The newest trailer for The Twilight Ballrooms offers an intriguing glimpse into the unfolding storyline, hinting at the shadowy forces shaping its mysterious world.

For the 20th anniversary of this website, I’m pleased to give you a sneaky peek from the Twilight Ballrooms (or at least the pub near the Twilight)

Another look at an AI generator. This time it’s the turn of Stable Diffusion.

None of the images you are about to see actually exist in real life.
See what happened when Artificial Intelligence generated images of Wits End!

My latest project using entirely original music and graphics.

Detail is key. Here you can read the story about one of the many background buildings in Wits End.

Working with a computer animated set can put a lot of strain on your computer. But there are workarounds.

What does liminal space have to do with creepypasta?

How to key out just the green screen and not the character. Top tip!

Great news – our nemesis has gone legit

Unearthed archive footage of Wits End from 1979

My first co-production with my (7 year old) son.

Here’s a great simple trick to get any extraterrestrial terrain you want and it’s closer than you think, despite being out of this world!

My foray into Synthwave Art

“Tunnels & Spheres” – This year’s showreel, much of it courtesy of a lockdown and extra time on my hands. Everything here is by moi, including the music!

A rare glimpse behind the scenes with a top tip for those doing post production on a budget!

A demonstration on the wonders of stabilising footage from handheld cameras using motion tracking.

Forget the Great British Bake Off – when you’re rendering goes wrong during the bake you get more than deflated soufflés.

A bit of casting today – of the virtual kind.

An important message from the Twilight Ballrooms – released at the start of lockdown.

Latest entry from the Twilight Ballrooms Movie Diary. Find out why these titles got the boot!

The benefits of shooting in a virtual set.

My tribute to cult scifi classic The Tripods.

A throwback to the 80’s

Flashback to the original Twilight Ballrooms model

An adventure in Time and Space!

The history and evolution of the Twilight Ballrooms. Another exciting episode from the movie diary

Things may seem shut down and deserted round here….

Why I decided to play almost ALL the parts myself in a virtual enviroment.

My first attempt at a Doctor Who time tunnel

My effort from the latest tutorial from Video Copilot.

An experiment with Rotascoping.

Major project event as I completely rethink the Twilight Ballrooms’ appearance.

Some great things happen by accident. In this instance, a winter wonderland!

Recently got into a new site called Pinterest.

Happy Halloween from Tranquility Base Presents, plus a video of my day trip to my favourite spooky film location!

Anyone who doesn’t know, my flat is undergoing extensive repairs since a flood last November… and yes, it’s STILL going on. So I’ve been quite preoccupied with that on what feels like a full-time basis. I’ve also been doing lots of web-design favours for friends. So what I’m saying is basically it’s been a while …

Visited my dad today and was browsing some old photos. This one is of the road I grew up in, though taken long before I was born I might add. As way of demonstrating the effect to my dad I’ve had another go with this pic. It’s only rough and distortion is quite visible towards …

Whilst the movie project is called The Twilight Ballrooms, there is also a LIVE show with the same name. This is also written by me but is completely different storyline from the film which is set in 1980. The LIVE show is set in present day and is presented by the Ballrooms’ resident magicians Malcolm …

Experimented today with something called “Vanishing Point”. There is much you can do with this Photoshop filter which helps you edit a 2d photo in a 3d environment. One of the cool things is when you export it to After Effects. (Check out this tutorial from Andrew Kramer) By moving the virtual camera in the …

Have completed this 3d model as part of the local village store. The sweet wrapper images were a real bonus and are courtesy of Jason Liebig from Flickr! Many thanks Jason. The actual model may well end up as a blur in the background, but that would still be the case if I were dressing …

So the last few weeks have been a mixture of different Twilight related projects. Lots of 3d drawing, notably the top of the Twilight tower which has now been added to the Ballrooms. I have also been designing numerous posters from the Twilight’s history. I did something similar to decorate the set when we took …

Bought 2x85W softbox lights and stands to use with my green screen from Amazon. There is a slight problem with fluorescent flicker but at the moment I’m putting that down to having a cheapo camera. It’s not too much of a problem at the moment anyhow as you can see in this demo below. The …

A blog worthy of mention, Greyscale Gorilla This one covers all my favourite subjects on Post Production, namely After Effects, Cinema 4d, Photoshop and others. Some great video tutorials (video tutorials are always the best) and a competition called the 5 Second Project which is very entertaining, check out the superb entries, inspiring stuff. All …

Had a little learn and play with the Daylight System in 3ds-Max today. Made a little weathervane from scratch to render in it that I imagine would probably sit well aloft the Twilight Ballrooms main tower. Maybe we’ll see this shot again someday in such a context, though hopefully less plain looking (Come on, I …

Not only a great selection of post-production software and add-ons, the website also has a great selection of videos and tutorials on how to get the best out of these products. From Grading software with fabulous presets, to lens flares, text effects (including the ubiquitous Matrix generator), vintage effects, state of the art video noise …

In working on the new Twilight website, the topography of the Twilight had to be devised. Here is an early blueprint of the front structure of the building.

Exciting news about this show wot I wrote

This website is worth checking out. Click for more info

Have you ever wanted to create your own CGI graphics but thought it out of your price range and ability? Think again. Ever heard of Blender? What?! It’s been round for years, c’mon! Check out the website. Basically, its open source software which means its free to download and use. And like most open source …