Brace Media

Another style of rendering used for the mixed FK / IK rig for the legs of the bird.

Test of a mixed FK and IK rig, and movement for the leg(s) of the bird.

Second test of movement for the wing and feathers, using slightly more detailed geometry.

Sequence showing a composited 3D animation of a large imaginary mechanical bird coming in to land in a live action plate. From the short film "Trolley".

A revisit to our old job, but this time to create a 30 second long version for the cinema. YEAH!

A very stylised animation, outlining the processes undertaken by Matrix People Solutions in doing what they do.

This is taken from a video from the large event called NAB, of Newtek demoing Lightwave 6 in the year 2000. Pretty amazing in its time.

This is the 3D menus we created for the DVD of the Birmingham School of Acting's 2009 Graduate Showreel. They basically makes films of their graduates rather than just give them a piece of paper with a qualification, and therefore these films need to go on DVD. Fair play.

Animation illustrating the powder coating process of a pipe, including macro view.

This was a quick test of a randomly created 3D model, to check out some newer features of Lightwave 9.6, using the nodes shading system to create anisotropic reflections and specularity on the model for a nice brushed-metal look. It is a low-quality test render so the motion blur looks a bit crap.

A litle scene I was studying for and creating ovre the christmas period 08. This is an early version of work in progress. Camera is a bit jumpy but I didn't get much control over it.

We were commissioned again by Warblefly Productions to edit this video for the Open University. So, that is exactly what we did, along with some careful colour correction to sweeten the piece further. The client was pleased with the result.

This is a music video we have edited and graded for Niki Evans. She was an X-Factor contestant in 2007. We were very limited by the footage we received, but the client is happy now - and that is what is important!

This was a project commissioned to us by Birmingham City University. We wanted to create a piece which was different to their normal person-in-front-of-an-animated-background and so we wanted to create something more integrated. We took the graphics from their printed brochure and made this piece in After Effects with 3D layers, having shot the interviews in HD in front of a green-screen. The university appear to have been very pleased with this more integrated approach.

This is full HD version of this video which we colour-corrected and graded for our client. After that we prepared files and exported so that this could be transferred to film. Yep, it's being shown in cinemas, starting with the IMAX in Birmingham on Friday 5th September 2008.