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

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!

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.

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

The benefits of shooting in a virtual set.

Flashback to the original Twilight Ballrooms model

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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