Matt Plummer

When I haven’t posted for a while, it’d be easy to assume I’ve been away from Visual Effects for a little while - which is as always, the complete opposite of the truth.

A while ago I announced I was working as a Compositor (and although I don’t like to say it, VFX Supervisor) on a micro-budget pseudo-sci-fi short. I say pseudo because having seen the film I noticed it has very little sci-fi about it other than being set on another planet.

Around the same time as this I started working as a Compositor on another short, this time by the well established editor Mark Hawtin on his film ‘NightShift’. A cool little action film.  I handled some motion tracking and in-screen displays for the film, I think a total of around 20-25 shots which I only finished recently.

It’s been a real pleasure working with Mark, not only because he’s a genuinely nice guy - but also because his years of working as an editor have given him a greater appreciation of how good organisation really saves a lot of time when it comes to bringing other people in on your project. In short - the work was without any problems, fun. I hope to work with Mark again next year, although likely in a more heavyweight capacity. More on that when it happens.

After that I spent some time paid to comp in some general war visual effects on the short film ‘Picture the Past’ by director Peter Christopher Harmer, a nice little war story acted by grandchildren of men who fought. A cool little project.

Right now - what I’m up to is secret, though also takes up a large amount of my time and energy. Getting work done on the sci-fi film is going slow and as a result we’ve extended our deadlines. There is still a whole lot to do and as a result I have to admit that I am still a social caterpillar.

But that’s alright, I quite like this kind of craziness.

-Matt