Tuesday 14 February 2017

"Draft Morning".....Short Film

These Storyboards are from a Short Film set during the Vietnam war and inspired by The Byrds Track "Draft Morning" from the Album "The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)......."Sun warm on my face, I hear you down below, movin' slow, and it's morning..."





"Forces of Nature with Brian Cox"

"The Moth and the Flame" is one of the Hour Long Films within this BBC Mini Series which I worked on as a Storyboard Artist. Collaborating in Story Sessions with Director Matthew Dyas and D.O.P. Tim Cragg exploring the Water Cycle, I helped design augmented reality sequences which sat within the Film. Here is a sequence which includes a Magritte Style VFX Shot and macro close ups of snails living within the bombardment of rain drops.....




Thursday 3 November 2016

"Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough" for Atlantic Productions.

In these 3 x 60 Mins Films for the BBC David Attenborough revisits the Great Barrier Reef, where he first filmed in 1957 for "Zoo Quest". Working with Director Mike Davis at Atlantic Productions, I Storyboarded VFX Shots, Shooting Scripts and Concept Frames to explore particular motifs, the pattern of animals, parallel ecosystems and the intensity of seemingly remote life. In these Illustrations we see the MV Alucia Base ship launch the Triton Submersible into the silent world...






Wednesday 31 August 2016

"Amazing, Mighty, Micro Monsters 3D"

Super Heroes fly through the Sky and Creatures with Super Human Strength and Powers walk beneath our feet in these Concept Illustrations for Atlantic Productions. Working with Director Mike Davis, I created these Pages to act as Comic Book Transitions between the Live action Sequences. Moving from 60's style Super Heroes posing, flying and obliterating, to reveal those Mighty Monsters that really live among us, Preying Mantis's and Bombadier Beetles in deadly combat to Portia Spiders that hypnotise and mesmerise with their eyes....


Sunday 12 July 2015

"Conquest of the Skies 3D" with Sir David Attenborough.

Within these 3 x 60 Minute Films made by Colossus Productions for Sky TV, we see the evolution of winged flight, charted from the Pterosaurs through to Insects, Birds and Bats. Working with Director David Lee I created Concept Frames and Storyboards, along with drawing Shooting Storyboards for D.O.P. Paul Williams and VFX Supervisor James Prosser. In this sequence we Sir David and the Vultures of Segovia Spain, using thermals to glide above the gorge, mirrored by the giant Quetzalcoatlus and it's enthralling majesty...





Sunday 5 July 2015

"Bazooka Sue" is it you?...for Moxie Pictures.

Directed by Johnny and Pier from Big Red Button, through Moxie Pictures, "Bazooka Sue" features Sue Barker taking out Gio from the Go Compare Campaign. Working with the Directors, I created the Drawings for the original Pitch Work and subsequent Shooting Frames for this 90 Second TV Commercial. In these Frames we see some of those original ideas, including exteriors of the Assassin's Lair....





Monday 18 August 2014

"Lucky Pidgeon Poops" and Zombie Troupes for Paddy Power Bingo.

In this One Minute TV Commercial, shot through Moxie Pictures, for Paddy Power Bingo, a Giant 50 Foot Pink Pidgeon emerges over the landscape to drop it's sparkling lucky Pidgeon Poop upon the Women of the U.K. Working with the Directing Duo, Big Red Button, I created Storyboards for the Pitch Treatment and for the Multiple Camera Shooting Sequences. The Boards shown here also reveal the original planned ending, with the women driven crazy like Bacchantes to get to the Lucky Goo and touch it's magic Bingo hue.....






Tuesday 1 July 2014

"Dream a little Dream.." for 2018 with Big Red Button for Carlsberg.

In this 1 Minute TV Spot for Carlsberg, England Fans are treated to a little homespun conjuring to make their Footballing desires come true. Working with the Directing Duo, Big Red Button at Moxie Pictures, I created Storyboard Sequences illustrating the Fans immediate dilemmas and the magical interventions of the Fan Squad, featuring Jeff Stelling, Paddy McGuinness and Ian Wright. So let the #CarlsbergFanSquad see you through, to the next World Cup, where England's dreams may come true.....






Friday 16 May 2014

"Engines pumping and thumping in time..." with Framestore for McLaren and Mobil 1

Professor M explores the intricate components of an Engine with Jenson Button and the McLaren Test Drivers in this Two Minute CGI Animated Film I Storyboarded for Framestore London. Working with Director Henry Trotter, we focused on the Professors incredulity, the Driver's curiosity and the multiple "Joys of Lubrication" garnered from a Formula One Engine....




Thursday 7 November 2013

"Come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean", with Addiction Worldwide.

In this Viral Campaign for Remington Hair Products I worked with Creative Director Simon Amster Storyboarding at Addiction Worldwide. In the Film we explore what goes on before Boy meets Girl and the array of facial gymnastics our hero will pull to get the desired look...

Friday 7 June 2013

"Open your eyes".....with Passion Pictures.

In this 30 second spot for Opticalm  the audience sees the world in a CGI and Live Action quadrophenia, shaped through the motif of a pupil and eye. Working with Director Adam Parry, I storyboarded the frames to show daily irritants pupils are subjected to. The sequence then reveals the hero and an eye, in a singular resonant clarity......."abre los ojos, abre los ojos".....