Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Director!
I've finally made it onto Tandem Films list of represented directors, go to http://www.tandemfilms.com click on the 'Directors' area and I'm there, 'Chris Gavin' near the bottom but there nonetheless... Hopefully there'll be more of this to come!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Video: 'Back From La Bourgogne'
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A family trip to visit friends over new year. On the journey back I took some stills from the car.
A family trip to visit friends over new year. On the journey back I took some stills from the car.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Merry Christmas 2005
This year's Christmas card. Design and Flash artworking by Freya (aged 5)
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Video: 'M25 Timelapse Test'
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I'm keen to use my DSLR camera for the purpose of making some hi-res timelapse films. Here's an early test showing classic 'traffic trails'. I set the shutter to about 2 seconds, then fired off the shots using the continuous shooting mode, i.e. by holding the shutter release button down.
It's early days, and some kind of cable or timer release device for the camera would be preferable. There is a timer remote from Canon available (Canon TC-80N3) though I understand this would need to be modified to fit my Canon 350d camera. I'm exploring options available at the moment but would welcome any comment or advice from readers with experience in this area...
I'm keen to use my DSLR camera for the purpose of making some hi-res timelapse films. Here's an early test showing classic 'traffic trails'. I set the shutter to about 2 seconds, then fired off the shots using the continuous shooting mode, i.e. by holding the shutter release button down.
It's early days, and some kind of cable or timer release device for the camera would be preferable. There is a timer remote from Canon available (Canon TC-80N3) though I understand this would need to be modified to fit my Canon 350d camera. I'm exploring options available at the moment but would welcome any comment or advice from readers with experience in this area...
Thursday, December 22, 2005
New Vids on the Blog
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Well here goes. I've finally figured out how to add movie files to this blog. The above image is clickable and should trigger a short QuickTime movie. I've implemented this after finding some fantastic advice about adding video clips into the Blogger template.
Big thanks to Svein Høier and Jon Hoem (Arts and Media Dept., Norwegian University of Science and Technology)for putting their tutorial online.
Well here goes. I've finally figured out how to add movie files to this blog. The above image is clickable and should trigger a short QuickTime movie. I've implemented this after finding some fantastic advice about adding video clips into the Blogger template.
Big thanks to Svein Høier and Jon Hoem (Arts and Media Dept., Norwegian University of Science and Technology)for putting their tutorial online.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Photo: 'Timelapse Test 005'
I finally got the chance to take the new camera out to shoot some timelapse footage this evening. The still here is from a test sequence of fast-moving traffic shot with long exposures.
I'm using a Canon 350d; it's got fully manual exposure settings and can capture repeatedly when the button is held down. I found shutter speeds in the range 1-2 seconds give a nice motion trail but allow a high enough frame rate for coherent motion from one frame to the next.
When comping the stills back into a movie, setting the speed at 2 frames per image with frame blending enabled worked very nicely. (i.e. on twos with mixes).
If I'm going to do any more more of this, I'd definitely like a remote shutter release switch. Ultimately a timelapse controller for this camera would be nice too!
I'm using a Canon 350d; it's got fully manual exposure settings and can capture repeatedly when the button is held down. I found shutter speeds in the range 1-2 seconds give a nice motion trail but allow a high enough frame rate for coherent motion from one frame to the next.
When comping the stills back into a movie, setting the speed at 2 frames per image with frame blending enabled worked very nicely. (i.e. on twos with mixes).
If I'm going to do any more more of this, I'd definitely like a remote shutter release switch. Ultimately a timelapse controller for this camera would be nice too!
Monday, November 07, 2005
Photo: 'Laser Lounge'
In the name of research I've been staying up late taking long-exposure photos of laser beams, how 21st century is that?
Sunday, October 30, 2005
A Little Less Action
Not a lot of blog-action recently hey?
Was directing a very low-budget and inevitably fast-turnaround ad piece for Sky Active channel so my 'day job' at Tandem www.tandemfilms.com became an 'evenings also' job too for a week.
That finished, then been away with family in Cornwall for half a week. So not much progress on the movie thus not much to blog about really.
Had a couple more ideas to put into the short film, hopefully I'll be posting some more once I get a chance to work these through.
Was directing a very low-budget and inevitably fast-turnaround ad piece for Sky Active channel so my 'day job' at Tandem www.tandemfilms.com became an 'evenings also' job too for a week.
That finished, then been away with family in Cornwall for half a week. So not much progress on the movie thus not much to blog about really.
Had a couple more ideas to put into the short film, hopefully I'll be posting some more once I get a chance to work these through.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
Sketchbook: 'Quarry'
Virgin forest, then the road comes...
Spiraling down into the earth, forming an open-cast coal mine or mineral quarry. The extraction of natural resources...
Spiraling down into the earth, forming an open-cast coal mine or mineral quarry. The extraction of natural resources...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Still: 'Texas'
A long straight road shoots out across the plains; the arid dessert land is cultivated, first for cattle, then for arable crops.
Still: 'Cargos'
Wait at the crossing whilst a mixed freight train passes. It seems to take years to roll by (signified by bursts of remapped time); lumbering trucks with various cargos... all the fuelstuffs... timber, coal, oil, nuclear etc.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Sketchbook: 'Splatdoodle'
Nothing to do with the film project this. Just a bit of fun with acrylic paints and a silver marker pen.
Friday, September 30, 2005
No Time for Art
Today's the day if you're filing a UK Tax Return... Leave it any longer and the IR also expect you to calculate how much tax you owe too!
Suffice to say, I've not got so much creative work done this week while I've been scrambling around to find all the paperwork and create the mother of all spreadsheets. Hope to get back onto the movie work next week.
Suffice to say, I've not got so much creative work done this week while I've been scrambling around to find all the paperwork and create the mother of all spreadsheets. Hope to get back onto the movie work next week.