New Production "Just Add Water" - Filming Started

Filming has begun for the short film "Just Add Water".  Angler.digital will be providing on-set VFX assistance as well as tracking, character animation, and CG water effects for the final shot.

Here are some photos from the set: (Director Paul Bishop, and Actor Jeff Benson)

Gorgeous Knight Almost Done

The VFX for Gorgeous Knight are finally finished! The film is going through the final touches as we speak, still no exact ETA when it will be shown, but it's all up to the editors and sound crew to make the final adjustments. A total of 7 FX shots and the title intro, here's a list of scenes that I worked on for the film, in no particular order.

• Final death scene (stop motion)
• Reunite scene (stop motion)
• Escape scene, final shot (stop motion)
• Where's Gorgeous? Locale zoom in/out animation (street to earth to street)
• Opening Chase scene, Jeep fitted with missiles - CG
• Opening Chase scene, missiles firing and destroying an suv.
• Opening Chase scene, final shot with rubble, debris, smoke and fire (motion tracked)
• Gorgeous Knight opening title sequence

As soon as the film can be viewed online I will post a link to the video as well as times for the vfx that I worked on.

Tron Defiance: Sneak Preview and Behind the Scenes

Here is a look at the end titles sequence and some of the modelling behind our animated short film currrently in the works, Tron: Defiance.

Gorgeous Knight - The Art of Emotional Content

Working with musical composer Malek Jandali, we have been working on creating the title intro for Gorgeous Knight with Origin Nile Films.

Instead of trying to tell a story or using complex animations like we had originally discussed a while ago, I created a simple stone wall with missing person's posters on it.  I combined it with a dark maroon motif, windy dust and particles, windy sounds, audio from missing person's reports, police chatter and lights reflecting on the wall, posters flailing in the wind, and a play on specific letters throughout the animation.

The "KNIGHT" part of the title was animated using a halogen bulb effect, the letters all flicker randomly for a moment before turning on.  I used this same animation to animate single letters in the rest of the cast and production crew.

Here are some samples of the progress, and with the beautiful music progress has been going great!

Gorgeous Knight - In Post-production

Origin Nile studios of Atlanta has brought us in to help tackle 3 special effects shots and the Title intro for Gorgeous Knight. The film is entirely shot using photos instead of videos, so a lot of photo manipulation needs to be done to give the scenes "life".

Here is a sample frame from a scene we are working on.

Orbit Control Post Production Finished

It was a great production with a very sharp cast and crew, and what turned out was a unique and off-beat comedy short film about the intricacies of relationships.

Orbit Control from Dave Spooner on Vimeo.

The Missing Bank Card 3 Comes Away With 2 Awards!

This past weekend on August 28, the Land of Lincoln Credit union hosted their 3rd annual "21 Film Project" awards ceremony.  In it they showed the top 20 film entries into the contest and at the end they gave out the awards for the best films.

The Missing Bank Card 3 swept the competition and walked away with 2 awards!  We won the coveted Audience Choice award voted on by the audience, and also won the Best Overall Film award.

Congradulations to our team, and we hope to do it again next year!


The Missing Bank Card 3: The Last Debate of Abraham Lincoln from Dave Spooner on Vimeo.