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New Pope elected - Exclusive!!
As excitement builds with the election of a new pope this week, Tranquility Base Presents exclusive behind the scenes footage of this historic moment.
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Happy New Year, but also Happy Anniversary. Yes can you believe it, 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of Tranquility Base Presents. To mark this milestone, I've put together a short film documenting the slow but steady evolution of this, my film making website! From the first ever shots with a webcam up to todays experiments with computer graphics and post production and the bits in between! Plus some previously unseen footage (lucky you!) I'd like to dedicate this film to [click to read more]
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Recently got into a new site called Pinterest. I found the app version and downloaded to me iPad. Now I'm hooked. It allows to pin most (more or less) pictures on the internet into a folder on Pinterest. So if, you're doing some compositing on FOG (see below) you can collect a folder of other peoples images to inspire you. Just inspire mind, no stealing! And I was inspired, though it's your decision whether I actually got a decent foggy [click to read more]
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Been on holiday and, having spent all my savings on Pro Tools have naturally spent my time trying to get to grips with it (who needs to get away like I did this time last year)
I've always thought the KLF's "What Time Is Love?" sounds rather like Lloyd Webber's "Heaven On Their Minds" so have used this opportunity to let the two clash! Vocals are Jerome Pradon's taken off YouTube. I'm very pleased with the result of this experiment, not [click to read more]
Happy Halloween from Tranquility [click to read more]
Next year Tranquility Base will celebrate it's 10th Birthday! So if I find anything of historical value from the archives I shall stick it on the site. First up is the original T-Shape which was designed by Alex Treadway. Here are some of the original photos used. The plan (oh so many plans!) had been to do a short film about a stand-up comedian who bombed. As he took his bow it would become the logo. So earlier plans had [click to read more]
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Enjoy this clip. Oh and if you're stuck, the answer is [click to read more]
Have been playing with the 30 day demo for Pro Tools. Alas, all good things must come to an end. I do hope to raise the cash to buy this or if anyone's feeling generous they're welcome to buy it for me. It costs about £500, but compared to Logic, Cubase and Garageband, it's worth every penny.
Here are two little clips done with the software. (Quite pleased with the second one, might develop it when I get said software)
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The day has finally come! Now the works have finished in my flat I could finally collect and hang the picture I purchased earlier this year from Uli Meyer, pride of place above my telly. Indeed, I imagine many a TV program is now doomed as it will inevitably steal my gaze.
Since my last visit to his studio, Uli has a new blog specifically for his St. Trinians project, check it [click to read more]
I recently upgraded my Mac OS to the new Mountain Lion, but it's all turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. The reason, I have found, is that much of my existing software doesn't appear to like it. Being on the cutting edge as I often am, I seem to have changed too soon and haven't allowed developers and programmers time to fix the inevitable glitches and problems the upgrade produces. I imagine with Apple being Apple [click to read more]
The lead character in this movie will be played by yours truly naturally. Have taken time to start creating the character in the flesh and this included a trip yesterday to Charles Fox make up in Covent Garden. I was dreading the visit, knowing nothing about makeup. But the staff could not have been more helpful. I bought a moustache and have just tried it on. Here's a quick vid. Have also darkened the eyes to give a jaded cynical [click to read more]
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Nothing excites me more than that feeling of realisation that you can do something and it's much simpler than you think. One such things I discovered last night. Using my phone's 3G to connect my iPad online. And what's more it's wireless. My humble Galaxy Ace has under tether settings, something called Mobile AP, which believe it or not doesn't stand for Anthony Pearson. Actually it stands for Access Point and it turns your phone into a mini wifi hotspot. [click to read more]
Today I had the privilege of being given a personal tour round the animation studios of Uli Meyer, a local based artist here in Camden Town. He has worked with big animation companies such as Warner Brothers, Touchstone, Disney & Universal to name a few. But it is his collaborative work with the late Ronald Searle, creator of the infamous St. Trinians School, that appears not only to be a personal highlight of his career, but a heavy influence on [click to read more]
Anyone who doesn't know, my flat is undergoing extensive repairs since a flood last November... and yes, it's STILL going on. So I've been quite preoccupied with that on what feels like a full-time basis. I've also been doing lots of web-design favours for friends. So what I'm saying is basically it's been a while since I last blogged. But before you get the violin out...no don't... there have been some exciting stuff going on too. Like I've purchased a [click to read more]
Have been busy starting working on some new websites including one for a midwife. Have also started work on the prologue to the Twilight which is taking much longer than expected due to heavy rendering issues and the fact that my cats demand constant attention whilst I work. So progress is slow and I've nothing really to show you yet. So in the meantime, here's another site I've found that is worth a chuckle or two. A huge collection of [click to read more]
The latest picture of the Rubicon rollercoaster. If you don't know the history of the Twilight Ballrooms and the dreadful accident that happened involving this rollercoaster on Saturday 26th May 1973 then I suggest you visit the history section on the website, www.thetwilightballrooms.co.uk and brush up on your [click to read more]
Wishing you all a very wonderful Christmas holiday. This pic was taken in practical darkness using an 8 second exposure. The bright orange glow in the background is the light pollution from Eastbourne. Love the droplets of water on the bush on the left - very festive I thought! Click on the pic to [click to read more]
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Had a marvellous few days in Eastbourne. Fought off the temptation to spend my time at tea dances and instead headed off across the South Downs taking in Beachy Head and a fab National Trust hamlet called Birling Gap which, for me, is the nearest thing in real life to Wits End I've seen so far.
The Downs were excellent, though you are reminded of it's links with suicide (3rd highest suicide rate in the world). I met one of the [click to read more]
I have been working hard, honest. The thing about pre-production and/or learning anything new is that at the end of the day, you don't really have anything to show for it. Well, I thought I'd change that and have edited a quick montage of all tester clips and stuff generally marked on my hard-drives as "CANDELETE" - that's all files that I create just to experiment and test an effect or process that I've just learnt. Other than that, the [click to read more]
I've had a new video released today on David Garland Jones' YouTube channel. The video features a new character called Scott Mowbray - Actor/Electrician. Watch as he pontificates on such matters as beards, the Minack Theatre and Welsh [click to read more]
Pre-production on the Twilight project has now taken half a year and may take another year or so at this rate. It's slow but I'm learning so much. However, I am going to have to take some shortcuts, especially with the drawing, which ain't necessarily a bad thing. Have found a new website called http://www.archive3d.net/ which has a huge repository of models and shapes which will help me in leaps and bounds. And they're all royalty free and free to [click to read more]
Check out this cover of the song I wrote for David Garland Jones! They've even written some new [click to read more]
Another Vanishing Point experiment
Visited my dad today and was browsing some old photos. This one is of the road I grew up in, though taken long before I was born I might add. As way of demonstrating the effect to my dad I've had another go with this pic. It's only rough and distortion is quite visible towards the end, but still effective. The first 4 seconds are good
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New dates for The Twilight Ballrooms (LIVE)
Whilst this movie project is called The Twilight Ballrooms, there is also a LIVE show with the same name. This is also written by me but is completely different storyline from the film which is set in 1980. The LIVE show is set in present day and is presented by the Ballrooms' resident magicians Malcolm Marvelle - Master of Mystery and the lovely Rita! Other characters include The Butler James and The Roger McGuffin Holiday Dancers.
It will be at the [click to read more]
Experimented today with something called "Vanishing Point". There is much you can do with this Photoshop filter which helps you edit a 2d photo in a 3d environment. One of the cool things is when you export it to After Effects. (Check out this tutorial from Andrew Kramer) By moving the virtual camera in the import you get this. If edited right it can look like a perfect faked dolly/crane shot. This one is just rough, but remember, the original [click to read more]