'The Lady in White' - First Animatic
Using my storyboards, I was able to trace the drawings in Photoshop and add some basic colour for the rough animatic. The film flows well...


Addressing the Femme Fatale in 'The Lady in White'
Subconciously I have woven in themes of film noir unintentionally that have referenced the representation of the female figure within the...


Recycling Storyboards for Photoshop based Animatic
Creating my animatic follows the storyboard very closely and so using these images, I've managed to convert the hand drawn style into a...

Animatic Begins..
Collating all the storyboards together and downloading a royalty free temp track, the animatic for 'The Lady in White' has started...

Behind the Scenes Photo
Setting up a photo shoot for the opening shot.


Opening Scene (Test Shoot)
The establishing shot in the film opens with a letter and a necklace that have been left ontop of a car bonnet. The dialogue over the...


Dockyard Scene (Test Shoot)
Using a sheet of transparent plastic, a line of timber and some black paper I was able to quickly set up a general idea as to how the...


Minature Lighting test for Street Set
Final test using a bigger light to evenly spread over the whole set and within the brick tunnel. Some noise has been added to emphasise...

Lighting Tests: Black and White Stills
Using the footage from yesterday, I've taken some screenshots from moments in the footage that have stood out as particularly powerful...
Venetian Blinds: Noir Light Experiment
A short video demonstrating my experiment which proved to be a success when creating the shadows of a venetian blind from the wardrobe....