There’s a scene in the script for 23 Degrees 5 Minutes that says:
A high angle looking down over College Green in Dublin. It is the turn of the century and the streets are full of men in top hats walking and horse drawn carriages.
Professor Orit (Voiceover)
If God ever spoke to us he would sing in Calculus
The camera moves down and towards the gates of the college.
….with David McCamley.
8.45: Checked my emails
8.47: Washed my hand as the threat of Swine flu is getting worse.
9.00 Wrote music note for an episode that our composer Dean Valentine is getting ready to start. They are just general notes of things we need to flag or parts of the episode that we will need to push the score to help move the story along.
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The opening titles are one of the most important elements in any TV show. They should capture the essence of what it’s about, give a glimpse of character, and hopefully be entertaining with a nice little narrative. If the opening title sequence works right it should have your audience hooked right from the start. .
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The story of 23 Degrees 5 Minutes begins in Dublin around the turn of the last century (nothing specific), so we wanted to work on a look for the film that complimented that.
Art Director Stephen Robinson, did some research and came up with some amazing visual references.
I recently received word that I got funding through the Frameworks Scheme to direct a short film called 23 degrees 5 minutes.
I thought it might be nice to blog the progress of the film & show work in progress and the ups & downs ( & fun) of producing a short film.
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…DENIS DEEGAN, OVERSEAS SUPERVISOR IN KOREA.
Woke up early today, it’s going to be busy. I have retakes to check with all dialogue fixed (hopefully), two Olivia episodes for rough and final animation checking, and one blocking pass episode, plus a few surprises.
Arrive studio at 7 AM. The streets are pretty empty at this time and it took only 20 minutes to get to the studio, there’s a few people here but they are leaving soon, they have been here all night.
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We recently produced two commercials for The Irish Examiner’s soccer and rugby coverage for agency Young Euro RSCG. Directed by Feidhlimidh Woods, the first commercial, ‘Sketch’, focused on soccer.
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This is an extra bit of info about Somniac, the short film we have been working on directed by Rory Bresnihan. My task on Somniac was to light and render the CG background worlds we created for the live action character to fit into. Here are a few lighting and render tests from the quite early stages up to now. more ›
Somniac is a short film by Rory Bresnihan that we are producing here in Brown Bag. The film consists of a Live Action character who was shot on a Green Screen set, then later integrated into a CGI environment
Somniac has presented a few challenges to us when it comes to Digital Effects – here are some of the challenges we faced and how we dealt with them.
When Dynamo came to us and asked if we’d be interested in doing designs for the new packs of Tayto’s Mighty Munch, Chickatees, Snaps and Johnny Onion Rings, my response was probably less than professional. It involved a lot of jumping up and down begging ‘Can we???? Huh, huh? Can we? Pleeeeeeese!’. Not my finest hour! more ›