How Could I Forget...

I've uploaded my personal demo reel... Check it out at http://www.vimeo.com/22691902

Two Page Spread

I've not yet mentioned on my blog that I'd broken my ankle and required surgery. I'm okay, but as a result, I had fallen behind a bit in school, particularly in my print class, as all of my appointments were scheduled Tuesdays, my print class day.

Thankfully, I have a most understanding professor in that course, so I will be submitting my final in the coming weeks. My second last assignment however, was to create a two page spread, as a sort of rough layout to start the final, which will be a 12 page (plus cover) magazine that we chose a topic for. I've chosen Trent Reznor.

Infinitesima Logo on White v.2

The more accented infinity symbol version on my latest pamphlet design.

Tilt Shift

Thanks to Gail MacKenzie for retweeting Youtube's link

http://youtube-trends.blogspot.com/2011/04/10-popular-tilt-shift-short-films.html

...making me need to learn the technique. Not just for film, but photography also.

Unfortunately, on my student budget of nothing I have to settle with simulating it; I can't afford to buy a lens, much less one to rig into a tilt shift lens (see the Youtube link for a how to).

So, just for fun, it was off to the creative commons on good old Flickr.

The shot's look better from above, to give the miniature model illusion more credibility.

Here's the original and manipulate versions:

Next: Video.

Fighter Parallax

http://vimeo.com/21618061

Learning To Fly

So I've been working on it for several days anyway, but tomorrow, I will be formally assigned an After Effects project "introducing" the concept of parallax. The assignment asks for a minimum 8 layer composition, creating the illusion of 3d with 2d imagery.

Having been a fan of Andrew Kramer's work on videocopilot.net, I was familiar with the concept already, so six days ago, I began compiling assets from the internet and modifying them in photoshop considerably, readying myself for this project. This is the first project in a long time (outside of my video work) that I've felt compelled to far exceed my requirements, but I love this feeling.

More To Come...

Old DMA Ninja Film

My latest After Effects project was to take 1 second footage of two ninjas provided by our professor and key out the bluescreen and put in appropriate background.

Because I was a big fan of the early Mortal Kombat arcades and couldn't help but think of Raiden and Shang Tsung, I started looking for levels from either MK1 or MK2.

But, I decided the footage would look out of place on those backdrops, I just googled "Japan" and found an old grainy photo at http://peace.maripo.com/images/slc_japan.jpg

That made this project for me, but after colour correction and matching the grain, it was missing one touch of that old film look. I remembered an early tutorial on videocopilot.net which featured blank 8mm film. I added it and voila.