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Thanks for all your comments on last week’s posts. Really appreciate them!
This week I wanted to talk a bit about the backgrounds for ‘Origin’.
The film is a progression of the man’s attitude towards his environment and situation, and how that changes both physically and mentally. To help show this we plotted out how the colour would progress through a colour script. A colour script...
] Read ArticleThanks for your comments on the last ‘making of’ post for Origin. Here’s a look at how we’ve moved ahead with characters and locations.
Once we had finished the 2D character concepts and were happy with the overall look and feeling, it was time to get those concepts into a structured form.
These images, from character designer Barry O’Donoghue, are the first model sheet designs of the...
] Read ArticleBack in May I received word that I had been funded by the Irish Film Board to direct ‘Origin’, a concept of mine which I had submitted to their Short Shorts programme last March. Their theme this year is ‘Ireland I Love You’. Sean Smith at Souljacker is producing ‘Origin’, but of course I have been drawing on the creativity and technical advice from all the artists and directors here in...
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