MUSIC VIDEO VFX & ANIMATION PRODUCTION & POST PRODUCTION.
Music video VFX and animation production and post production is a great place to learn new techniques, try out and develop new practices and learn to collaborate with other creatives, directors, producers and enthusiasts. My interest in music video grows out of a love of music which has been a constant through my life as a means of sparking my imagination, creative ideas, new techniques and practices and ultimately my love of dance. The below selection of music videos I've had the good fortune to collaborate on with brilliant artists, film makers, directors and producers who I had the good fortune to develop with and is testament to a history of innovation in moving image from early analogue film based stop motion, drawn animation through to generative AI.
Tiña "Closest Shave" music video.for director Maxim Kelly, producer Lauren Mills, Exec Producer Sorcha Shepherd at Caviar and with Director of Photography Benjamin Wearing. Carl Grinter supervised the shoot which involved stitching together six separate tracking shots in a seamless move (without motion control camera) & adding rain effects to practicals. Editor was Charlie Reddie at Homespun, colourist Jason Wallis at ETC with Brian King finishing using Flame.
Disclosure "featuring Aluna George "White Noise" music video VFX and post production producer for director Luke Monaghan for Island Records with colourist Denny Cooper.
Kings of Leon "Supersoaker" music video VFX production, grade and finishing producer for director Wiz with colourist Simone Grattarola and VFX artist Leo Weston for Sony Music Entertainment.
Breach "Everything You Never Had - We Had It All" Music Video featuring Andreya Triana was directed by directors collective Sacred Egg using multiple motion control live action passes combined in Flame by Leo Weston and VFX produced by Carl Grinter with grade by Simone Grattarola
Future with Miley Cyrus "Real and True" music video featuring Mr Hudson was directed by Rankin with grade by Simona Cristea with CG by Andy Hargreaves, motion graphics by Barry Corcoran and Flame by Rufus Blackwell and Leo Weston.
8:58 "The Clock" 5 min short film and music video VFX Supervision & VFX production for director Luke Losey with actor Cillian Murphy & music by Orbital's Paul Hartnoll in dystopian alt Mr Benn subplot.
UNKLE "The Road" short film VFX production & postproduction supervision for director Norbert Schoerner at Night and Day, producer Leigh Hurst at LaLand underaking grade, enhancement, clean up.
Boogie Pimps "Somebody to Love" music video directed by Jon Riche for Ministry of Sound with Flame composting and baby animation from Omar Akarri and Emir Hasham.
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc." music video directed by Pete Candeland and Jamie Hewlett at Passion Pictures graded by Simone Grattarola with Flame compositing from Duncan Malcolm and Marcus Wood.
Lewis Capaldi "Someone you loved" music video for director Phil Beastall and producer Dom Murgia at Happy Means Content for Universal Records featuring Peter Capaldi undertaking grade & online effects.
Dizzee Rascal "Dreams" music video VFX production for director Dougal Wilson at production company Colonel Blimp for XL Recordings/Island with VFX artist Marcus Wood.
The Streets "Weak Become Heroes" music video directed by Dawn Shadforth at RSA Films featuring a CG hallucinatory character, trippy overlays and seamless transitions with Flame by Glyn Tebbutt.
Sting "After the rain" music video directed by Kevin Godley and graded by Simone Grattarola with Flame work replicating hands and creating environment rotations connecting sequences into a seamless edited flow.
The Streets "Blinded by the Lights" music video directed by Adam Smith, featuring ecstatic effects of overindulgence and paranoia plus seamless transitions with Flame artist Matt Jackson and colourist Marcus Timpson.
Kings of Leon "Notion Music Video directed by Phil Griffin and featuring the band shot in front of a wall environment that breaks apart through explosions and animations created using Flame by Leo Weston.
SBTRKT featuring Sampha "Hold On Music Video directed by Sam Pilling at Pulse Films, graded by Denny Cooper with clean up and composites by Brian Carbin.
Zoot Woman "Grey Day" music video directed by Dawn Shadforth at RSA Films with keyed colourisation and compositing from Flame artist Matt Jackson and colourist Simone Grattarola.
Paul McCartney "Queenie Eye" Music Video directed by Simon Aboud and produced by Hans Elias at Annex Films featuring a plethora of famous stars and friends from music, film and the arts starring in Paul McCartney's homage to you and his time in Abbey Road's famous studio. The music video was filmed over three days at Abbey Road to enable multiple people to attend and separate shots against green backgrounds and parts of set pre-planned to give the impression all were in the same studio. Flame artist Martin Goodwin brought together all the separate passes with Simone Grattarola grading
Paul McCartney "Ever Present Past" Music Video directed by Phil Griffin at Bikini Films using multiple motion control passes to bring multiples of the heroine and Paul together in choreographed and performance scenes. The filmed required careful stitching over multiple passes and the project was shared between multiple flame artists and facilities to being together.
Kylie Minogue "In Your Eyes" music video directed by Dawn Shadforth and produced by Cindy Burnay at RSA Films. The film was graded by Simone Grattarola and finished by Flame artists Glynn Tebbutt and Dan Williams. This music video was a follow on from the previous music promo completed for Kylie Minogue by both Dawn Shadforth, Glynn Tebbutt, Dan Williams and Carl Grinter for "Cant Get You out of my Head" music video.
Chikinki "Assassinator 13" music video directed by Dougal Wilson with producer Matt Fone for Colonel Blimb with Exec Pproducer John Hassay. The low budget music video used multiple takes careful timed out in different backgrounds and costumes and edited together to give the impression of stop frame animation. The promo was graded by Simone Grattarola and Flame compositing and finishing was from Matt Jackson.
