A friend of mine's rough draft demo reel- not bad, for a rough draft, definitely some good, strong pieces. Love his FX work. Maybe I can trade helping him out with the editing with some help with my motion graphics. :-D
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Just when I thought the craze had faded...
Ok, how many of us thought the international Harry Potter obsession had faded? I certainly did! But take a look at this! I'm torn between dumbfounded 'you've got to be kidding me' to feeling like I did as a kid the first time I fully understood what Disneyland was.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Dragon Composite
This was the demo video that really made me fall in love with my field- how you can take such inconsequential pieces and meld them together into something so real and so beautiful. Specifically, it's just the first piece, with the dragon, but the whole reel is awesome.
Vancouver Film School VFX Reel
Vancouver Film School VFX Reel
The First of Many
Hey all! Had a few blogs here and there, this'll be my first permanent one. For more consistent, random snippits of my inner world, you can check out my facebook.
My first post may not be all that interesting, but it's something that perked my interest- the new Twilight movie, 'New Moon.' Now, before you all start eye-rolling, let me clarify that I think the first movie was, at best, a slap-together, overly dramatic, poorly executed example of a book adaptation (sorry, after Jackson's Lord of the Rings interpretation, I'm kind of spoiled). Having said that...that movie made money hand over fist, so they did something right!
(For the record, yes I did like the books- but in the way we occassionally crave cotton candy or a box of chocolates. Totally insubstantial and way too sweet...but sometimes you want it anyway.)
Anyways, the first two trailers for New Moon had me wincing, especially after I assumed -silly me- that it would be a guaranteed improvement, since the budget they'd get after the success of the first movie would be astronomical in proportion to what the film would call. Then the first two trailers royally sucked.
Then this comes out. And suddenly, I'm full of hope again. It makes this movie look, at the risk of sounding like an obsessed 13-year-old, sexy. The special effects certainly utilized their expanded pocketbook well enough, and acquiring Dakota Fanning was a nice touch, if not a particularly difficult feat, given her flailing career (which is a shame, I'm a definite fan of hers).
I really think they should have come out with this trailer first. As it is, I know I'm not the only one suffering from mixed emotions when I remember the original two- torn between getting my hopes up, and realizing that math doesn't lie- only one decent teaser out of three doesn't promise much in the way of the actual film delivering.
My first post may not be all that interesting, but it's something that perked my interest- the new Twilight movie, 'New Moon.' Now, before you all start eye-rolling, let me clarify that I think the first movie was, at best, a slap-together, overly dramatic, poorly executed example of a book adaptation (sorry, after Jackson's Lord of the Rings interpretation, I'm kind of spoiled). Having said that...that movie made money hand over fist, so they did something right!
(For the record, yes I did like the books- but in the way we occassionally crave cotton candy or a box of chocolates. Totally insubstantial and way too sweet...but sometimes you want it anyway.)
Anyways, the first two trailers for New Moon had me wincing, especially after I assumed -silly me- that it would be a guaranteed improvement, since the budget they'd get after the success of the first movie would be astronomical in proportion to what the film would call. Then the first two trailers royally sucked.
Then this comes out. And suddenly, I'm full of hope again. It makes this movie look, at the risk of sounding like an obsessed 13-year-old, sexy. The special effects certainly utilized their expanded pocketbook well enough, and acquiring Dakota Fanning was a nice touch, if not a particularly difficult feat, given her flailing career (which is a shame, I'm a definite fan of hers).
I really think they should have come out with this trailer first. As it is, I know I'm not the only one suffering from mixed emotions when I remember the original two- torn between getting my hopes up, and realizing that math doesn't lie- only one decent teaser out of three doesn't promise much in the way of the actual film delivering.
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