Film and TV Pro

Created, updated and completed a profile on this...

http://www.filmandtvpro.com/uk/crew/profile/sjjwalsh

Commercials & Short Films

Over the years working in film I've managed to work on smaller projects and here is a little reel showing a few...

SJJWalsh: Commericals & Short Film Reel from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

New Year, New Reel

Happy New Year!

Raided old hard drives and cobbled a reel together featuring pre visualisation work and a handful of projects that for one reason or another didn't happen...

SJJWalsh: Visualisation Reel from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Movidiam

Invited to join, did just that...

Guardians 2: New Teaser Trailer

Marvel have released another teaser, showing much more of Framestore's work, enjoy...

I Am Grooty...

Provenance: Poster

Missed the screening but here is the poster...

Finding Altamira

Watched over the weekend, I was heavily involved in the previsualisation of a key sequence a few years back - great to see it all come together.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2

Finally making it's way in the internet world, this is what I've been working on for the last 6 months - Concerned mainly with the little fella...

Poster

Teaser Trailer

Coalescent Films

Produced one shot of visual effects for the lovely team over at Coalescent Films.

Always a pleasure to work on small independently made productions and a nice switch from the work I've been doing over at Framestore...

Our Kind of Traitor: Shot Visualisation

Another little insight into my workflow and how I approached the vfx for 'Our Kind of Traitor' - Working directly with the directors and supervisor is always the most rewarding aspect. The brief was to create a beautiful yet haunting moment in the films climax...

Our Kind of Traitor: Shot Visualisation from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Barbican - Consciousness

An old project, the first non-film endeavour since I started work in VFX. I worked on a CG version of 'Marcus Du Sautoy' talking for a section on his live visual performance of how the human brain works...

http://www.barbican.org.uk/consciousness/

Brexit

Interesting article about how the 'Brexit' will possibly affect the UK's film industry...

https://stephenfollows.com/how-will-brexit-affect-the-uk-film-industry/

Q&A

I was asked by my old University to answer a few questions about what's happened since leaving in 2005...

Link here

Wolverhampton University Case Study

Tarzan: Final Trailer (Conquer)

Final trailer, out soon...

Motor2go

A project I was part of at the turn of the year...

Tarzan: Trailer 3

Another one, different style, same film...

CGMeetup

Got a little feature on here...

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/jupiter-ascending-shot-visualisation/

Jupiter Ascending: Shot Visualisation

Behind the scenes are always interesting and I've made a short video showing the workflow I went through when animation those bees for Jupiter Ascending a few years back, fun to make and hopefully will be of interest...

Jupiter Ascending: Shot Visualisation from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Bank Holiday Reel Update

Cinema releases means updates to the reel, cannae fall behind the curve, as it were...

SJJWalsh: Generalist TD & Animation Reel

SJJWalsh: Generalist TD & Animation Reel from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Tarzan - Poster

Fancy...

Our Kind of Traitor: Screening

Finally, after work I grabbed a seat at a late screening of 'Our Kind of Traitor' - A very true adaptation of the source novel, beautifully shot and a thoroughly enjoyable picture.

I'll be updating the reel with the shots I was part of soon but I won't mention the work in detail just yet as it *May Contain Spoilers* ...

Our Kind of Traitor: Trailer 2

Another one...

RenderMan

Finally had some time to pick up this...

Altamira: Poster and Trailer

Out in Spain, interesting gig two years back...

 

 

Our Kind of Traitor: Poster

Freshly squeezed and hot off the printing press...

Money Into Light

Often when reading about something you are often gifted information on another thing entirely. From reading this,

To this, bought for a penny, the book 'Money Into Light The Emerald Forest: A Diary' - by John Boorman.

Full of insight and the idiosyncrasies of a great director in full film making stride...

"Fiction is, after all, merely the truth liberated from facts."

Painterly Visuals

Akira Kurosawa's delicious framing style, all based from his own paintings...

Comparison One

Comparison Two

Tarzan: Trailer 2

Another little looksie at a show I worked on last year...

Magpie

It's awards season and I'm currently working my way through the nominees that are available to watch with on demand streaming websites. The survivalist which was nominated for 'Outstanding Debut' at BAFTA is a film about living after theoretical collapse of civilisation.

After the standard post film trivia digging I came across the directors vimeo page in which there is a short film that is essentially a prequel to the feature called 'Magpie'

MAGPIE from Stephen Fingleton on Vimeo.

Here is the trailer to the currently released feature...
The Survivalist UK trailer from Stephen Fingleton on Vimeo.

Zerply

Invited to join this site...

Zerply - LINK

2016 Reel *UPDATE*

A few additions to the reel from last year...

SJJWalsh: Generalist TD & Animation Reel from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Our Kind of Traitor: Trailer

Finally after a long ol' while the first trailer has been released. I worked on this back in the summer of 2014 and this was my first foray into leading the CG side of things...

MI:5 - Title Sequence

Here is the full title sequence for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. I was very happy to see one of the gadgets that I helped design and bring to life shown in the opening of the film...

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation / Main Title Sequence / Filmograph from Filmograph on Vimeo.

Millennium FX

Did a little bit of work for these lovely people. Pre Vis(ed) a practical prosthetic for an undisclosed show...

Everest : VFX Breakdown

Exactly what it says on the tin, there is the smallest glimpse of digi double work I was involved in last year...

RVX Everest VFX Breakdown from RVX on Vimeo.

The Legend of Tarzan: Teaser Trailer

First film finished over at Framestore...

Framestore

Bit of a whirlwind this year with contracts, I now find myself in the belly of the Framestore beast...

Known for

IMDb credit list is slowly increasing and the top row / known for bar has recently changed to this...

TBX - Poster

Off with his head...

Dr Who

Currently keeping busy with this...

Series 9

Matte Shot

Great website filled to the brim with everything you would ever want to know about Matte Paintings...

http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.co.uk/

Dennis Lowe

I found this treasure trove of goodies when I was researching into 'Matte Paintings' and this excellent website from a veteran of the industry with a career spanning 40 years.

It features a fascinating interview with Leigh Took, with whom I had the pleasure of meeting and seeing the very workshop shown in detail in the video when I was studying at the NFTS...

http://www.zen171398.zen.co.uk/index.html

Cruise(r)

I'm catching up on a few of the Cruiser's films I have for one reason or another not seen.

First up...

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

Spectre: Trailer 2

Another look at the latest instalment...

Credits

1st film credit whilst working at Double Negative...

The Bastard Executioner

Bit of period television work, mix bag of vfx...

Milk Visual Effects

Currently working on a television show over at Milk...

Cage

Working through the back catalogue...

Vampires Kiss (1988)

Kiss of Death (1995)

Stunts

I've seen most of the film in various forms but this scene is just great...

Spectre: Teaser Trailer

More to come...

Spectre

Next show...

Everest - Poster

Coming soon...

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - Poster

Coming soon...

Everest: Trailer

Here is the trailer for Everest. The film charts the infamous 1996 expedition.

I was mainly tasked with creating digi versions of the climbers.

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation: Trailer 2

Another trailer has been released...

Cinefex 141

An ambition of mine when I started out was to be mentioned by name in the industry standard magazine called Cinefex. The most recent edition has a small but incredibly humbling reference to the animation work I produced for Jupiter Ascending, which was released earlier in the year.

2015 Reel

Getting a new job is always good and with that comes as an added bonus is that changes and updates are made to the reel.

Here is my current reel for 2015, a few films are still to be released throughout the year but for the moment here is the collection of my work in the industry so far.

SJJWalsh: Generalist TD & Animation Reel

SJJWalsh: Generalist TD & Animation Reel from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation: Trailers

Here are the trailers that show what we have been busy working on..

Teaser Trailer

Full Trailer

Double Negative

After 3 and a half years of working at One Of Us I decided to seek new challenge and have since joined Double Negative where I have been working for last couple of months.

I am currently working on Mission Impossible 5.

Jupiter Ascending: Trailers

Here are the trailers for 'Jupiter Ascending' I have been working on this for about 6 months in a variety of roles but the majority of the time I have been animating and a few of those shots can be seen in trailer 2.

Trailer 1

Trailer 2

Under The Skin: Trailer

Here is the latest trailer for Jonathan Glazer's new film 'Under The Skin'. I worked on this for the majority of last year. It is released very soon.

http://undertheskinmovie.com/

Classic Film Odyssey

Film school really opened the door to the films of the past and I have been continuing that voyage ever since I left the school.

Here are a few that I have watched and enjoyed so far,

Attack (1956)

 The Fly (1958)

 Champion (1949)

The Cycle of Art

On my way to work this week there was a poster in the London Underground, it was for a video game that had an upcoming release. I knew instantly what the game was because of the creature on the poster. It was for a 'Aliens: Colonial Marines' and judging from the poster it focuses heavily on James Cameron's - Aliens.

The reason for the post is that the poster was setting the game up well but the main thing about it was that it mirrored a shot I had designed for Conway (our NFTS SFX film) and the reason I thought that it was great was that I had based lot's of the shots and drew the storyboard with 'Aliens' in mind. So to see a new game using a poster that referenced a shot from Conway which intern came from Aliens was proof that art indeed does imitate art.

Here are the images to compare:

Both shots are almost a carbon copy of each other, the smoke in background, the goo dripping from the mouths of the alien and the power angle.

Here is a the 'Conway' trailer that affectionately sends up 'Aliens'

Conway: Trailer

Conway: Trailer from Samuel John Joseph Walsh on Vimeo.

Bring back the pain, B*tch!

Gambit: Trailer

Finally after a whole year, Gambit is being released and will be in the cinema in November. This job came right after Mirror Mirror and I was asked to create a CG Colin Firth for a shot. I fulfilled a few roles on this, I worked as a modeller, rigger, texture artist and an animator and so was thrilled to have such a lot to do. The final shot came out really well and I'll be adding it to me reel very soon.

Cast and Crew Premier - Anna Karenina

On Sunday I was invited to attend the official premier of Joe Wrights version of 'Anna Karenina' at the world famous Leicester square Odeon cinema.

After all these years of working towards a job in the film industry and to be able to share my first credit with my fellow VFX team and the majority of the cast and crew was really a very humbling experience and was a great way to start my career in film.

The film itself was full of lavish visuals and sumptuous costumes and the cherry on the cake was waiting and watching credits and finally seeing my name scroll into view and quickly disappear.

A truly special moment.

Cloud Atlas: Trailer

Here is an extended look at the first 'Cloud Atlas' trailer. I worked as a CGI artist and animator so for me that was great.

Ernesto: Trailer

Here is the trailer for 'Ernesto' I worked on this way back in my first year of film school and have fond memories of working on it...

Directed by Corinne Ladeinde

Ernesto - Trailer from Melograni Films on Vimeo.

Anna Karenina: Trailer

At long last here is the trailer for 'Anna Karenina' has been released. This was my very first gig in the industry, I worked as a 'Pre Vis' artist for several of the action sequences.

For more info please visit IMDb Anna Karenina

Bertie Crisp: Trailer

Here is another film I worked on during by first year at the NFTS.

Directed by Francesca Adams


Bertie Crisp- The Trailer! from Francesca Adams on Vimeo.



For more information please take a look here Bertie Crisp

The Pride of Wade Ellison: Trailer

Here is an oldie, well kinda. I worked on this film during my first year at the NFTS.

Directed by Sean Branigan



For more info please visit IMDb or NFTS

Jamon: Trailer

Here is another trailer for an Animation Graduation film I worked on in my last year at the NFTS.

Directed by Iria Lopez


Jamón film trailer from iria lopez on Vimeo.


For more info please visit jamonfilm.com

Left Kick: Trailer

Here is the trailer for the Animation Graduation film I worked on at 'The National Film and Television school' during my final year.

Directed by - Jonathan Topf


Left Kick Trailer from Jonathan Topf on Vimeo.

Mirror, Mirror : Prologue

Here is the animation I worked on for the film - 'Mirror, Mirror'. The animation serves as the opening for the film and sets the back story.

Directed by Ben Hibon

Post Production - One of Us

MIRROR MIRROR / opening sequence from Ben Hibon on Vimeo.