Below is a video that showcases the wipes of a typical shot, in this case shot 10 of scene 1.

Although I have briefly mentioned various aspects of my post-production pipeline, it is essential to dedicate an entire section to walk...

Finding the cut of my dissertation project was an iterative process. Initially I was working off of the storyboard cut I had done...

From the beginning of my project, I had planned to use Houdini, but the amount of Houdini work has significantly decreased. I realized...

The holographic display I wanted on the robots wrist was one of the more unknown aspects of my project, I was fairly confident that I...

Whilst my project is very much VFX over story, a large plot point that needed to be consistent is the lack of the people in the area,...

With the final script written and a better understanding of the duration of my short, I finally proceeded to record the voices....

In an effort to marry the initial portal explosion into the real world, I decided to include some kind of environment interaction. The...

Whilst Mocap did assist greatly in capturing an authentic performance that brought the robots to life, it only got me most of the way...

In the final shot of my FMP, two robots sit on a real wall. In order to have them correctly interact with this wall using shadows, I had...

Even though I had achieved a fairly photorealistic standard in compositing the robots using Nuke, I still felt that they didn’t quite...

From the outset, I knew I would be utilizing motion capture (Mocap) to bring the robots to life. This decision was based on both the...

I quickly realized that in order to maintain a manageable workflow for my project, I needed to create sections within my script that I...

I checked my footage through and put together a cut of the project using my previz as reference for timings, I gave some shots a bit of...

Due to the extensive testing conducted prior to the shoot, filming the short went largely according to plan. Shots that had been...

When negotiating with the film students on days in which they could film my project, something I made sure to mention was a test shoot...

With a logline in place, I had to actually go ahead and write a screenplay for my VFX skit. In order to better generate ideas and...

My aim from the start has been to achieve photorealism and a cinematic quality that meets the standard of something that could be shown...

Although I had experience with various workflows, I had not yet created my own HDRI. Furthermore, while I liked the appearance of the...

Neill Blomkamp, as a VFX artist, captivates my interest. His background in the field grants him extensive knowledge and understanding of...