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Contact
me: jason@groundchuck.co.uk
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WRITER / DIRECTOR
(LIVE ACTION)
I have just completed work on my live action short film "The
Visitation" starring Paul Darrow (Blake's 7, Little Britain) Carole
Hayman (Ladies of Letters, Hard Choices) Tracy Bargate (28 Days Later)
and Sangeeta Sabharwal (Zee TV). The film, which I also wrote and edited,
is a humorous mockumentary about the paranormal which asks the question
"where does reality end, and fantasy begin?"
COMPOSITOR /
ANIMATOR
I have ten years experience as a compositor in the Animation industry
using Adobe After Effects, Combustion and Animo. I have contributed
to a large number of well known TV commercials in a wide variety of
styles from the traditional, such as
Silentnight,
Charmin, and Mr.
Sheen, to art-house such as ADM,
Mall of America, and the Euro
2004 for the BBC. I have also worked on numerous short films such
as "Meat
and Electricity" directed by Martyn Pick, "Mr.
Rivet" directed by Luc Chamberland, and "Eva
Goes to Foreign" directed by Neil Ross.
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ET3 "Entertainment"
Directed by
Murray John. Art Director Richard Sutton at Red Bee Media. ©
Bermuda Shorts Ltd 2008. One of six new idents for the Greek national
TV station ET3. Animation and compositing were done with Adobe
After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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ET3 "Modern
Landmarks"
Directed by
Murray John. Art Director Richard Sutton at Red Bee Media. ©
Bermuda Shorts Ltd 2008. One of six new idents for the Greek national
TV station ET3. Animation and compositing were done with Adobe
After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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ET3 "Sport"
Directed by
Murray John. Art Director Richard Sutton at Red Bee Media. ©
Bermuda Shorts Ltd 2008. One of six new idents for the Greek national
TV station ET3. Animation and compositing were done with Adobe
After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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ET1"Joy"
Directed by
Ranko Andjelic. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd 2008. One of three new
idents for the Greek national TV station ET1. A combination of
hand-drawn and computer generated animation composited in After
Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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ET1"Serenity"
Directed by
Tibor Banoczki. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd 2008. One of three new
idents for the Greek national TV station ET1. A combination of
live action and CG animation composited in After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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South Beach
Living "Trainer"
Directed by
Susi Wilkinson. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd 2008. American TV commercial
combining live action and hand-drawn animation. Composited with
Cambridge Animation Systems' Animo and Adobe After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Elite Coffee
"Biker"
Directed by
Sharon Pinsker. © Sharon Pinsker 2007. This commercial combines
Live action, watercolour and Flash animation. Composited in After
Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Mr. Sheen
Directed by
Uli Meyer. © Uli Meyer Animation Ltd. Traditional animation
scanned and composited with Cambridge Animation Systems Animo
and Combustion. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Eva Goes
To Foreign
Directed by
Neil Ross. © Uli Meyer Animation Ltd. An award-winning film
describing the dangers of drug-trafficking by so-called 'mules',
usually roped in by ruthless drug dealers. Animation was done
in Flash and After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Greene
King "The White Swan"
Directed by
Leigh Hodgkinson. © Slinky Pictures Ltd. One of a series
of sponsorship idents for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Animation was done in After Effects and Flash, compositing in
After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Greene
King "The Dog and Duck"
Directed by
Leigh Hodgkinson. © Slinky Pictures Ltd. One of a series
of sponsorship idents for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Animation was done in After Effects and Flash, compositing in
After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Greene
King "The Marlow"
Directed by
Leigh Hodgkinson. © Slinky Pictures Ltd. One of a series
of sponsorship idents for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Animation was done in After Effects and Flash, compositing in
After Effects. Click
here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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Five is
Ten
© Foreign
Office Design 2007. One of three short features to celebrate the
tenth birthday of terrestrial channel Five. This was animated
and composited entirely in Adobe After Effects.
Click here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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IKEA
Directed by
Max Hattler. © Bermuda Shorts 2008. Designed in Photoshop
and composited with Adobe After Effects.
Click here or on the image for a quicktime movie.
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ADM "Paint"
Directed by
Martyn Pick. © Martyn Pick www.martynpick.com.
This was a very effects intensive commercial, Adobe After Effects
and Painter were used to combine live action, watercolour and
3D animation.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Nickelodeon
"Straw"
Directed by
Will Barras. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. One of several short idents
created for Nickelodeon.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Mr. Rivet
Directed by
Luc Chamberland. © Animation Workshop. This short film was
made by students at the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark,
under the tutelage of Luc Chamberland, a hollywood animation director.
I composited the film with Adobe After Effects and Animo.
Click here or on the image to see a short clip.
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Orange
Directed by
Michael Schlingmann. © Uli Meyer Animation Ltd. This Israeli
commercial for Orange sim cards mixes 2D and 3D. I composited
and animated it using a combination of Adobe After Effects and
Animo.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Silentnight
"My First Bed"
Directed by
Darren Vandenberg. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. I composited this
commercial using Adobe After Effects and also did the paint and
trace using Animo.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Mall of
America "Just Be Yourself"
Directed by
Sharon Pinsker. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. I used Adobe After
Effects to combine watercolour animation and graphic elements.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Hubba Bubba
Bubble Tape "Sour Lab"
Directed by
Mark Waring. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. For this stop-motion commerical,
I used Adobe After Effects for rig-removal, colour grading and
compositing.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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TCM
Directed by
Michael Schlingmann. © Uli Meyer Animation. This PROMAX Award
winning ident for Turner Classic Movies was composited with Animo
and Adobe After Effects. The special effects were created in Adobe
Photoshop.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Charmin
"Absorb-bubbles"
Directed by
Uli Meyer. © Uli Meyer Animation Ltd. I composited this commercial
using Discreet Combustion.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Nutty Bottom
Directed by Sean Hayden. © Uli Meyer Animation. This
series of short stings for Nickelodeon's autumn season featured
Nutty the Squirrel in his nut shop. The cut-out style animation
was done in Adobe After Effects. There were about 20 in total.
Click here or on the image for a selection.
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Triaminic
- Bear
Directed by
Run Wrake. © Bermuda Shorts 2007. I animated this cut-out
style commercial in Adobe After Effects.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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CBBC
Directed by
Mario Cavalli, Tibor Banoczki. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. Cutout-style
animation on the last three of the four letters in this ident.
Compositing was done with Adobe After Effects.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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MTV Hits
Directed by
Jason Guest. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. I designed the elements
with Adobe Illustrator and animated and composited with Adobe
After Effects.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Euro 2004
for the BBC
Directed by
Martyn Pick. © Martyn Pick, www.martynpick.com.
This job involved a combination of animation and compositing using
Corel Painter and Adobe After Effects. I also designed a billboard
poster based on the animation I did of Portuguese player Figo.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Pontiac
(Pitch)
Directed by
Murray John. © Bermuda Shorts Ltd. This was a pitch for a
music video that was also a promotion for Pontiac cars. For legal
reasons it was never made. This pitch was done in four days. I
composited the job with Adobe After Effects and also animated
some scenes.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Meat and
Electricity
Directed by
Martyn Pick. © Martyn Pick, www.martynpick.com.
This short live-action film about an architect suffering a nervous
breakdown featured a title sequence and special effects which
I created in Corel Painter and Adobe After Effects.
Click here or on the image for a short clip.
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Summer
/ Winter on Nickelodeon
© Uli
Meyer Animation. There were two seasons of these short stings
made with After Effects and simple cut-out animation. The summer
season was directed by Michael Schlingmann, whilst I directed
the winter season.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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Dexter's
Laboratory Christmas Special sting
Directed by
Uli Meyer. © Uli Meyer Animation. Dexter was animated using
the Animo vector animation program. Compositing was done with
Adobe After Effects.
Click here or on the image to see a quicktime movie.
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WRITER
As well as my short film "The Visitation" and numerous
Interactive Fiction games, I wrote the screenplay for the short animated
pilot "Fred Bastard",
directed by Uli Meyer, which was shown at the Annecy Animation Festival
in 2001. The episode follows Fred’s attempts to raise rent for his
embittered landlady, Miss Hand-Shandy, by selling his beloved television
and buying lottery tickets with the proceeds. Click
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EDITOR
I recently taught myself how to use Final Cut Pro in order to edit my
short film "The Visitation", and now have a good working knowledge of
the program. I also edited "Eva
Goes to Foreign" using AVID.
WEB DESIGNER
I designed this website myself using Dreamweaver and Flash.
DESIGNER / ARTIST
I studied Graphic Design at The University of Humberside in Hull, (now
the University of Lincoln)
graduating in 1992. Though I specialised in animation, I am still a
practicing artist and designer. Click on the ART link for a selection
of my design and illustration.
GAMES WRITER
/ PROGRAMMER
Interactive Fiction (otherwise known as Text Adventure Games) are best
described as a type of game in which you play the main character in
a story. To make one requires a combination of creative writing and
programming skills. My games are written using a specialised object-oriented
programming language called TADS, which is similar in some ways to C
or Pascal. One of my games, "To Hell in a Hamper"
has been nominated for five prestigious XYZZY awards as well as winning
the 2003 Adrift End of Year Competition.
PERFORMER
As a youth I was heavily involved in amateur dramatics. I won several
prizes for poetry and prose reading as well as attaining two LAMDA
examination passes; Grade 5 with distinction and Grade 6 with honours.
TEACHER
Before moving down to London to work in animation I completed a PGCE
in Art and Design Education at De Montfort University, and so am fully
qualified to teach art and design from primary school level up to 'A'
Level standard. Once or twice a year I fly to Denmark to teach Adobe
After Effects and Animo to degree-level students at the Animation
Workshop in Viborg.
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