This is the last post leading up to the release of breakthrough. Here, we will be discussing the process of putting it all together. With shots filmed, it was time to place them into After Effects (AE) to composite everything together. The Effects process is very lengthy and time consuming. It requires a plethora of skills and a way of thinking that is equally creative as it is technical. But lets not get too excited, the actual work is almost entirely technical; One has t

In the previous post, I discussed a little about what it took to actually design and create the imagery for ‘Breakthrough’. In this post I’ll delve a little into the actual filming process. Film making is expensive. Even short films like ‘Breakthrough’ have been known to tally in excess of $100, 000. But as you know, my budget was like, you know, zero. I never believed in the limitations of creativity; If you can dream it, you can make it…well in an ideal world anyway. As a

In the previous post I discussed the first steps to the creation had to and conceptualization of the short film ‘Breakthrough’. Now, I’ll discuss the next step, which was creating the world in which the protagonist exists. Film making is a three step process; pre-production (planning), production (filming) and post production (visual effects (vfx), audio etc). However, one should not be fooled by the order. Pre-production and post production tend to overlap. As they tend t

This is the first in a series of posts leading up to the Final release of Breakthrough. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I was in the midst of brushing up on my 3D skill sets when it occurred to me that I could do something more. Or better yet, I needed to do something more. I wanted a project in which I could apply everything I’ve learned up to that point. So, since video was my forte, I figured