Fantastic Planet! - Australia

WORLD PREMIERE!

Thursday, November 4, 7:00pm
Dendy Cinema Newtown, SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA

Prepare for a visual and cerebral feast with this selection of the best animated sci-fi and fantasy short films from Australia and the world. The secret behind the moon landing, robotic teddy bears, 15th century space explorers, post-apocalyptic landscapes, inter-dimensional travels, exploited elves, Martians cats, and more await! The perfect program for lovers of animation, sci-fi, and fantasy all.

Screening as part of the FANTASTIC PLANET FILM FESTIVAL,
You can BUY TICKETS here!

Fantastic Planet Film Festival is dedicated to seeking out and encouraging bold new speculative films that explore imagined worlds, universes, and realities; celluloid glimpses of alternative futures, presents, and pasts.

This year the festival is boasting the Australasian premiere of MACHETE (Robert Rodriguez), and this other cool looking Santa Flick RARE EXPORTS:



More info at the Fantastic Planet Film Festival site.

Show Me Shorts! - NZ

Show Me Shorts is a travelling festival of the best 40 short films from Australia and New Zealand. The films are divided into six themed sessions, which will be announced along with the selected films in early October.

AUCKLAND 4TH – 11TH Nov at Academy Cinema, Victoria Picture Palace
WAIHEKE ISLAND – 5th – 14th Nov at Waiheke Island Cinema
MATAKANA – 12th – 17th Nov at Matakana Cinemas
WELLINGTON 11th – 21st Nov at Paramount Cinema
CHRISTCHURCH 11th – 21st Nov at Rialto Cinema
DUNEDIN 11th – 21st Nov at Rialto Cinema
TAURANGA 18th – 28th Nov at Bay City Cinemas
ARROWTOWN 21st – 24th Nov at Dorothy Browns
WHITIANGA 6TH -15TH Jan at the The Monkey House

Read an interview with the festival director Gina Dellabarca at the TVNZ Website.

Check back soon for session times, or go to http://www.showmeshorts.co.nz/

CINEMA RELEASE in November!

THE NORTH POLE DECEPTION has been selected for more than one film festival and will screen in lots of cinemas soon. The feedback on the film has been extremely positive!

I can't announce which festivals yet, so I will instead post my first OFFICIAL REJECTION message:

From BLUE PLANET FILM FESTIVAL (USD$25 entry fee)

"Good luck with your film. It doesn't fit into animal (elves aren't) welfare. And though it does take place at the north pole, which is melting rapidly, your film deals with... social issues, I guess you could say, not environmental. Mira Tweti , Executive Director Blue Planet Film Fest"

I think it's weird they disregard the film, when their goal says:

"We are seeking films on any subject related to:
Animal Welfare
Wild Life
Environmental issues
Ecology
Conservation
Sustainable Living/Unsustainable living
Globalization
Climate Change
Factory Farming/Agriculture issues
Water
Land/Soil/Air"

Official Selection Wreaths coming soon!

Countries of Production

The North Pole Deception is finished. This is where it was made...

2006
Hamilton & Auckland, New Zealand (pre-prod / storage)
Los Angeles, United States (voice recording)

2007
Te Aroha, New Zealand (voice recording / Set building / storage)
Auckland, New Zealand (Set Design/Storyboards/armature construction)

2008-2009
Auckland, New Zealand (Set Building / Animating)

2009
Auckland, New Zealand (Animating / VFX / Colour Grade)
Melbourne, Australia (Sound Design / mix)
Bali, Indonesia (Title Design)

and of course...
The North Pole (where the movie is set)

Talk about a slow process! Of course this would have all happened much quicker if I had money to pay my rent etc.

Santa is Real!

Merry xmas for some, not all.



More clips to follow next year!

Video technical specs:
This trailer was put together using the temp grade which has been compressed twice. Shot at 4k resolution with Nikon DSLR stills, exported at full HD.

98% complete

VERY almost finished.. check back before xmas for a trailer!

Finding Time

Big Thanks to Trade Aid for sponsoring us some fair trade coffee to get it done!

Post-Production on hold.

I'm currently preparing for the final week shooting Kaikahu Road (as Director of Photography). Filming 4th-8th July on RED HD.

To keep up to date on this production you can become a fan of Kaikahu Road on facebook


North Pole Deception After Effects Master Timeline:

Lots of layers required to grade one scene in the elve's house: