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Gregory McKneally - SHOWREEL - UPDATED! |
Greg has a new showreel online - in HD - featuring loads of recent projects and collaborations, as a Senior 3D Artist, CG Supervisor, Lighting TD & Compositor.
SHOWREEL... |
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THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS - New Feature Documentary with James Lovelock! |
Greg is developing a new documentary feature with award-winning director Stevan Riley about visionary scientist James Lovelock. Check out the teaser trailer and kickstarter campaign here. Don't be afraid to get involved!
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Illustration / Concept Art Gallery UPDATED ! - Selected Works by Gregory McKneally . |
Greg has posted a selection of new illustrations, digital paintings, & studies into the illustration gallery. Some are hand-drawn, others digital, and many of them have never been seen online before.
See the images.. |
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Little Mix 'DNA' Music Video - CG Environments with Nice Biscuits. |
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Greg worked as Lead 3D Artist to create a series of CG environments for the latest music video for Little Mix. Brilliant work from the Nice Biscuits team to turn a greenscreen shoot into an evocative Noir-esque piece.
Check out the video on youtube.
Watch the Video....
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TAMASSY CREATIVE - New Website! |
Taiyo Nagano's latest project, Tamassy Creative, has a new website with some great new content. Check out the website here.
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CYMATICS - Ongoing Science and Art Project. |
Greg is collaborating with musician and composer John Telfer to create a series of films based on the study of how matter is affected by sound waves (Cymatics). Currently developing a set of 10 films exploring various aspects of the science. Check out the website here: www.cymaticmusic.co.uk
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Various Projects with Pixel Kitchen. |
Greg has recently been collaborating with Pixel Kitchen as VFX Supervisor / 3D Lead for Implementation (Independent Feature - trailer coming soon), various commercial projects for FedEx and the new music video for Laura Wright. Details & Videos coming soon.
Coming Soon.. |
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Photorealistic beard animation! HTC Beats Commercial with NIce Biscuits. |
Collaborating with Nice Biscuits in Soho to create a commercial for HTC and Beats headphones, Greg had to create a Photorealistic Animated Beard (Don't get to do that everyday!) - as well as creating the endframe animation for the phone. Switch the quality to HD to see the follicles....
Brilliant modeling work for the earbuds and cans by Silvia Bartoli.
Watch the Commercial... |
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EXODUS - New images for Exhibition with Bose Collins at Art Mosh. |
Greg & David have collaborated with Bose Collins to create a set of images for print & exhibition. The pieces were recently shown at Art Mosh in Paris and will be touring Europe. There are 3 Triptychs and one standalone piece, Exodus X featuring Character Design / Modelling / Lighting from Greg McKneally. Also recently puclished in 3D Artist Magazine.
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BASEMENT JAXX - Tour Visuals |
Check out the latest tour visuals for Basement Jaxx's 2009-2010 tour. For 'Day of the Sunflowers' featuring Yoko Ono, Greg created an army of sunflowers marching and grooving to the basement beat with Gumboots Media.
Watch the video.. |
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THE AGE OF STUPID - Visual Effects with Passion Pictures. - TRAILER ONLINE NOW!! |
The
Shepherds have been working on a new feature film with Director Franny
Armstrong and Animation Director Martyn Pick. Visual Effects
Supervision, Design and 3D Animation from the Shepherds, in
collaboration with Passion
Pictures in Soho. The HD version of the trailer - which features lots of our animation, interface design and vfx shots - has just been released!! - watch it here.
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Animated
Film - IN YOUR EYES - Wins 2 AWARDS in Los Angeles!! |
The
Shepherds' epic animation project, In Your
Eyes, has just won TWO AWARDS at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in Los Angeles. The film won 'BEST ANIMATION' and 'MOST INNOVATIVE ANIMATION'. Set in a grafitti-inspired vision of the future, the film
was created to provoke discussion about sex, relationships,
influences and gender. Follow the link below to check out
the film. --Directed by G. McKneally
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New
Music Video - Elevator Suite - THE WHEEL. |
The
latest hypnotic single from one of the coolest bands out there,
Elevator Suite's "The Wheel" is a cosmic arthouse
journey, with plenty of trippy visuals to make the mind spin.
Check out their brilliant second album which has just come out
on Pure Mint.
watch the
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PEACE
BEYOND JUSTICE - THE GACACA COURTS OF RWANDA - completed! |
Greg
has returned from directing a documentary shoot in Rwanda investigating
the Gacaca Courts - an alternative form of justice adopted to
deal with the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide. Produced in association
with the Institute
for Justice and Reconciliation, the documentary has now
been completed and will be making its way to festivals this
year. Many thanks to our amazing Rwandan Crew.
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info , Stills & Credits |
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Crazy
P - LADY T - HOT TODDY EDIT - ONLINE. |
The
Shepherds' remix video for the HOT TODDY edit of Crazy P's infamous "Lady T" is finally online. Banned by MTV, the video has still become one of our most successful to date.
watch the video... |
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PHOTON
SHEPHERDS AT LE CUBE GALLERY, PARIS |
The
Shepherds performed live at Le Cube this summer with other leading
video installation artists. Based on the success of the event,
our recent film, Light Noise (Mixmasters) has been displayed
in the gallery at Le Cube for the Exhibition "SHOW OFF".
The exhibition is on until November. Visit Le Site du Cube
here.
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NEW
VIDEO: CRAZY P "Sun-Science" |
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The Shepherds' latest video for Crazy P, "Sun-Science"
(Shiva Records) has just been completed. Filmed entirely on
location in Blackpool, UK, where the sun is always shining....
Check the Crazy P website here.
Directed & Edited by The Photon Shepherds (G. McKneally
& D. Vigh) . An Art Mafia Production
watch
the video..
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PHOTON
SHEPHERDS - LIVE IN ITALIA |
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The Photon Shepherds created a live video installation in
a piazza in Pordenone, Italy for the VIDEOTRONICA Festival.
Three massive projections fill the square with light. Organized
by our friends and fellow VJs"Cluster-1"
in collaboration with
Cinemazero - Taiyo and Greg created an original audiovisual
event/space with The Shepherds' newest live video mix show
in the open air.
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NEW
VIDEO: CRAZY P “Lady T” |
The
Shepherds' provocative video for Crazy P, "Lady T"
(Shiva Records) has been completed. It's a dark story set to
an irresistible groove. Also look out for the new album from
Crazy P "A Night on Earth", with design from The Photon
Shepherds, released early November. NOTE: This video was
banned from MTV! Let us know what you think!
Video and Remix Video Directed by the Photon Shepherds (G.McKneally
& D. Vigh) An Art Mafia Production
more
info..
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NEW
VIDEO: “BABY’S ON FIRE!” |
The
new music video for T-Total featuring Marc Almond "Baby's
On Fire" (Pure Mint Recordings) from The Photon Shepherds
is now online! The video features a mad mix of animation with
strong performance from the artists in a style that brings the
80s to the 21st century. Check out the video at Pure
Mint.
Directed & Produced by the Photon Shepherds (G.McKneally
& D.Vigh) in collaboration with Marco Ruffatti. Cinematography
by Zoltan Tombor. |
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ART
MAFIA |
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Photon Shepherds and our partner organization, "Art Mafia",
the excellent European production team, are collaborating
to produce music videos and diverse other projects. Check out
the Mafia
site for info about the recent productions, and the team.
New Photon Shepherds / Art Mafia short film in development now.
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Mixmasters
@ OPTRONICA, NFT London |
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the OPTRONICA Festival this summer, “Light Noise”,
the 10 minute audio visual piece from The Photon Shepherds, was
chosen to be one of the TOP TEN of the ITV1 program Mixmasters
, and was screened at the National Film Theatre in London. To
make this piece, the Shepherds formed a musical ensemble called
Sonic Flok and created audiovisual ideas around the theme of “Light”.
Making this piece was a great experience – thanks to all
who participated in the project! We are now working on the Photon
Shepherds & Sonic Flok live audiovisual performance. Mixmasters,
and the Optronica Festival are produced by the wonderful people
at Addictive TV. Check them out here. |
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MixMasters |
| The
Photon Shepherds have completed a 10 minute audio visual piece
called Light Noise for the ITV program Mixmasters, produced
by Addictive TV. It was first broadcast on Friday October 1st
2004. We really enjoyed making this piece and to make the music
we formed an musical ensemble called Sonic Flok.
Based on the success of this piece, we are now planning to create
an AudioVisual Album of original music and video/animation.
Thanks to everyone who worked on the project! You will be able
to watch the piece here after the broadcast. Mixmasters broadcasts
every Friday night on ITV1 from 3rd September 2004 until the
end of December. |
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