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The Wrong Rock

by Michael Cawood May 18, 2019 in 0 comments

Short Film

Bumblebee

by Michael Cawood March 12, 2019 in 0 comments

Postvis Supervisor for Bumblebee

The Monkey Prince

by Michael Cawood December 1, 2018 in 0 comments

Previs Artist for Dreamworks Larrikins

Larrikins

by Michael Cawood April 19, 2018 in 0 comments

Previs Artist for Dreamworks Larrikins

The Lego Ninjago Movie

by Michael Cawood February 13, 2017 in 0 comments

Story Artist for The Lego Ninjago Movie

The Mummy

by Michael Cawood November 17, 2016 in 0 comments

I worked with Proof Los Angeles and London to setup a new Previs department in Shepperton Studios near London. We worked closely with the Director, VFX Supervisor and Producer to develop sequences and explore concepts for a reboot of The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise.

Devils, Angels & Dating

by Michael Cawood November 17, 2016 in 0 comments

In 2006 I started developing a short computer generated film called 'Devils, Angels and Dating'. This film was made with the internet in mind, fully aware of modern trends. I was inspired by modern dating trends and let those themes influence the core ideas behind the film.

The OceanMaker

by Michael Cawood November 17, 2016 in 0 comments

I put in a few months of work on this short film. I was largely involved in the 3D filmmaking side of things, creating rough versions of shots, editing it together and figuring out what works to tell the story.

Pete’s Dragon

by Michael Cawood November 16, 2016 in 0 comments

I filled in as Postvis Supervisor nearing the end of production, and then hung around to animate some new shots for the last few weeks of the project.

Napoleon: The Ticket

by Michael Cawood November 16, 2016 in 0 comments

Michael Cawood helped Matt Berenty 'plus' the story, then came on board to implement the changes in Layout and Previs Animation.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III Commercial

by Michael Cawood November 15, 2016 in 0 comments

Previs for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Trailer

Skylanders: Giants

by Michael Cawood November 14, 2016 in 0 comments

After the release of my short film 'Devils, Angels and Dating' I was just putting my name out there as a potential Animation Director when I came across this unique opportunity in New York. Panda Panther was recruiting for animators for their next big Skylanders job. After a conversation with the Directors it was clear there was a good opportunity here for me to help them at a high level and I was hired as an Animation Director. There were a few related projects around the franchise and the first was a number of cinematic sequences for the XBox 360, PS3 and Wii games due out before Christmas. I took a Lead role alongside a good number of other talented Leads, heading up two of the twelve sequences...

Skylanders: Giants (3DS)

by Michael Cawood November 13, 2016 in 0 comments

Hot off the completion of the main Skylanders Giants cinematics we were tasked with a set of four new cinematics for a different Nintendo 3DS game based on the Skylanders characters. This time we had to work in Stereoscopic 3D, which was actually new territory for me. I understood a lot of the fundamentals from following the business and taking some lectures from experts, but I'd yet to spend much time practicing it. There was no time to worry about it though and we dived in...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

by Michael Cawood October 28, 2015 in 0 comments

Previs and Layout from the feature film

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – Previs

by Michael Cawood October 27, 2015 in 0 comments

Previsualization for a few sequences in Night at the Museum 3

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – Postvis

by Michael Cawood October 26, 2015 in 0 comments

Postvis for a few sequences in Night at the Museum 3

Ghostbusters

by Michael Cawood October 25, 2015 in 0 comments

Previs for the Ghostbusters reboot 2016

Mario Odyssey Commercial

by Michael Cawood October 31, 2014 in 0 comments

Previs for the Mario Odyssey commercial

The Great Happyfication

by Michael Cawood September 22, 2014 in 0 comments

After spending a couple of years working on confidential projects it’s refreshing to have worked on something I can talk about again. I’m writing this after returning to Austin, after spending a couple of months in Los Angeles. I got the call to work at Psyop and when I found it was going to be on Happiness Factory I couldn’t have been… happier. Ironically another job option came up at the same time (why do they always come along at the same time?). Anyway, this was the best fit and I pulled out all the stops to get to LA to work on this.

Happy Feet

by Michael Cawood September 19, 2014 in 0 comments

I was lucky enough to have an all expenses paid stay in Sydney Australia for four months working on Happy Feet for Animal Logic. It's about singing and dancing penguins and in case you haven’t heard about it… it’s the one that won the Oscar!

Rock Band 2: Cinematic

by Michael Cawood September 18, 2014 in 0 comments

I started at Passion Pictures and I was working on a really cool project which gave me plenty of room to flex my film making and animation skills. I'm a huge fan of the various styles of Passion Pictures portfolio and a few of my friends from MPC made the move too for various other projects, so it was fun. The first Rock Band cinematic was very...

Singapore Navy: Be Somebody

by Michael Cawood September 16, 2014 in 0 comments

This Television advert for the Singapore Navy was an interesting piece of work. The brief was; the buildings come to life and head out to sea to engage in battle with office themed projectiles, we then cut back to a man waking up in his office before we see the tag lines.

Megaman: Maverick Hunter

by Michael Cawood September 15, 2014 in 0 comments

During my two years at Armature as their Lead Animator I worked on a number of, as yet, unannounced prototype games for a variety of publishers. This evolution of the Megaman franchise surfaced on various games news sites and video portals in 2013.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

by Michael Cawood June 21, 2014 in 0 comments

Squeezamals

by Michael Cawood April 26, 2014 in 0 comments

Animation for the CW TV Series

Golan the Insatiable

by Michael Cawood January 28, 2012 in 0 comments

This is a test made for the Fox ADHD Animated TV Series.

Kameo: Thorn Beats Kameo

by Michael Cawood January 6, 2012 in 0 comments

There were plenty of animatics created that dug into the story elements of the game with characters that actually needed to have performances, but this was probably the first one that I made with full animation. Previous to this all the FMV work had been cheated comic book style (semi-animated) scenes or the evolve scenes that were more spectacle than performance...

Pig Goat Banana Cricket: Storyboard

by Michael Cawood March 4, 2010 in 0 comments

Storyboard test created for the animated TV series 'Pig Goat Banana Cricket'.

Kameo: Intro

by Michael Cawood December 5, 2009 in 0 comments

Funnily enough this sequence was originally conceived for the purposes of a trailer. Nick and I (our concept artist and a past animator) both felt strongly that it was time we did an advert that eluded to the story of the game rather than just quick cuts of the gameplay. So after a meeting about what we wanted, I designed this idea of seeing mini pivotal scenes from throughout the story glimced briefly in the clouds before the camera sweeps down to the castle below to start showing off the characters in action. It was enormously effective and ...

Panda Pander

by Michael Cawood June 28, 2007 in 0 comments

Panda Pander gathered a few million hits at Crackle before they changed their format. After Two Face Tabby I didn't want to spend so long on my next project so I did some one off exercises to flesh out my showreel while I spent a few months developing the pre-production material for Panda Pander (working title "Shelf Life").