CLIP: The Pilot

MJD showreel 2014

SHOW REEL 2014

http://youtu.be/NiRnHncsfgE?list=UUwihyTC5QqQGAsmAkiP8-Cg

ONE OF SCOTLAND'S DISASTERS

DEFINITELY NEED TO...

...start writing on this thing again. but still don't know if they grab the copywrite from me when I upload a image.

MY DR WHO STORY

Everybody has a story of when and how they were first introduced or stumbled across the British science fiction television show Doctor Who...

....of course, memory is a odd thing....it's organic...and for me it’s a tad fuzzy...but, in among the fuzziness there are also very clear memories that jump out...for example one of the very first memories was in the late 80's or early 90s....I found myself in front of The Sea Devils....I was young and I remember really clearly certain things about it...like Roger Delgado's face and onscreen presence...

...and equally to this, John Pertwee's face and onscreen presence...they were both capable of being smiley and friendly looking and then switching to serious and intimidating...they were strange if you were a kid to watch.......but there was this sort of cheekyness to them too....I remember being captivated by both of them....they had strong eyes....I also remember loving the cliffhangers for Sea Devils...and having to wait a whole week to see the next part....that is how it was being broadcast even though they were repeats.

That whole thing of cliffhangers is gone from modern Who and I feel it was part of what made Doctor Who.....but anyway!

MORGAN TALKS ABOUT RAMA

This is the first time I've ever seen him talk about Rama.

COMMANDER BILL NORTON'S BEDROOM

Just a HD still of Commander Bill Norton's bedroom on the Endeavor....click on the small image to enlarge.

Its been a lot of fun to do...and next up will be a corridor outside it.

ANGRY BIRDS AND BAD PIGGIES

Wow...I just have my jaw on the floor at how good these games really are. Finnish computer game developer Rovio Entertainment must be one of the best games company's on the go at the moment.

I've been away from the computer games scene for a long time now (about ten years)...but, recently my father bought me a seven inch tablet, and on there, was a free game called Angry Birds Rio....I very much loved playing it...and grew curious to know what else the company had done...I found a review of Bad Piggies on Youtube and it looked good. To my astonishment it was a free download...and is a excellent five star game in both gameplay, sound and graphics (incredibly good music)...the game encourages lateral thinking and the fact they have put it out there for free shows that the Finnish games company is not a greedy one. I would imagine they started it off as a pay per download and then after so many downloads they decided to make it free.

SOMETHING SPECIAL

This is special for me because I've never shown it on Youtube or in HD...it's actually only been rendered out in HD for the first time recently....it was a good feeling though to be able to show it.

COMPLETE REDESIGN OF THE ENDEAVOUR BEDROOM

Here it is. I wanted a far more minimalist look for it.

A LOOK AT HOW MY RAMA IS NOW LOOKING

A DIFFERENT LOOK

I've started to go for a different look for my animations. There were complaints of a plastic look once upon a time about my stuff...but I feel in order to improve the lighting I'm going to have to go for this plastic look....also I don't think it looks too bad.

Here is the transport from While They Slept with a bit of alteration.

BEDROOM

Something I've been working on.

FIRST ATTEMPT AT A SPACE SUIT DESIGN FOR RAMA

This is probably not final....it's early days on the space suit.

RENDEZVOUR WITH RAMA - INTERIOR DETAIL

Rendezvous with Rama interior detail.

A BLAKE'S 7 REMAKE FINALLY GOING TO HAPPEN?

This is very exciting if it actually happens. Ive been a fan for a long time and always felt that you could redo it and cut certain bits out to make it much better.

Deadline have news of the latest attempt.

INTERIOR OF RAMA

This is my go at the inside...every filmmaker / animator who takes on Rama has to face the inside sooner or later...it's a wonderful challenge...and, I love looking at all the different ones that have been made by other people so far too.

TRAILER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyMjsmm-qDw&feature=plcp

Here is a new trailer.

As you can see I'm continuing on with my Rama movie...I've spent time on my fathers Korg again to try and do a better job of the soundtrack.

WITH SOME COLOUR CORRECTION

THE NEW FRONT OF ENDEAVOUR

Here it is.

MORE WORK ON ENDEAVOR

I'm having to do more design work and adding to Endeavour right now...this is usually how things go though...very slow and very plodding...you could spend one month on Endeavour alone...but I want to push forward and get to do the insides of Rama too.

I'm wanting a shot of the astronaunts leaving Endeavour out of a door.

I'll upload a image today of the new bit I've added.

Theres still the interiour of Endeavour to do too...and the space suits...

SOUND ADDED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW24PEp0z_8&feature=plcp

Here it is with some experimental sound.

Taking on Rendezvous with Rama

http://youtu.be/oiEFcJkXxV8

I'm busy at the moment doing a attempt at Rendezvous with Rama...it felt like the right thing to do and so that's where I am at the moment.

KING KONG VS GODZILLA (USA VERSION)

The thing about this one is....I thought it was great!...it's tremendously funny and fun....it moves along at a good speed...ok occasionally it has some scenes that go on way too long.....but I feel If you look past those scenes it's really well directed with it's structure and pacing. If a single word had to be used to decribe it...it would be Fun.