Visual Effect - Work In Progress - Trollins Attacks - Shot 7 - Version 1

This one needs a lot of work.

Visual Effect - Work In Progress - Trollins Attacks - Shot 6 - Version 1

Visual Effect - Work In Progress - Trollins Attacks - Shot 5 - Version 1

Visual Effect - Work In Progress - Trollins Attacks - Shot 3 - Version 1

The YouTube compression looks hideous. The source video was nice and clear before it was uploaded.

Visual Effect - Work In Progress - Trollins Attacks - Shot 1 & 2 - Version 1

Short, seemingly simple shots which take hours to put together...







And they still need more work...

Artist's Statement

As a mandatory requirement for E-Meda 312 I must also submit an Artist's Statement when I submit my project.

Here's what I came up with:


My aim was to produce a B Movie drawing influences from the low budget fantasy and adventure films of the 1940’s and 1950’s. Though I didn’t intend to recreate such films, I wanted to create a new contemporary form of B Movie retaining the old charm while utilising modern filmmaking technologies.

I devised a story set about 150 years in Australia’s past, yet I avoided representing actual locations. I wanted to create “a world of my own” and steer away from mimicking a “Tolkeinesque” fantasy. I helped this along by allowing the Australian actors to retain their accents and displaying indigenous flora in some of the exterior shots.

Rather than tell a “damsel in distress” tale I wanted the female protagonist to be a saviour and rescue her husband while plotting to intellectually defeat the villain. I the kept the dialogue mildly campy because I didn’t want to portray the characters too outlandishly, however I did accentuate the B Movie atmosphere by borrowing scores from old movies.

The film contains no pertinent messages or has any underlying significances. Its purpose is to simply entertain those with an appreciation for B Movies and to explore the possibilities of what can be achieved using modern video editing software.

Gigh Running Through The Forest

There's the next edit of Gigh running through the forest. The colours have been altered and there has been some work done to the sound.