ERROR : LOGIC

ERROR : LOGIC A robotics engineer and his comical assistant (a mechanical drone) on the verge of creating the worlds first sentient robot Coming Soon Synopsis Set in a powerful subterranean computer lab in the not to distant future, a robotics engineer labors over his greatest creation. Endeavoring to bring sentient life to a robot through artificial intelligence (AI), his drone…

Poncho & Lefty

PONCHO & LEFTY Outside a desert saloon, Lefty taunts Poncho’s dirty chopper, but his own pristine motorcycle won’t start. Overlooking basics, Lefty learns a lesson in humility, and the value in more than just appearances. Coming Soon Synopsis Set against the Sonoran Desert, two biker buddies, Poncho and Lefty, embark on a journey to a remote saloon. Poncho, cruises on his…

Small Blue Shadow

Small Blue Shadow Feeling trapped and restless, a Manhattan professional dreams of escaping the urban rat race. Teaser Trailer Film Synopsis A mid 40’s Manhattan professional, feels trapped; in her job; her apartment, her commute, and the general monotony and predictability of her life. These thoughts and fears begin to manifest themselves in a serial dream, the meaning of which…

What is The Blues Crab?

Over two years and 60+ artists from over 15 countries around the world contributed to what on the surface appeared to be just one more animated short film. Dig a little deeper though and you’ll find a story over two decades in the making. This story begins with the computer graphics industry just starting to expand in the mid to late 90’s. At that time there were only a small number of…

The Blues Crab

The Blues Crab An old gnarled crab tells his story of loss and sorrow, hoping to save a couple young crabs from the life of blues he’s led. 3D Animated Silent Art Film for audiences of all ages (driven by original Blues music) Teaser Trailer Film Synopsis The setting for this short film is on and below a small fishing pier somewhere within the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland USA.…

In Shapes Of Sin : Anti-hero’s, Outcasts & Rebels

When I was young I endured one failure after another. I skated around C’s, D’s and E’s on report cards from grade school through high school, unable to interest myself in anything I was being taught. And that’s a key point, if I wasn’t interested in what I was learning, I seemingly couldn’t or wouldn’t learn it. I was diagnosed with Dyslexia and sent to a boarding school to address my problem.…

The Illusion of Inherent Worth : Loan Sharks & Lemonade

I play a little poker but by no means do I have much skill at it, the card game that is. I do however absolutely love poker as a metaphor for life, as every hand played, or not played, and every gesture symbolic with some corollary in the circumstance of our lives. The movie “Rounders” with Ed Norton and Matt Damon was really interesting in that the two actors spent a good time researching the…

The Invisible Art : Compositing in Animation

The Invisible Art : Legends of Movie Matte Painting is a great ole book which has absolutely nothing to do with this post. Well, except that it refers to Compositing techniques in film which are so well done that the audience miss them altogether. And that is partially what this post is about, that not the audience but seemingly the entire industry of feature animation historically has,…

Dustless Digital: Deep Way Down

From spring of 2016 until the film’s premiere in Autumn 2018 I was charged with providing all sound and music for The Blues Crab. I worked very closely with director Ari Rubenstein to craft the sound to his vision from my studio ‘Dustless Digital’ in Cambridge, England with the help of two talented musicians, Chris Hooks (guitarist & composer) and Thomas Lydon (composer). Both Ari and I…

Who Are You

“I stretched back and I hiccuped, and looked back on my busy day, eleven hours in a tin pan, god there’s got to be another way” Pete Townsend (The Who). That’s a lyric I’ve always loved as I, like most, translated it to mean what I was feeling at the time I’d heard it, only somewhat as Pete intended it. I take it to mean that after yet another endless day at work, I reflected that sitting in…