Shot List - Development

Shot List - Development

Shot List - Development

Earth Zoom - Leeds

After following Andrew Krammer's video copilot tutorial, I decided to make an Earth Zoom that zooms into somewhere far superior than San Francisco. Produced in Full HD1080p. Images courtesy of google earth pro trial. This is the second to last scene of my DMD Visual Effects motion picture, it still needs some work but it shows development. Copyright all rights reserved.

Actor Post

The guy that was lined up to act for the opening and closing scenes of my DMD project has suddenly become Mr Uncontactable. I've been trying to get in touch with him for just short of a week to get him to confirm that Thursday 19th November is good for him. Originally he did say that any wed, thurs or fri is good for him. To be honest it's a bit of a pain but I would rather find out he is unreliable now rather than on the day of the shoot. Below you can see a post I've just put up on castingcallpro.com applying for an actor.

3D Earth - After Effects - Development

I created this 3D Earth by following a video copilot tutorial, it's alright but there are a few things which let it down, the lighting isn't too crisp, the shaded part isn't dark enough and although it's 3D the Earth still looks incredibly depthless. Because of this the quality isn't good enough for my Infinite Zoom project which attempts to create photo-realistic visual effects.

Audio Track - Development

My partner, Kate is talented composer learning the skills and techniques of music techy at LCM. She obviously knows about what I am aiming to produce for this project as far as the visuals go, but when it comes to the audio I wouldn't know where to start. We have decided between us that a sort of downtempo/trip-hop genre would be best for this, taking influence from groups and producer like 'Massive Attack.' 'Air' and 'Blockhead.'

Within a week of us first discussing this she managed to get a spot on melody, using the malstrom synth in 'Reason' to create surreal sounds. Her mate at college tapped out a simple beat loop to which a heck of a lot of reverb was added, which has done it justice.

We've decided to get a female vocal artist for this track, Kate has put some recruitment posters up at the music college for anyone interested to get in touch. Apart from the vocals all the track is lacking is a nice bassline. Fortunately I have got a mate called Chris, he plays in a successful soul band and has been playing since before he could walk. He seems really excited about booking a recording studio out for a jam. Fingers crossed, it should all go to plan.