Voodoo 3D Tracking.

So I have been tinkering around in the world of 3D tracking. Its a fun place to be and a wonderful piece of kit can be grabbed for free.

You can get a non commercial copy for free here:

http://www.digilab.uni-hannover.de/docs/manual.html

The default settings work pretty well, although on my attempt at something a little more advance than this:



It seemed to stop tracking. It was doing so well, but it was probably just me.

But yeah, the footage was free from:

http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/greenscreenplates.html

These guys put up green screen footage that hasn't worked for one reason or another so that you can practice with it.

Good guys I must say. Enjoy.

New things that I like, ie. my showreel and a video of Manchester

Hi there,

been working studiously on a few things recently, the results of which are up and about!

Anything new other than that to mention? Well, people seem a bit freaked out by Facebook places. I must admit that I am abit unsure as to its fucntion other than for advertisers to be able to target people when they are near their respective stores. But then I guess that it can only be good for the economy. I might give it a bash in the next few days.

Has anyone heard of Diaspora?

http://www.joindiaspora.com/

Its an open source "privacy aware" version of Facebook. Some are touting it as a Facebook killer. Any truth in that do we think? I'm not really convinced. i like the sound of it, but will Facebook really be the new Roman empire? I doubt it. It will probably just be another thing I log into as well as twitter (Facebook killer) and LinkedIn, Stumble Digg, FourSquare etc etc etc.

So, my exciting stuff? well, 2 things, a new showreel of my character animation and also, a nifty little video that I have done of Manchester after some sort of attack. I am also working on a VFX shot whereby Manchester gets a facelift Blade Runner style.



Showreel



I hope you like these, please leave comments if you have any crits or praise. Praise is always good.

And don't forget... Sharing is caring! Post the vids you like everywhere :)

Paul

Sketches of a Broken Mind (redux)

Hello world,

well, I'm back now from my little Italian adventure and raring to go. I say that, but I have, in fact, been back for about 3 weeks now, I just haven't gotten around to writing anything. I think its the typical feeling of having your feet caught in heavy mud while carrying a fridge on your back that always follows a big holiday that has caused me to be less than inclined to write a blog that perhaps, no-one will read. And if they do read it, will they care? (sigh)

So on that happy note, I shall begin.

As the title would suggest, the main point of this is to explain that I am re-visiting "Sketches..." a short film that I directed alongside James Kennedy (a member of Trifecta films, more on them later).

After losing contact with our lead actor Katia Winter (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2316016/), I finally managed to get hold of her through her agents. She watched the film, really liked it, but pointed out that the sound was below par. Which, it is. Which got me thinking, "I would like to re-edit this, possibly with a voice over".

So I have been busy going back through the dailies and now have a version that I really like and is very different from the previous cut. Katia has kindly agreed to re-record her lines and we may even be getting a score from Jesse Glick (www.jesseglick.com) so watch this space.

Since I last wrote, James, Barney Batchelor and Sean Mason have tentatively formed Trifecta Films, a collective umbrella for our work (for more info contact paul@trifectafilms.co.uk).

We have been filming music videos, and having them played on Channel M which is nice. The Valentines "a Girl Like You" debuted last week. Very chuffed. More music vids to come from them and Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle.

I shall keep you posted on other developments.

Yeah, happy days.

I'll post some stills at some point.

Ta.