Short Films | Michael Cawood

The Wrong Rock

by Michael Cawood May 18, 2019 in 0 comments

Short Film

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.

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.

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.

Devils, Angels & Dating: Trailer

by Michael Cawood January 1, 2013 in 0 comments

During the development of 'Devils, Angels & Dating' I knew it was going to be very important to create a strong trailer to attract talent to work on the project. So the trailer was planned out early in the process. Storyboards from the film were cut together and a score was created so that we could plan around those shots getting done first. It was updated almost as often as the main film itself so that the team could see how it was coming along. It was completed about six months ahead of the completion of the final film.

Lostopolis

by Michael Cawood September 24, 2012 in 0 comments

I was an Animation Director for the company and did a little character design and rigging supervision in the early stages of production.

Devil: Character Design

by Michael Cawood May 29, 2011 in 0 comments

Character designs by Michael Cawood, for the Devil in the short film 'Devils Angels & Dating'.

Cupid: Character Design

by Michael Cawood May 28, 2009 in 0 comments

Character designs by Michael Cawood, for Cupid in the short film 'Devils Angels & Dating'.

Doorman: Character Design

by Michael Cawood May 31, 2008 in 0 comments

Character designs by Michael Cawood, for a character that was ultimately not used in the short film 'Devils Angels & Dating'.

Death: Character Design

by Michael Cawood May 31, 2008 in 0 comments

Character designs by Michael Cawood, for Death in the short film 'Devils Angels & Dating'.

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").

Racket and Polo: Character Design

by Michael Cawood June 5, 1999 in 0 comments

Character designs by Michael Cawood, for the Pandas in the short film 'Panda Pander'.

Two Face Tabby

by Michael Cawood June 9, 1998 in 0 comments

This started with a mythical legend I researched that I have completely forgotten now. My old friend Scott helped me find it, he's good with things like that. The legend formed the basis for the story and provided the name of the beast: Fenrir. The I didn't make any attempt to retell the legend, I just borrowed the idea for the characters and formed my own story from them in a similar setting. My plan for this was ambitious so I never actually managed to completely finish it. Some of the scenes are lacking ...

Pagan: Character Design

by Michael Cawood June 5, 1998 in 0 comments

Character designs by Michael Cawood for the Pagan character 'Two Face Tabby'.

Archer: Software Demo

by Michael Cawood May 18, 1998 in 0 comments

During my last summer holiday as a University student I found a local company that built and sold video editing suits, they were also the UK distributors for a number of different pieces of software. I approached them, pitched some ideas and I was asked to do some animation for a video that would showcase and demonstrate the basics of an animation coloring system...