THE LANDING - 2009
Synopsis:
"After months of UFO sightings, one decided to land in a field and an amateur filmmaker, named Edward, goes to capture the event on tape, but things go horribly wrong, the aliens attack causing hundreds of spectators to panic and run for their lives, Edward then runs off in another direction thinking that the aliens will not follow him and that they would only follow the hysteric crowd, but is he running in the right direction and is Edward really alone?"
This is my first film in which I have appeared in front of camera for over three years, outside of college, but please don't expect something as grand as Cloverfield, they had money, this is just a short fun movie purely for entertainment.
This film also began as a spur of the moment situation, me and a friend went to some display in October 2008, I decided to bring my camera out of boredom and we joked about it being like Cloverfield due to all the people and police that was present there.
Eventually I remember a film I began back in college, about alien abductions, but never completed, so I began filming the display in a way that it looked like a UFO landing and the rest of the film went from there, with no real script, actors, crew or budget involved, I wondered how I was going to complete the rest of it. I changed the films ending and some events many times over the one year it took me to complete.
The film began on a SONY DCR-TRV33 camera, which is a standard definition Mini-DV tape camera and was completed using a SONY HDR-SR5E camera, but it had to remain in SD, due to the original footage, its why it is not HD, but I wish I could have filmed it in HD.
I really must thank Keith Parker over at Tornspace Films, he kept asking me every now and then when are you going to finish the film, Id love to see it? if it wasn't for him, I was thinking of abandoning the project and working on something else, granted I wanted the film to be longer and have some of my original ideas in it, but its finally complete and I am happy to have completed it, I never thought it would ever be completed.
I hope you enjoy.
Credits:
Filmed, edited and music composed by Shaun Thomas Millington.
Filmed using a SONY DCR-TRV33 camera and a SONY HDR-SR5E camera.
Friday, 22 January 2010
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Blade Runner: Nexus Rebellion
'Blade Runner: Nexus Rebellion' 3D animation - 2009
This is an animation I did for university, it is based on the movie Blade Runner, I decided to create a car chase scene, mainly because the Blade Runner movie is more character and story driven, though it is a masterpiece, it has very little action compared to other movies, the chase scene was also chosen as a change of theme, my 3D work is always set inside small rooms, so I decided create something challenging but visually interesting.
I also wanted to try and add a little of my own style to the animation, by adding a new more futuristic car, though Ridley Scott create something amazing, its always interesting to see if I could try out his style when applied to other ideas.
Overall, I am very proud of this animation, given the short time period I was given to create it, but one day I hope to modify the animation and make it much more realistic to how I originally envisioned it, I hope you enjoy.
The premise for this animation is that it is set a number of years after the 'BLADE RUNNER' movie, in which most of the Nexus androids are rebelling and planning war against the human race, only a few good Blade Runner and soldier units are available to help put a stop to the destruction of mankind.
The original video is actually in 4:3 ratio, but was altered to 16:9 during rendering, any alteration degraded the picture quality, I also choose not to use music from the Blade Runner film in case of copyright infringement.
Created and Animated by Shaun Thomas Millington.
Music from Mass Effect.
'Blade Runner: Nexus Rebellion' 3D animated cars turntable
These are the two cars I created and used in my animation, they are medium detail due to the fact I spent three quarters of the time I had working on these cars.
They came out better than I originally though, I didn't even think I would complete just one car, never mind two.
This is an animation I did for university, it is based on the movie Blade Runner, I decided to create a car chase scene, mainly because the Blade Runner movie is more character and story driven, though it is a masterpiece, it has very little action compared to other movies, the chase scene was also chosen as a change of theme, my 3D work is always set inside small rooms, so I decided create something challenging but visually interesting.
I also wanted to try and add a little of my own style to the animation, by adding a new more futuristic car, though Ridley Scott create something amazing, its always interesting to see if I could try out his style when applied to other ideas.
Overall, I am very proud of this animation, given the short time period I was given to create it, but one day I hope to modify the animation and make it much more realistic to how I originally envisioned it, I hope you enjoy.
The premise for this animation is that it is set a number of years after the 'BLADE RUNNER' movie, in which most of the Nexus androids are rebelling and planning war against the human race, only a few good Blade Runner and soldier units are available to help put a stop to the destruction of mankind.
The original video is actually in 4:3 ratio, but was altered to 16:9 during rendering, any alteration degraded the picture quality, I also choose not to use music from the Blade Runner film in case of copyright infringement.
Created and Animated by Shaun Thomas Millington.
Music from Mass Effect.
'Blade Runner: Nexus Rebellion' 3D animated cars turntable
These are the two cars I created and used in my animation, they are medium detail due to the fact I spent three quarters of the time I had working on these cars.
They came out better than I originally though, I didn't even think I would complete just one car, never mind two.
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