
Steam and Smoke (Visual Effects)
Compositing steam animation onto footage in After Effects. Tracking path for Smoke animation to follow the ship's funnel. The emphasis in...


Miniature set: A New Beginning
The ship in place on set. Animating the water. Using the steam boat I'd made from card and foam board, I constructed a miniature set of a...

The Climax: Lady in White
Setting up the shot. A sample of today's animation. The purpose of today's shot is to establish why the other woman, or 'The Lady in...

Animating the Opening Titles
Animation workspace in After Effects. I've been exploring the possibilities of After Effects and the tools used to distort the text...

Underwater Test for Opening/Closing
Having an opening shot that establishes the themes of the film needs to be soft and precise. This test has been created without any...
Underwater Film work: The Impossible
Introducing 'The Lady in White' with an underwater shot means having to work around how it will be animated. I looked at a scene from...

Walk Cycle: The Horizon
A raw black and white still from filming. Original storyboard artwork. My main focus for today's animation was to further capture the...

Post-murder Animation: Animating water
Animating today's shot took place in the final scene; by the dockside. Using some old pieces of decking, I was able to create a jetty...

After Effects Colour Editing: The Lady in White
Using the raw footage animated from yesterday, I was able to enhaunce the emphasis of the leg animation by masking round the leg and...