1 year on...

Wow, so its been 1 year and 1 day since my last post.

To cap off... I feel my final project was successful. I achieved what i set out to, and ended with a satisfactory showreel. I now work at Double Negative VFX.

Signing out.

improved trailer

Ok, so Expotees 2009 has past and the project deadline is rapidly closing in. I am a good chunk through the report and hope to finish it over the next few days. But here is an updated version of the trailer... i have added a few additional vocal elements to enhance the authentic trailer feeling.

... here it is.


improved trailer from Sam Dawes on Vimeo.

Movie Posters

Here's a couple of posters i quickly put together for Expotees.

The Black Chapter - Trailer

This is pretty much the final trailer. I have recently recorded and added the last bits of voice over and i will now be looking at spending some time nailing my report. I will re-visit it before the deadline and decide whether its worth making any more changes, but for now i am happy. Enjoy.


Trailer from Sam Dawes on Vimeo.

VFX Breakdown

The past few days have been spent touching up my trailer and putting together a VFX Breakdown. Find it embedded below.


FMP - VFX Breakdown from Sam Dawes on Vimeo.


The next couple of days will be used to record the final pieces of dialog for my trailer. It will hopefully be 100% finished by the end of the week. I am now starting to think about my report and i plan to continue on with it over the next 2-3 weeks.

More Sound!

Here is an updated version of the sound for the trailer. Obviously there is still no dialogue, but i hope to have that coming along soon. Also i am still not happy with the gun shots... but this is the stage i am at now... i see the end, and it smells great!

NOTE: due to compression etc the version in this post cannot be played with Vimeo's HD enabled, therefore it appears extremely dark and low quality... but you can just click on the link to view it on Vimeo, where HD is enabled.


test edit 3 from Sam Dawes on Vimeo.

First round of sound!

Ok, this is the first layer of sound for the trailer... i have used Video Co-pilot's Pro Scores to put together a track for the trailer. Its by no means perfect, and there are some timing issues at the end which will be sorted soon.


1st round of sound! from Sam Dawes on Vimeo.

I also plan to go back stabilize the 'beach shot' at the beginning of the trailer.