“‘Hedgehog’ tells the story of Gareth, who has a debilitating sense of self-doubt - which manifests in the form of a hedgehog.”
Hedgehog uses a charming mixture of miniature sets, CG characters, and hand-drawn expressions. As a junior compositor on this project, I followed the lead’s templates and added my own flair to bring these together to create final coherent images.
“As Sean anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will leave him changed forever.”
As a junior compositor on this stop motion animation project, I did contributed prep work and flicker reduction.
“Blood Type is a love story that spans two generations, between a tender encounter during a summer in modern London, and a desperate struggle for survival aboard a ‘death train’ in the Siberian winter of 1937.”
As a junior compositor on Blood Type, I assisted the lead, Oliver Buus, with roto and prep work. I also had the opportunity to visit the stage and observe both the train miniatures shoot and the use of the snow machine!
“A teenage badminton failure at a Catholic girls school goes to extreme lengths to win the inter-school cup. Dead Birds is a wild supernatural black comedy about competitive mother-daughter relationships, competitive badminton and how far you’d go to get what your heart most desires.”
As a junior compositor on Dead Birds, I assisted the lead, Baitong Monseu, with prep and executing templates.
“In a rural, religious community a young man struggles to understand the teachings until a newcomer seems to offer a new way to receive God’s love.”
Shooting in very rural environments can have its challenges. As a junior compositor on this project, my main role was removing overly distracting flies.
“Set in Boston, USA, we enter the unique world of a dance group for women in opioid addiction recovery, as they prepare for a big performance. With intimate insight, twists and turns in their stories and the women’s witty sense of humour, the journey we go on with them, is one made of laughter and tears.”
Emotional interviews and dark environments made this documentary project a very interesting one to tackle as the colourist. The strength of the women featured, and the passion of the other filmmakers involved made the experience extremely rewarding.
“Among the Eucalyptus is a grad film from the NFTS directed, produced, written and filmed by Zoe. It tells the tale of the Eucalyptus ecosystem of Australia. It’s a story of the amazing animals that rely on this ecosystem as well as the conservation research being done to save the trees and their inhabitants. ”
Working as the colourist and online editor, I got together with natural history director and zoologist Zoe Cousins to deliver this short about the threats currently facing eucalyptus trees in Australia, and the animals that depend on them.
“Hot Trash is the show where we take your trash and turn it into treasure. Bikes into basketball hoops, cars into ping pong tables or even a beer barrel into a drum kit.”
At the NFTS, as colourist and online editor, I collaborated with Directing and Producing Television MA students Amos Rock-Davidson and Jenny Kuznetsova on their pilot episode of Hot Trash.
“During his sister’s wedding, a man forms an emotional connection with a woman when he discovers that she is equally as lost as him after problems arise with his ambitious girlfriend.”
As the colourist and onilne editor, I worked closely with the director to create a look which matches the emotion of the story and deliver a DCP for cinema viewing.
“In a mythical world of endless ocean, a mother is challenged by a nightmarish figure who offers her a deal.”
I followed through many steps of post production for this short, which takes place in a small sail boat at sea. As a compositor, I removed signs of any land in the distance. As the colorist, I worked with the director and cinematographer to both maintain continuity and enhance the images through evocative tweaks in hue. Finally, I worked as the online editor to output the necessary formats, including DCP, and check tech specs.
As someone who has spent a large portion of my own childhood on boats, it was such a pleasure exploring the warmpth of the cabin and cold of the sea air.
“Of the many predator species that once lived in the United Kingdom, there is still one left: the Scottish Wild Cat. The species is threatened by hybridisation with other wild cats and domestic cats. A team of Scottish Wildcat Action keeps an eye on the last hundred copies. ”
Science and Natural History director Zoe Cousins shot and edited this beautiful and sobering piece about the efforts to protect the Scottish wildcats. I worked with her as a color grader to make the final piece sing! This film and another short we collaborated on, Rats With Wings, were selected for the 2018 Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam, the largest nature festival in the Netherlands.
You can see more of what Zoe has been up to since HERE.
“Pigeons are often called ‘rats with wings’. Due to their excessive presence and unattractive appearance they are seen as a plague. But this bird has an incredible history. From food source to war hero, the pigeon is an undervalued bird.”
Science and Natural History director Zoe Cousins shot and edited this very informative piece about the unappreciated beauty of street pidgeons. I worked with her as a color grader to make the final piece pop! This film and another short we collaborated on, Wild Cats, were selected for the 2018 Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam, the largest nature festival in the Netherlands.
You can see more of what Zoe has been up to since HERE.
I had the pleasure of collaborating with two games students from NFTS on their game “The Grandfather Machine.” I took the footage of your holographic guide, shot on greenscreen, and keyed it out. Then I added a glitch affect at the specified times and created a lines look. It was a great learning experience for the versitility of sprites and resolution constraints for game data.
You can view a playthrough of the game HERE
Or you can download the game and try it for yourself HERE
“It is a medieval world. A military head of an elite group of warriors and an Heir in-line for ruling an empire have been exiled from their Kingdom. Together they face tremendous danger from powerful bounty hunters.”
As one of the principle compositors on this project, I worked closely with the director to realize their vision of an enhanced action scene. My work included cleanup of modern object and safety wires, as well as spark and blood additions.
During my time at the NFTS, a group of students from across disciplines got together to enter this commercial into a contest being held by Odean Cinemas. As one of the VFX artists involved, my main task was making custom textures for the robot character which were in line with Odeon branding guideilnes. I also enjoyed playing around with glass look development to make our robot friend’s eyes appear magnified.