DJ
BONICS INTRO - December 2010: Created
an intro animation for DJ Bonics. Intro shown in this video
from his youtube page, followed by an incredible sound check
video. Bonics is touring with Wiz Khalifa, and has to be one
of the nicest people I've ever had the chance to work with.
For years he did the Kiss Saturday Feature with us on My Pittsburgh
TV, and no matter what rediculous thing we had him do, from
wearing wigs to riding unicorns, he had a blast doing it.
BLAST FROM THE PAST - Way back in 2005!:
An early animated promo
featuring some upset sheep. Thought I had lost this one, but
recently found it... a Thanksgiving Miracle! Audio was created
for a radio spot which I used as the foundation for a television
promotion. Created and edited with Photoshop and After Effects.
CLEVELAND
PITTSBURGH CUSTOMS - November 2010: Custom
Pittsburgh promos for The Cleveland Show. Script written locally
and sent to FOX Network for recording by show talent. Once audio
received I used an existing promo video and re-animated the
mouth movements to match the custom audio. Editing and animation
created with Photoshop and After Effects.
FOX
53 COMEDY CLAW MACHINE - November 2010: On-air
promotion for comedy lineup on FOX 53. Elements built in Photoshop,
and all animation created in After Effects. Additional audio
and video editing with Avid.
FUDGY
WUDGY FUDGE FACE DVD COVER - October 2010:
Below is the DVD cover
created for Harland William's independent film "Fudgy Wudgy
Fudge Face". DVDs have been produced and will be available
in the near future on Amazon.com
SIMPSONS
HALLOWEEN PROMO- October 2010: A
new promo for The Simpsons on My Pittsburgh TV. Shot on P2,
graphics with Photoshop & After Effects, additional editing
on AVID. This is actually an idea my son Evan came up with while
we were on vacation!
MARTIAN
CHRONICLES REMASTER EARLY TEST - October 2010: A
quick VFX replacement test for Retcon-Studios.
TELLY AWARD PROMOS - September 2010: Uploaded
a video showing the three promos I created that won Telly Awards
in 2008 and 2009. I've included the video here and it is also
located in "The Library"
"FUDGY" AT BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL -
September 2010:
Harland Williams' film "Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face" will
be screened as part of the Burbank_International_Film_Festival
September 19th at noon! I had the fun of creating
several shots for this film, including a crashing ufo, stock
film footage of the crash site, opening logo & title sequence
and some hallucinatory images involving donuts and maybe a cow
or two. Below is the raw video (without audio) of what I created
for the film.
"CAP"
- August 2010: While
that is not the full title, that is what I'm going to list it
as for now. Just finished a 3 minute animated presentation with
Harland Williams which is going to be used to help sell a proposed
series idea to television networks such as Comedy Central, MTV,
FX, etc. Below is a small shot of the main characters.
*VFX
REEL UPDATE- August 2010: Been some time since I updated
my visual effects demo, so here is the updated VFX reel with
elements from current to years past.
MEET
THE PLUSH- August 2010: A
series of promos for My Pittsburgh TV featuring news anchor
David Gregbeary. Created to promote on-air programming in a
different approach. Software used includes After Effects, Crazy
Talk and Sound Forge.
SPACE:
2099 BLURAY- August 2010: Actually
this was done a few months ago, but forgot to add it until now.
An animated open and close for a Bluray Space: 2099 "Moon
Rise Edition" teaser promo.
SCRUBS & FRASIER PROMO - July 2010:
Two variations on a Scrubs
& Frasier promo for My Pittsburgh TV.
THE AUSTRALIAN - June 2010: Here
are some of the animations/composites I created for a new web
series being created by Harland Williams for his web site HarlandWilliams.com.
Created using Photoshop and After Effects.
NAMESAKE IN 1999! - April 2010: I
am honored to know that my namesake lives in the futuristic
year of 1999. Space: 1999 that is! A friend of mine contributed
to this collection of short stories based on the television
series Space: 1999, and one of his characters is named none
other than, David Kerin! Being one of my favorite shows from
childhood I am honored to have procreated back to the future...
and my family continues on in this officially licensed book
for the show.
STAR TREK PROMOS: March 2010:
A promo created for Star Trek The Next Generation re-running
on our station weeknights. Created wth Cinema 4D, After Effects
and Avid. Shown here in different lengths.
ROBOT SIZZLE - February 2010: The
robot returns in another FOX 53 promotion featuring a montage
of the station's programming. Included here is a :30, followed
by :15 versions focusing on certain genres of shows.
POSTAPOC-ROBOT
- January 2010: Taking that post
apocalyptic look from the freelance project, and adding in my
like of robots, I came up with this little promo for our late
night comedies. Pittsburgh destruction created in Photoshop,
the robot created in Cinema 4d and compositing in After Effects.
POST APOCALYPTIC BURGH - December 2009:
Working on a project for
someone (can't say who or what just yet) that involves a post
apocalyptic environment, so started working with some exterior
shots and "post-apocalypting" them in Photoshop. Below
is a before and after work in progress of Pittsburgh.
TALK
PROMO - November 2009: A
promo for our "talk block" from 2 to 5 with Steve
Wilkos, Bonnie Hunt and Wendy Williams. Kind of went for an
old 1970's ABC Network style to the promo... Bright colors,
disco-ey music, a bit of neon glow and a touch of Three's Company.
ANIMATED
WEB SERIES - November 2009: Started
an experiment to see if I can produce a short animated story
for the web in a relatively short period of time. This was done
in my free time from work, freelance and family, and if a project
of this type was done for an official online production I can
see doing a few of these in a year. As this was done for a test
I used a subject that I enjoyed from back in my childhood...
the original Battlestar Galactica series. The final product
runs about 17 minutes in length and is split into two parts
as youtube has a 10 minute maximum. Hope you enjoy.
PROMO
SERIES: MEET THE GUYS - October/November 2009: A
promo series designed for the FOX 53 evening comedy line-up.
Designed so it could easily be adapted for different characters
from the various shows. Also set up so it can be utilized by
other stations by simply switching out station logo and end
panel information.
CUSTOM
PROMOS - October/November 2009:
Promos with custom reads from the hosts of The Jerry Springer
Show, Maury, 5th Grader and Deal or No Deal for the Pittsburgh
Market. Created using Adobe After Effects and Avid Express.
SOMETHING OLD - September 12, 2009: Was
at the store and saw a DVD set that contained a movie from back
around 2000 that I created some CGI, Miniatures and props for...
and had a brief walkon to boot! For me the coolest thing was
turning the case over and seeing my name in print on the DVD
sleeve. The set contains 4 low/no budget films and they are
not... well... they're not the best out there. Was still a lot
of fun. Below is a shot of the DVD set, a full scale hoverbike
prop we built and a poster for "The Weapon". And!!!
this "Galaxy of Terror" has nothing to do with the
1980's Roger Corman film (which was pretty cool) of the same
name.
PMZ
SUMMER SPECIAL - May-June 2009: Produced
a half hour television special called "PMZ Summer Special"
for My Pittsburgh TV. Highlighting what is happening in Pittsburgh
this summer and hosted by the morning radio hosts from B-94fm.
This had both its great points and headaches. Headaches being
things such as trying to schedule shooting of stories at different
locations, especially when they seem excited and interested,
but never actually get a time for us to come and shoot. So we
had to find ways around that. However the good far outweighed
the head aches... like getting us into the new Casino for a
tour from the CEO months before opening... taping inside Kennywood
Park... a segment focusing on the local restaurant chain Mad
Mex... getting to make some fake infomercial/PSAs to open and
close the segments... just to name a few.
ITC
LOGO - February 2009: Created
an HD version for the old ITC logo that used to open before
shows like Space: 1999 and The Muppet Show. This is for a presentation
to Granada demonstrating how a property of theirs like Space:
1999 can be remasted and updated, in a similar way CBS has done
with the original Star Trek. Below is a sample showing the original
version (from an old recording) and the revised/remastered version
(as remastered as it can look with the flash video compression).
CLASSIC
TELLY AWARD: For their 30th anniversary
the Telly Awards held a special category for any outstanding
work done over the past 30 years. I submitted a Seinfeld Pinball
promotion I created about 5 or so years ago which was awarded
a Classic Telly. The promo was modeled and rendered in 3D Studio
MAX, with additional effects in After Effects and audio edited
on a Media 100. Below is the spot with two additional spots
created in the 3d Game Theme I was going for.
