The delightful crew that I make films with on a regular basis and who have taught me everything I know has launched a lovely little site housing our short films and a blog written by the film crew.
Keep your eyes peeled for posts that will be going up over the next few weeks (my first post about creepy film locations is already up) and a new film that should be going live next week after we finish another 48 hour film challenge!
The main site can be found here: Tortoise Butler
I have another film from the Tortoise Butler crew to share today. This one was made for Valve’s recent Portal 2 music video competition.
I actually didn’t have such a massive involvement in this one. I worked on some of the special effects and just sat at my computer churning out Half Life / Portal themed posters and citadel images that they placed in the film in post production to give the deserted streets of London a more in-universe feel.
The production was really done on a shoe string (with a steady-cam repair being carried out using a wooden spoon at one point) and in a very short space of time, approaching 48 hour film challenge conditions.
The way in which this one came out surprised me. Some of the effects I worked on were much more effective than I expected they would be and it just went to show just how much you can do with the machines you have in your home and how even in a short space of time you can produce some decent quality content.
I also can’t believe they found someone who looked so much like Chell.