January 2012
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December 2011
5 posts
WatchFight Scene Test - First Fight
November 2011
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WatchHere is a rough VFX test we did using video shot on location. Mainly trying out sky replacement (very rushed- not representative of the final renders), color schemes and shot choices.
October 2011
8 posts
WatchOpening Animatic: We start out in the stars. A planet slowly comes into view. Five points of light, ships, are streaking upwards and away from the planets surface. These points fade, into fingers, rising over the planet which morphs into the curve of a pregnant belly. The fingers move up and over the top of the belly’s curve, coming to rest across the top.
September 2011
6 posts
Crewing Up - Fight Choreography
I’m also glad to announce the addition of Bob and Adrianne Ondarza to our team. They will be handling the fight scenes in “The Ascendant”.
Info:
Website: http://btobchoreography.net/
Email: btobchoreography@gmail.com
Crewing Up - Art Department
I’m very happy to announce new additions to the crew:
April and Carl Martin have joined “The Ascendant” in the art department.
We couldn’t be more happy to have two highly skilled visual artists creating the props that will truly help flesh out the world of “The Ascendant”.
Here is the link to some of their work through their Shinka Studios outfit.
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WatchHere is the very first project I did at UT. It’s called “Mirages on the Sea of Time”, it was created for an “inner world” project. I chose to document the subject of “memory. The footage is taken from footage I shot during the summer of 2010 when I did sort of a long trip across the pacific to visit family. This piece is important to me because I think it is probably the best example of the type...
Watch“Dreamer” was my first year Documentary project at UT’s MFA Production program.
It’s an experimental doc made mostly using After Effects and shot using the Canon 550D.
Summary:Using a combination of visual effects, recorded interviews, sound design and live-action photography, “Dreamer” is an experimental jaunt into the world of recurring dream...
Watch“Ace In The Hole” was my first year fiction film at UT’s MFA Production program. Shot on Super16mm. It’s an experimental western.
Directed by Deepak Chetty
Cinematography by Nina Vizcarrondo
Cast:
Fred Winkler - Jack
Bridget Farr - Jill
Gene Sprinkle - Assassin
Carla Daws - Madame
Note: This video has color bars and a countdown, so don’t start it with the...
August 2011
15 posts
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Watchrabbitbearmountainfilms:
My 2010 short film.
Watch this short film “The Choctaw Funeral Cry” directed and written by Jonathan J. Johnson, co-writer of “The Descendants”.
WatchA few more tests. The first showing the topographical readout on Captain Voight-Kampfs tablet. The second, a few variations of the cockpit readout after the crash. Alpha stage. Lots more work needed. Want to eventually animated every doodad in the interface.
WatchHologram/Tablet FX test.
AE and photoshop. Note on the clip with the background plate that i’ve tried to approximate a reflection… That’s going to be a nightmare with the real footage…
How To Place Tracking Markers →
This video is probably going to be a lifesaver in terms of the shoots on location where we need to track each shot to be able to place 2d/3d objects in the landscape.
