Sudden in a shaft of sunlight
Even while the dust moves
There rises the hidden laughter
Of children in the foliage T.S. Eliot/Burnt Norton
sudden sound studios
Sudden Sounds Studios is the film/video/audio
home of Gregory Bossert. I provide a full range of video and audio
production and postproduction services.
Award-winning authors and editors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer asked me to
creat this Myster Odd? video to support the release of their
anthology series ODD? from Cheeky Frawg Books. For
inspiration, I had the bookcover for the first volume of the series by
artist Jeremy
Zerfoss, which features a man in a dapper suit with a bird skull
for a head, spewing out ghosts with wicked grins. And the
multi-talented Danny
Fontaine supplied an irresistibly catchy song, with crazed lyrics by Jeff VanderMeer
and himself.
It took two months and twelve days to go from these suitably odd
inspirations to a final 3:46 minute animation. With the exception of
the music and some of Jeremy Zerfoss's book covers on the walls, I did
everything, including designing, building and rigging the set, props,
and characters, animating, compositing, special FX, etc.
In the coming days I will be posting a some more "making of" details,
and some technical notes for folks interested in how to do this sort
of work at home.
Many thanks to my family for their encouragement and support over
these last few months. And likewise to my writing buddies in class of
Clarion 2010, and Brian
Matyas, Olivia Do, and Jennifer Hsyu!
Special thanks to the amazing artist and film designer Dermot Power for late night advice
and encouragement and the occasional smack upside the head at just the
right time.
And many many thanks to Jeff and Ann VanderMeer for giving me the opportunity
to work on such a fantastic project, and for being so supportive
throughout the process.
I produce the One Minute Weird Tales series of videos for Weird Tales
Magazine. My work includes original sound design and text
animation/layout for each story, as well as the animated tentacles
logo.
Skull Island:
I did sound and music and miscellaneous visual
effects for Tony McVey's stop-motion short Gardens of Miranda...
Skull Island:
...and the video and audio postproduction for Tony McVey's Skull Island short.
Research for Feature Film Design:
I provide research and reference services for
feature films, specializing in concept design, set decoration, props,
and costumes. projects include Tim Burton's Alice in
Wonderland, Disney's A Christmas Carol, Beowulf,
early development on John Carter, other features in
development. clients include Dermot Power, Iain McCaig, Tony
McVey/Menagerie Productions, Brian Matyas, Marc Gabanna.