Visual Effects Work for Competition Film ‘Alter’

Some friends of mine asked me to be involved in a short film they were making for the 2015 Reed Short Film Competition. The competition theme was simply ‘The Question’.

Mark Henderson and Thomas Brooks wrote a screenplay to be produced on a very small budget. We shot the film in one day and the whole production was completed within 10 days.

Visual Effects and Design

My involvement entailed creating the visual effects and the graphic design elements. The VFX included; some fire suppression gas, an animated computer screen user interface, and a few little tweaks here and there such as masking out light sources.

I also did some location photography, created the film’s identity, designed the poster, and typeset the end credits. Thoroughly enjoyable stuff!

Conclusion

I absolutely love working on things like this. It was especially nice to work alongside good friends, we had a lot of fun. The enthusiasm and spirit of all involved was inspiring.

The Film

“The birth of a new Quantum Computer hails in the ability to answer any question, a team of engineers must fight to save the World but in doing so must figure out how to save themselves.”

A film by Mark Henderson and Thomas Brooks. “Alter” stars Jason Bailey, Lee Bane and Andy Gillion. Music composed by Will Hyde. Boom Operator James Young. Edited by Mark Henderson.