Here is the teaser trailer for our movie the weirdo hero.
The short film is expected to hit the festival circuit in 2015/16
Ryan Curtis directed
starring Theo Francon.
2D Cartoon Animator needed
We are looking for an artist to create a cartoon character and provide animation for our short film.
The character is Harold the Hare, a cartoon rabbit that is the embodiment of our main characters self doubt. Harold appears at the worst possible times and kicks our hero when he is down.
Our film is live action and we would like to add this animation seamlessly into our scenes. We will take care of the VFX part and tracking animation into the scene.
Harold will start small, but as the film progresses and our heros self doubt grows so will Harold until he is man sized. So we would want to see a slow progression of the character.
Style we are thinking similar to Ren and Stimpy, rough,. not particularly cute.
This is a big commitment, we are probably looking at 5-10 minutes of screen time, and as it is a indie feature there is no budget. Everyone in the production is volunteering their time. If fund raising is successful and we are able to pay everyone then that's great.
If you are interested please contact ryan@sigildigital.com with questions or ideas.
We are making a movie!!
Super excited to announce that we are making a short film in 2015.
The current working title is Spandex Superhero and it revolves around a semi-pro wrestler who is dealing with depression.
Logline -
After winning the title championship a successful wrestler struggles with depression as his real world responsibilities come crashing down around him. Fighting with undiagnosed depression and treading water financially his efforts are made harder by an animated version of his self doubt terrorizing him until he finds himself on the edge of something drastic.
We just sent out the casting call and will be looking at local actors to fill the roles of:
Harold the Hare: A cartoon who shows up to chid and belittle Randy at the worst possible times.
Gina: Randy's partner who is stuck trying to figure out why he is so sad all the time.
Gary: Office manager dick
Sandra: Creepy bird lady who watches everyone at the office
Jason: Office smart ass
Security Guard: Nice man that smiles and loves Randy
Our hero character is played by the semi-pro wrestler and ECCW title champ Ravenous Randy Myers.
Heaven or Whatever - Shane Koyczan - VFX project
I have been friends with Spoken word artist and Poet Shane Koyczan for many years, and we have always wanted to work on a project together. Finally we have something, Shane partnered with Director Stuart Gillies and they created a wonderful video to a piece that Shane wrote about relating to his Grandfather.
I was lucky enough to add some VFX elements to the short and work with Stuart and Shane directly. Hopefully we can do it again.
Enjoy the video and have some tissues on standby.
Bed of Stars - Nothing left to lose (Official version)
Here is a final version of the video that we shot last summer, I supervised the VFX, and built a team of two artists. Many o' long days and nights shooting these scenes. They turned out very well.
We added the magical doorway shots with VFX and then added the 3d floaty lights particle effects.
Q&A with me about the VFX on Supernatural
Crazy guy talking
Here is a link to the Q&A session I did for the Supernatural VFX Non-Con. We had a great night in Aug2013 where Supernatural Fans from all over the world came for the Vancouver Supernatural Convention. So many nice fans wanted to need to the VFX crew so we all met up at the Storm Crow Tavern in Vancouver.
We filled all the seats in the Tavern with people excited to learn about behind the scenes info on how we make our Visual Effects.
Thanks for everyone who came out. Looking forward to it next year.
