Blog Shorts
Voyage Trekkers – The Great Hall FX
by Cookster on Sep.10, 2011, under Blog Shorts, Non-fiction, Props, Stories
At the end of July, David once again asked if I would like to help him on another one of Nathan Blackwell’s web series -Voyage Trekkers. The premise for this show is not a parody of Star Trek, but homage to all sci-fi. The twist being, “With all the starships in the galaxy, somebody’s gotta be the worst”…or as the tagline goes, “These are the voyages that don’t make the captain’s log”.
Blackwell gave us the footage for episode nine, filmed entirely with green screen background. David chose to do physical models for these shots instead of digital. I was in charge of making the models, while David was responsible for prop designs and postproduction effects.
Our assignment was to create a columned great hall similar to one in Star Wars and a large impenetrable door. We had a few recyclables to choose from so David decided that Gatorade bottles might work. (continue reading…)
Okay, so it’s not a DeLorean!
by Cookster on Aug.31, 2011, under Blog Shorts, Non-fiction, Props, Stories
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to help on a web series project with former Star Trek VFX supervisor, David Stipes. Local filmmaker, Nathan Blackwell, has been making short films for some time and has recently been showcasing his two new web series on the internet. For this project on “Normally This Weird”, David and I needed to build a death ray prop and help David’s son create a time machine from a derelict old sports car. I am going to focus on the time machine for this post, but to see the making of the death ray for the series “Normally This Weird”, see David’s blog at http://davidstipes.com/blog/?p=556.
Three days before the shoot, I was sent on location to view our prospective time machine. A grimy, un-restored Austin Healey Sprite needed to be rolled out of the garage, hosed off, and cleaned out before we could even begin to figure out what we were going to do with it. (continue reading…)
Phoenix Comicon 2010
by Cookster on Jun.23, 2010, under Blog Shorts, Costumes
Phoenix Comicon has been over for almost a month and I have been so slow getting these pictures up. I actually prepped the photos shortly after the convention was over. Unfortunately, other things took precedence in my life so this blog post was differed until now.
There were lots of great costumes this year, but here are only a few with , of course, my son as Spiderman and an Arizona Ghostbuster.
Faves of Heroes: FCBD!
by Cookster on Jun.02, 2010, under Blog Shorts, Costumes
Man! Where has the time gone! It is now June and it has been a month since Free Comic Book Day at Hero Comics. Although, like the rest of you, I am pretty over looking at the pics from that day, there were some favorites of just our heroes I wanted to share. So to finish off that day’s event, here they are:
Fan Photos Part 3 FCBD at Hero Comics
by Cookster on May.07, 2010, under Blog Shorts, Costumes
