Phil McCoy's Blog Posts Tagged 'post-production' (83)

The image above is from the epic battle in the first act of Project London. It features animations by Ian Hubert and Nathan Taylor that are singularly epic. Also, this is the image the Wired UK featured in their recent full page article about Project London. Pretty cool.

Well, I just finished up a meeting with Ian, Nate and Wesley. We reviewed a number of…

(L to R: Nathan McCoy, executive producer; Ian Hubert, writer director; Wesley Slover, composer producer; Kyle Kramer, lead sound editor)

Thursday, I was able to snag a couple copies of the July issue of Wired UK! (You can get a copy at Bulldog News in the U-District if you're local, or at Barnes & Noble.) We felt like Steve Martin's character in the comedy movie, The Jerk" when the new phone books arrived, "Now we're legit!"

But there is a…

Yesterday morning's Sound Design Review Meeting was FANTASTIC! Scott Burnett, soundtrack/score producer, was in attendance along with Wesley Slover, musician/artist. Nate, Ian and I listened to a slew of new sound design elements and a slug of musical cues from Wesley's vault. It was FANTASTIC! I remember having tears in my eyes listening to the track that underscored the Nebraska character experiencing a sudden and tremendously huge loss and feeling the loss on a new level because…

I love this frame grab. It's the result of a LOT of hard work done by a lot of people over a significant period of time. The foreground features Josh Truax (Nebraska Higgins) and Branson Anderson (Jerry) filmed in an Everett airpline hanger in August of '07 and the background plate with Michael Donovan (Arizona Higgins) emanating from a large outdoor video billboard was shot just a couple months ago. The work is…

Norwescon 34 was a blast. Ian and I (Phil) had a great time talking to people about Project London selling copies of Project Manhattan (Prequel Novella) and the Project London Graphic Novel, but we also enjoyed…

Preparations for Norwescon 34 are in full swing and almost complete. Ian and I (Phil) will be manning the Project London display this Friday, Saturday and Sunday where you'll be able to see the new trailer and hear the screaming new mix that Paul Miller has just completed. You will also be able to purchase a limited number of author autographed copies of…

Wow. The last few weeks have been amazing and the coming weeks look equally packed with energizing activity. First up, Ian and I are getting excited to bring our traveling road show to Norwescon 34, April 22-24. Among the autographed copies of Project Manhattan, the Project…

It's done! It's done! The VFX list is finally done. Now on to more fun. We still have a lot of work to do including picture lock and sound design. Really fun stuff. The photo above features Half Acre Day at the final review for the mix on Multiply, their sizzling new track that will be featured in Project London as well as the new teaser clip that will be…

For those paying close attention, this is the same Producer's Report title as last week. But don't worry, our productivity has not flagged, instead, while Nathan Taylor and Ian continued to fine tune the one remaining VFX shot on the list, Ian dived completely into the new animation sequence to open the film. Ian showed us the 28 shots completed on the animation this morning and it is completely epic. Trust us.…

The image of The Goose above, is from the collection of shots that Ian brought to todays management meeting. Among the many shots completed were a wonderful sequence of "holographic" vids that have been composited into the Nebraska Higgins interrogation scenes. There is also a fabulous scene with John Fantasia (Chicago) and Andy Evans (Nicola) where all the command center screens are taken over by a huge burst of "potential" in the climactic end…

Here's Josh Truax as Nebraska Higgins looking like he owns the world during his interrogation by Joint Command Officers. We are feeling some of that same smugitude as we close in on finishing the estimated VFX list, and that will basically happen this week. Pretty cool. Next, we are working on a revision to the opening reel that will constitute a new animated sequence concocted by Ian and Nate Tayler to quickly introduce our audience to the…