIMP, but for vector rather than raster graphics. I originally discovered Read more…
My new short film is now online for all to see. I hope you enjoy it – let me know if you’ve got any feedback. MAJOR thanks to everybody that worked on the film, you’re all spiffy, and of course Read more…