Archive for June, 2005

Draw - new short project

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Just after deciding to put Roy’s Odyssey on the back-burner for a bit (explained in the previous post), James Hamer-Morton (director of Enter The Zombie) approached me about doing the visual effects on a new short that he’s writing/directing.
The short is (currently) called Draw, and is about a girl who discovers that she has a […]

Roy’s Odyssey: Status update

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Things have been a little quiet around here recently - I will get back to doing the shake tips, but, for now, I thought I ought to give you an update on what’s happening with Roy’s Odyssey.
We’ve decided, for the moment, to take a step back from this project. The script isn’t entirely finished yet, […]

Green-screen plate?

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Does anyone have a green-screen plate that I could use for a tutorial?
I posted a (long and rambling) tutorial on CGTalk about a method I use for cleaning up green-screens. I didn’t post any images in the tutorial (apart from a Shake screen-shot) as the only stuff I’ve got here is stuff that I really […]

Shot breakdown: Enter The Zombie (Matrix)

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Over the weekend, I did another shot for Enter The Zombie (previously discussed here)…
This shot was the be the ‘matrix code raining’ shot:

This shot went through 3 stages. I realised from the start that it would require some element of 3D, although I was hoping to minimize that. I started on getting the matrix rain […]