Third Year: Pre Visualisation

This was one of the first projects I have done that was all 3D. I was nervous at first because 3D isn't my specialty and I don't enjoy it as much as compositing and editing but after some really helpful classes with our 3D teacher I was a lot more comfortable with Maya and managed to produce something I was pleased with, as well as being more confident to work on future 3D projects.

Summer 2012: Freelance Work

As we were coming to the end of the second year at university I began thinking about what I could do over the summer, as I decided I wanted to try and do something every summer to gain experience while studying. I spoke with my godfather who worked for the Sheffield Eagles Rugby club at the time and he told me about some work that the marketing area of the club were thinking about doing. He put me in contact with the marketing manager who told me that they were looking to make 'an introduction to rugby league' video for the club to attract and inform new fans. I jumped at the chance, despite not knowing anything about rugby! I worked with the manager for almost 4 months on developing the idea, the planning, the shoot, the editing and the audio and I loved working with a client as I would if I was a full time freelance film maker.

The video was a big success and I received great praise and feedback from the marketing manager and from everybody at the club who saw it. It really boosted my confidence to know that I could make something good enough for established companies after only my second year.


An Introduction to Rugby League with the Sheffield Eagles Video Link

Second Year: Music Video

The band Diagrams gave us a 30 second sample of their song 'Tall Buildings' to make a music video. This project was really tough because the lyrics int he song are really random and therefore there was nothing to base the visuals and story on. I used the pixelation technique along with rotoscoping and changing colour grading.

Tall Buildings Video Link

Second Year: Movie Titles

One of our projects required us to make the opening titles for the film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'.

Second Year: Green Screen project

We used the green screen studio to film a short 1 minute video that also included some 3D lettering. I had to rotoscope some of the foreground plate as shadows that were cast onto the green screen during filming meant that the extraction wasn't clean enough. It took a long time but it was worth it in the end result.

Second Year: Showroom Cinema videos

We had a client based project in the second year where we met with the client to discuss ideas, pitched a project and then filmed and edited the videos for the client. The Showroom Cinema in Sheffield was our client and they wanted short videos to advertise their restaurant and the new Chef Simon Ayres. We made a series of 8 videos showing Simon cooking different things in the restaurants kitchen. Below are 3 of the 8 videos.

Ice Cream Video Link

Roast Chicken Video Link

Steak Video Link

Second Year film: 'Through the Shot Glass'

One of our second year projects was a short film that included background plates and foreground plates that were shot in the green screen studio. The theme of the film was Alice and Wonderland so we played on the 'Through the Looking Glass' version of the story.