Bryan Ray, Visual Effects Artist

September 20, 2009

No Choice

This is the final project for my Intermediate Editing class. I drew heavily on 7:15FX, an extracurricular visual effects group that I am a part of, for talent and technical support. Four of us are in the same editing class, so it was easy to turn this into a group project. I wrote the script and drew some storyboards; I was also both the director and cinematographer during production. Alexis Tomashosky was the production assistant, helping me to set the lights, managing the microphone boom, assisting the actors, and doing some set dressing. Jon Franks, Ian Morrell and Grant McMinn were the actors. During post-production, I did the editing, audio, some stylistic color grading, and a little bit of visual effects—the blood splatters on Ian’s shirt were mine. Jon did all the rest of the visual and audio effects, which was mainly the muzzle flashes and gunshots. Alexis did the color correction and a little bit of editing.

The piece was shot with a Panasonic DVX100a DV video camera. Edited in Premiere, mastering and effects in After Effects, audio in Soundbooth and Acid.

If you’re interested, here’s the script:
Screenplay-1stDraft

June 24, 2009

Photoshop Colorization

Mike Fraley, Great Plains Renaissance Festival, July 2007

Mike Fraley, Great Plains Renaissance Festival, July 2007

I liked the composition of this photograph, but the camera’s autofocus liked the girls in the background more than Mike. I colorized the image and put a big blur on the background to try to make Mike the focal point. Obviously, taking the picture right in the first place is better than fixing it in Photoshop.

Mike Fraley, Colorized

Mike Fraley, Colorized

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