Deja Vu sweeps across the country in festival!

TWO MORE MAKES SEVEN!

{This post has been modified to add new festival info!}

My film "Deja Vu" is playing coast to coast, and has been chosen to play at seven festivals so far! It is such an honor to see my film selected in so many fine festivals. Here is where you will find it playing:

California International Film Festival - Sunday, September 27 (screen schedule TBA)

Galaxy 12 Theater Complex

Riverbank, CA

Info and directions: http://www.calanifest.com/

Louisville International Film Festival - Saturday, October 4 - 2:30p

Galt #2 The Dogwood

Louisville, Kentucky

Info and directions: http://www.louisvillefilmfestival.org/

The New Jersey Film Festival - Sunday, October 25 and Friday October 30 - 7pm

Scott Hall #123, Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

Info and directions: http://www.njfilmfest.com/

Ojai Ventura International Film Festival - November 5 thru 8 (screen sched TBA)

Ojai, CA

Info and directions: http://www.ojaifilmfestival.com/

Animazing Spotlight Festival - Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9 - (screen sched TBA)

The Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, CA

Info and directions: http://www.animazspot.com/animazspot/Home.html

Asheville Film Festival - Thursday, November 12 thru Sunday, November 15 - (screen sched TBA)

Asheville, North Carolina

Info and directions: http://www.ashevillefilmfestival.com/

Santa Fe Film Festival - Wednesday, December 2 thru Sunday, December 6 - (screen sched TBA)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Info and directions: http://www.santafefilmfestival.com/

"Déjà Vu" premieres in NYC!

My senior thesis animation is complete. It had its premiere screening at the new SVA Theater on April 10th, 2009, and it was a delight to see it on the second largest screen in NYC!

Starting to render...

A composite of the characters in the theatre environment.

Early credits

I have been extraordinarily blessed to have had the support of two amazing cg artists. Rogelio Olguin (co-creator with Chris Haniszewski on their thesis "Abyssus" (http://thesisabyssus.blogspot.com/) has produced this wonderful theatre for "Deja Vu". He modeled, textured and lit the environment.




The matte painting of Central Park was created by Jesse Flores (http://jesseflores.blogspot.com/), and it is equally spectacular in scope and execution. This small version does not do it justice.

Awesome work.

seq2shot6

This is one of the longer shots in the project. 35 shots total. Lots more to go.

MacAlistair & Chester

The thesis is in the home stretch! The two characters are nearly finished with texturing and animation. The theater sequence is jaw-droppingly gorgeous (pictures to come soon). The sound track is almost done. The park environment is still a challenge to complete, and the last truly big dragon left to slay is the rendering of this huge project. This is going to be a BUSY, crazy month. But what a trial by fire! If this doesn't get one ready for the demands of professional cg production, I don't know what does.

From concept to 3D render

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the early concept sketch of MacAlistair, and how he is presently looking.