The Big Fall

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Me in Airdrie Life Mag

Hey guys I got in to a local Magazine last month, I was hoping it would be online so I could link to it, but alas, it is not. The magazine is called Airdrie Life which focuses on local and small business in Airdire, and has distribution of about 40,000 copies. Pretty cool I think!

VFX Reel

I have come in need of a VFX Reel, not the best put together really quick, hope you like it!

If you want to download it click here.

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Amazing Math: Moving up, up, and away!

Well, I am been moving along at a pretty good speed,  except the last 2 days, were I spent all the time on ONE shot. It was a lot of render time with a simple animation out of Blender.  But it worked out well, and looks really nice I think.

Here is some of my progress:

Update

Wedding DVD Cover Art

Well, I have finally finished the wedding. As of last week, I sent them a copy of the DVD to approve. With that out of the way I can get back to working on Amazing Math.

TT And Bebo explore a ruin made in blender, composited and keyed in shake.

Things are moving along quite well, I have almost finished the first few shots VFX (Ruin, Treasure Room 1 and Arctic) and editing the hole video on to the time line for the first time. The running time looks to be over 20 min.

Amazing Math, Black Eyes, Ear Rings and Food

Well, we finally got a date that worked to film on, and one day before TT goes and gives himself a black eye! Luckily we were in a place in the story that we could work it in and still film. Add to that Bebo got herself some ear rings a few weeks ago without thinking about the fact that she didn't have them before. I don't think they are to noticeable... What an adventure!

The Twins LOVE to eat, especially TT (they are greek). So they were super exited when the time came to eat the sub sandwich!

Mmmmm Mmmm Good!

Board Wars

Board Wars was shot over 2 days, with me my brother and a friend. When my friends originally found out I was getting in to video and ok at it, they were constantly thinking up videos for me to make. I usually didn't make them for various reasons, most notable was that they were no good (sorry guys!). However the ideas kept coming when they learned I could do some VFX, like green screen. Well, Board was is the product of actually making one of those videos. MY friend directed, or rather, made up the story as we went and told us what to do, I told him if it would actually work or not, my brother acted, I shot it, and then edited it. It shouldn't have worked, and it didn't work very well. But, for a short film as long as it is, shot the way it was, it worked really well.

This was one of the projects I were I cut my teeth on learning 'keying' and other special and visual FX. Watch after the credits for a before and after bit on the film. I was also just learning the art of folly, and voice over. It was a good learning experience for me.




Of interest: We didn't get it all done on the first day, and that night we had a good 'ol dump of snow , thus the "ah man it snowed" line.

Amazing Math Green Screen (Again)

Well, I used the setting in between the one I used the last time and the one used the first shoot. So far it looks as though the green is better than the previous attempts (haven't tried a key yet though). However, the the skin tones, and overall colors of the the actors are not that good. Also, somehow it blew out more often than last time (less exposure this time). I also forgot to white balance the camera before the shoot (I know, I know, I should ALWAYS white balance before a shoot...), and that may have something to do with the color; hopefully, color correction won't effect the finished image too badly.

Also, discovered that setting my betchtech audio adapter to mono gives really quiet audio pick- up with large amounts of hiss, oy. Apparently I used the stereo option the other two shoots, and it is what I will use from now on as it gives MUCH better audio, even if it is only in one channel. I hope it won't be too much of a nightmare (and trust me it can) cleaning up the audio...

Amazing Math Green Screening

Just thought I would post a image comparing Our first days filming and The most resent one...

 

As you can see the second TT (taken first) has a green screen behind him that is kinda dark, so I upped up the exposure 2 stops, and now it is to bright, it actually blew out in some places, and is bit yellower than I would like, so next time I will try 1 stop up!