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GRIP Previz

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:29:48 -0400

Partial previsualization for my short film GRIP . . . much more intuitive and expressive than just doing storyboards, it lets me experiment and work out actual camera setups, lens sizes and movement in advance of the actual shoot, as well as getting an early sense of editing. Invaluable.

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Zombies!!

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:35:21 -0400

Turning myself and a few of my closest friends into shambling, flesh-hungry fiends.

ZombieJoe1024x768

ZombieJoyce1024x768

ZombieTodd-After

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Return Of The Demon

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:37:42 -0500

Return Of The Demon In My Basement

Re-animated (heh) and recomposited. Smaller demon, to better suit the plate, and more active. Forgive the slightly dodgy animation; character animation isn't my strong suit.

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Demon In My Basement

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:24:27 -0500

Demon In My Basment

Just experimenting with motion tracking and compositing 3D objects into live action footage. This is an old plate shot of my basement I had in my files, and a Poser demon. The animation and compositing are extremely rudimentary, but turned out much better than I expected at this early stage. I'll post a more finessed version in a few days.

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California Dreaming

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:03:02 -0500

A handful of shots from my trip to California, January 2007.

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Nuit Blanche 2006

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:25:09 -0400

Images from part of the Nuit Blanche event this past weekend. The entire city of Toronto was transformed into a giant dusk-to-dawn art installation. These are from Philosopher's Walk, next to the Royal Ontario Museum. The entire valley was surrounded by a massive array of fog machines that filled the space with impenetrable white fog.

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CNE 2006

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:20:04 -0400

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GO FOR IT - Remixed

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:31:59 -0400

GO FOR IT 2.0

Call it GFI 2.0. I've remixed the sound and added new titles.

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Saving The World

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:22:16 -0400

A brief excerpt from Saving The World, a stand-up and cheer cue from John Ottman's awesome score for Superman Returns.

Best Superman Cue Ever

I could listen to that all day, I think.

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NIGHT Trailer

nobody@vox.com(Joseph-OBrien) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:49:44 -0400

Night_trailer

A brief teaser for Night, a new comic book series written by me and illustrated by Attila Adorjany. Attila did an awesome job of coverting his art into animated motion graphics.

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