The Turkey Song

A little video I did for "The Turkey Song", written and performed by William P. Hitri of pop poppins fame. Believe it or not I found the turkey at Fry's. I did the lip sync to Bill's song. I used After Effects to lock the lip sync performance to the turkey. I also...

What not to do with a Lightsaber Redux

What not to do with a Lightsaber is a redo of a video I did a couple of years ago. I used Ulead Media Studio Pro for the Lightsaber effect and it was very low res. I recreated the video from scratch and used After Effects this time to do the lightsaber. I also incorporated my R2D@ and actually bothered to replace the green screen this time. I also added some flying ships in the background.

Dawn of the Evil Dead Zombies from Hell at Dusk

Dawn of the Evil Dead Zombies from Hell at Dusk

No makeup effects were used in this video. It was all done with After Effects. All shots were done in front of a green screen, no location shots were used. If you want to know how it was done, visit VideoCopilot(dot)net. And see Andrew Kramer's amazing tutorials. Wilhelm scream added for your pleasure.

The Time Machine

New York City, December 2006

New York City, December 2006

Tori Amos - Big Wheel Video

Tori Amos - Big Wheel, from her latest release "American Doll Posse". The green screen video footage was supplied by Epic records for a contest. I edited the four takes and added some of my own. The background plate is actually a panoramic photo that after effects treated as a 3D background. Tori rotates inside the images for some shots. There was a lot of green spill on the piano and the stool, roto-scoping is not fun, but that's why they say..."we'll fix it in the post" and boy did I ever. I am not going to mention the "white x's", but they are gone and good riddance. The background plate and the other images are all from the same place. Details on those coming soon.

The theme is the theater represents the decay of a relationship and left unattended will wither and fall apart. Everything (except Tori) is old, worn and decrepit. Everything breaks down over time if not taken care of...or I just thought it looked really cool.

Winery Wars

Winery Wars from jwestern and Vimeo.


Winery Wars, just a little farce about wondering just exactly how winery owners feel about each other. Is it really convivial feelings towards each other or something a little more sinister?
Filmed at Tomorrows World studios with the new larger green screen. All of the background plates were constructed form photos and adding the winery store signs and logos. All of the wine barrels were added digitally. The photos were of plain warehouses. Even the warehouse loading dock. You'll notice that several of the wine barrels are hit and start to pour out wine. So you could surmise the intentions of the shooters may not have been each other, but rather aiming for the wine barrels. This was a test to see how far I could push the virtual set. I think the actors did a great job in their performances.