New Short Films

My two new short films, 'Blank Canvas' and 'The Cursed Mirror' are now online on Youtube and Vimeo. There are also two articles about the films on this website but here are the embedded versions:

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The articles give far more information about the projects than I will here but suffice to say they were amazing to work on and it was fantastic to finally get behind the camera again after more than six years of VFX. I still can't believe that, when I made Something Real, we were shooting on a digibeta camera with tape transfers and deinterlacing to deal with. This time, we were shooting on a stills camera in HD with a 35mm sensor. Such a huge leap in technology in such a small time. Also a major change for me was working with a full professional crew and actors, whereas before I was mainly relying on the help of friends to support me. All the way through, from camera, lighting and sound to the post production and music, I had access to far more knowledge and equipment than my earlier films. I just can't wait to get going on more films, perhaps even a feature.

Grandpa in my Pocket has now finished filming and so I'm back at Dinamo for the next six weeks while we do the CG animation and compositing. By then I hope to have a better idea of what I'm doing for the next year and what path my career will take. There are plenty of options available to me, even though this isn't really the ideal commercial environment right now.

I've also finally updated the comics section with the banners I got at the Bristol Comic Convention in May. Better late than never...