Generate VFX Directory from Command Prompt

Since using Linux systems at my day job I've seen how much project management is done with code rather than the old manual click, click click. Frustrated with my inability to set up shots so quickly on my Windows machine I decided to write a tiny .bat script to automate the creation of a shot directory with custom named folders within.

Download makeshot.bat

Silibil N' Brains "Eat Your Brains" MUSIC VIDEO

Here is the latest video that I directed with John Fairfield for Flyboy Creative. I also did all the post production on the video including putting in some nasty sound effects. VFX breakdowns are to follow but if you want to check out some behind the scenes stuff you can go to the Flyboy Facebook page.

VFX Breakdown for 'Edinburgh' by Woodpigeon

Here is a short VFX breakdown for some work I did on Ben Soper's music video for the band Woodpigeon.

http://woodpigeon.bandcamp.com/
http://bensoper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.blueirisfilms.co.uk/

After Effects to Avidemux - Datamosh Round Trip

This tutorial for shows you how to export video prepared for datamoshing from After Effects, join clips and remove I-frames in Avidemux (freeware) to create the datamosh, then export the result as an image sequence for further processing in After Effects.

Thanks to datamosher on YouTube for his video tutorial on the process.

VFX Breakdown for Pigeon Song Animation

Here is a VFX breakdown for a live action / animated shot that I produced for a recent music video.  I did the compositing and the landscape sketches, Nuria Valdeon did the cell animation and Fraser Murdoch did the 3D modeling.

Nuke Compositing Demo

Here is a walkthrough of a shot I made in the Foundry's Nuke Compositing Software.  Watch it in 1080p if you want to see what's going on in the node tree.

VFX Breakdowns

A selection of VFX breakdowns from my short films Falling Out (2011) and Meta (2010)

Showreel

This showreel features work that I directed, edited, graded and composited as well as post production that I have done for other directors. All my directorial work was shot by Ian Forbes and produced by John Fairfield for Flyboy Films.  The music used was Lewis den Hertog's score for my short Falling Out and the track "Ain't That Peculiar" (Oddisee Remix).

The View - "How Long" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

 I did the colour grade and VFX for this music video directed by Scott Davidson. It was shot by Ian Forbes  and edited and art directed by Rose Hendry.

DELTA HEAVY - 'Get By' (official video)

DELTA HEAVY - 'Get By' (official video) from Ian Robertson on Vimeo.

I recently did the visual effects and finishing for hyper talented director/animator Ian Robertson's new music video.

Ian shot high resolution jpeg stills on DSLR using Dragonframe stop motion animation software and created the edit in Final Cut with proxy video before conforming to the original image sequences.  I then imported a Final Cut XML of the project into Premiere Pro CS5.5 and nested each shot for colour grading.  For the pan and scan and visual effects I used the dynamic link to send shots to After Effects.  Most of the animation was done in twos (doubling frames in a 24fps sequence to give the appearance of 12fps) so hold key frames were used at two frame intervals so as not to introduce smoother motion than was native to the animation.  Needless to say, motion blur was SWITCHED OFF!

Falling Out - Trailer

I am holding off putting my 2011 short Falling Out online while I submit to festivals but in the mean time I am proud to show off this trailer cut by myself and Rose Hendry.

Falling Out - Looking Back

Hanna Stanbridge as Carrie

In November I posted a blog entry discussing the development of a script for my short film Falling Out. In it I mention that it was five months prior that I had first introduced the idea to writer Tom K McCarthy, which would make it now 14 months since we began the project!
As the final film is now complete I am taking a moment to trace the project from inception to completion.

Falling Out - VFX Breakdowns

Some more quick visual effects breakdowns from Falling Out.

Nuclear Explosion - VFX Breakdown

Here is a VFX breakdown hilighting the main elements that were used to create the nuclear explosion in the opening shot of my upcoming short Falling Out.  In addition I created a background plate composed footage of moving cars composited into an HDRI still image.  Other work includes plenty of animated colour operations, glows, motion blurs, procedural noise and liberal use of camera shake!

Thanks to Dylan Gauld for his great cgi work in Maya Fluids.

Monsters Under the Bed - VFX Breakdown

Here is a quick breakdown of the VFX shot that I composited for John Fairfield's film Monsters Under the Bed.  You can check out the film on the Virgin Media Shorts website.

Nuclear Explosion

Dylan Gauld's work on the CGI dynamics for the nuclear explosion from my short Falling Out is coming to a close.  I've been experementing with a single frame render that he's given me to see what I need to do to sell the shot.  Because we haven't had much time to refine it in Maya I'm doing the colouring in Nuke using an R, G & B ID pass and generally distroying the image as much as possible to hide the seams.

CG ID passes coloured and merged over plate.

Early pass on reducing detail with over exposure effects.

Monsters Under the Bed

This is John Fairfield's submission to Virgin Media Shorts.  Please check it out and 'like' it on Facebook if you find it deserving.


I was assistant director on the shoot and did the colour grade and the monster VFX, concept artist Ross Burt created the monster asset in Photoshop for me to composite and animate in Nuke. The DP was Ian Forbes.

360° Panorama

I recently purchased the 8mm f/3.5 fisheye from Samyang in order to do create 360°  panoramic HDRI's for my VFX work and take sweet hip-hop style images;

Falling Out - FX01 Previz

Previs for the opening shot of my upcoming short Falling Out. Ian Forbes and I shot the plate last week, now I am looking to have concept design work done on it before meeting with some Maya heads to talk about how to proceed.

'Feet for Hands'

"Everyday tasks can be a challenge when you have feet for hands, but there are some advantages."

Written by and starring Dean Fairbairn. My undergraduate comedy short from Time Based Art and Digital Film at DJCAD, Dundee.

Credits:

Starring Dean Fairbairn 

with Lewis den Hertog and Eric 'Mugsy' Boyd

Director, Matt Cameron

Director of Photography, Ian Forbes

Story, Dean Fairbairn for Madink Publishing

Camera Assistant, Rose Hendry

Gaffer, Robbie Gray

Lighting Assistant, Matthew Reid

Sound, Duncan Craig

Production Design, Katie Mason

Edit & VFX, Matt Cameron

'Feet for Hands' won best comedy at the Screentest festival in London 18th - 20th March 2011.

Please check out the Facebook fan page.