Time for some updates, kicking off with a short film from It’s A Trap which I’m currently editing. Curiously, this film has already been released in an 85-second form, specifically for a competition. Find out more about that here. That particular version was made in double-quick time to submit to the Read more…
I recently sent some advice to a friend who is looking to start an online audio drama series. He pointed out that the tips might be of interest to others in a similar situation.
Most of my advice focused around the Arms Race series created by It’s A Trap, of which I am a part.
Arms Race succeeded and found an audience due to a mix of things: (more…)
This is one of the more interesting projects I’ve worked on at FXhome. Our visual effects and video editing software HitFilm has been out on PC for a couple of years now and we’ve been asked continually about the possibility of a Mac version. For various reasons that wasn’t a Read more…
After over a year of work, It’s A Trap have released episode 1 of Arms Race: Escalation! It’s been a hugely challenging and lengthy project to work on and I’m thrilled to see it finally out the door and into the wild. It’s a fun romp and well worth a Read more…
When I say ‘render farm’, I do of course mean my one and only computer. So while it valiantly chugs through the rendering of VFX shots for Arms Race I’m left unable to use it for much else.
So, here I am on my S3 finding out just how painful it is to type a blog post on my mobile phone. As it turns out, the combination of the S3’s absurdly massive screen and the stunning SwiftKey keyboard makes it rather pleasant and easy. This is the first time typing on a portable device hasn’t irritated me. It’s almost productive! (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 for this one and only came in at the end 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 filmmaking are your thing, it’s worth a watch: There’s also Read more…