An excerpt from James Cameron's pitch meeting for the Avatar franchise with a Hollywood Executive on April 12th, 2002.
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So, I kind of started floundering on the Chocolate Cake project, and had to cleanse my brain-palate. Maybe Insid...
2023-09-01 15:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a brief audio clip from my upcoming 'Chocolate Cake' video.
It's a short sketch about Lois Lane and Clark Kent ordering dessert in a restaurant... running about two and a half minutes.
I was working on the sync, and after a soft...
2023-08-26 18:10:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I took a little road trip at the start of the month. I had fun, but came back with a cold... which has been dogging me for almost two weeks now. Yay!
Needless to say, it's been a quiet couple of weeks... but I think I'm feeling good enough t...
2023-08-19 15:58:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the less-advertiser friendly version with all the bad words in it.
2023-07-26 16:23:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Steamed Hams but it’s Binging with Babish.
2023-07-26 16:09:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the second project I’ve made with my friend Reegan (the other being a My Røde Reel 2020 entry) …and judging by the wardrobe, I think you might be able to figure out what kind of video it is.
Yup, another live action Steamed Ham...
2023-07-25 21:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Some hand-drawn Krusty stickers… I wonder what kind of project this could be for?! More soon.
2023-07-24 01:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostSince swearing off Adobe products, I've decided to use Apple Motion to animate this short. Setting up my facial rigs has actually been pretty easy... so, here's a quick sync test using hastily recorded dialogue.
I think this is a relative su...
2023-07-20 19:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some character design elements for an upcoming animated short with the working title of “Chocolate Cake”
The illustrations are Sharpie on Vellum. I will shoot them with a DSLR and further manipulate them digitally.
2023-07-18 20:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post
With craft-acrylics, I painted these badboys. Starting with a dark base and building on top of that.
The eyes were painted blue so I could key them out and add eyes in post.
A layer of podge was added to give them a glossy (and hopeful...
2023-07-17 16:44:16 +0000 UTC View Post
On top of the foam board frames, I sculpted the shapes using crumpled newsprint paper and masking tape. After which I did a mâché layer with paper towels and a flour-based paste.
Following that, I smoothed things out with another mâché l...
2023-07-17 16:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Would you look at that... foam board! Man, I really depend on that stuff.
Here are the frames I built for the puppet heads. Honestly, I went into this without much of a game plan, and figured out how I was going to build them while doing so....
2023-07-17 16:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the character elements used for the video. Pencil / Acrylic on 8.5" x 11" card stock. Digitally captured with a Canon 5D Classic.
2023-07-17 16:20:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the backgrounds used for the video. Pencil / Acrylic on 8.5" x 11" card stock. Digitally captured with a Canon 5D Classic.
The decor/appliances on the main room and kitchen re composite images (using both hand drawn and digital asse...
2023-07-17 16:17:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The backgrounds were painted on 8" x 10" canvasses, photographed, then rear-projected onto a large white tarp hanging behind the actors.
2023-07-15 02:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I built the distorted oven prop from a couple sheets of foam board (one of my favourite materials) Easy to work with, light, and really cheap.
Unfortunately I didn't take too many behind the scenes photos while making this film, but here are a few of Jenn doing Jason's makeup.
2023-07-15 02:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post