“A lifelong friendship is rekindled when Martha’s elderly mother dies and Gloria decides to accompany Martha on a final trip aboard The Phoenix, the similarly ageing canal boat Martha grew up on, to the boat yard where she plans to sell it.”
As lead compositor on this project, I knew going in I was going to get to play with fire - and I was excited. I worked closely with FX artist Liam Wedge to plan how we should enhance the flames, while minimizing render weight. Getting to play with custom elements and having the flexibility of layers made the job very enjoyable. Besides fire, I was also involved in cleaning up some unwanted artifacts.