Category: Video

  • Tin Foiled Post Production

    I’m in the final stages of a long gestating and quite complex documentary project called “Tin Foiled”, which will be an alternate look at the current discussion around conspiracy theory. Originally it was planned as a one off mini doc, but since the breadth of the subject is huge and the amount of research material has been time consuming to collect, it’s seems better served to be released as a mini series of films. While there is still quite a large chunk of post production work on the table, I’m quietly confident the first of the films will be ready to start releasing in the first part of 2026.

    (more…)

  • Logo Animation and Mix

    With a slight tweak to the logo design, comes a new simple and fun motion graphic ident, created in Motion.

    Sound design and 5.1 surround mix was created in Logic Pro, with final master and tweaks in FCP 11.

  • Stopmotion film scanning

    Stopmotion film scanning

    A Multi plane animation stand, repurposed to backlight and scan 35mm film.

    Home film scanning and projector set ups have built up a sizeable niche movement over recent years, no doubt fired up by the availability of higher resolution digital cameras and the resurgence in analogue film interest. Youtube and social media are awash with examples of various DIY attempts to capture old film collections, or to scan home developed film. While it’s possible to tape a 35mm slide to a bright window, then take a photo, generally the simplest practical set ups take the form of a tripod/copy stand, back light and camera..sometimes tethered to a computer.

    (more…)

  • Scratchtapes Interface

    I’ve just added a new mini pack to the Scratchtapes page. Interface, which started out as a free template, is a collection of 10 Final Cut Pro templates, for creating retro sci fi, lo tech interfaces and communication screens.

    (more…)

  • Old school archives

    A new area has just been added to the site, to make a home for the back catalogue archives from the early days of the Chill Factor banner. Most of these mainly snow/skate titles are no longer in distribution, with one or two masters still in need of clean up, before uploading.

    (more…)