Journal · notes from the render queue
Notes on timing, light and money
Craft
4 min
Squash only on the contact frame
The bouncing ball at the top of this site took an afternoon to render and a week to get right. Here’s the one rule that fixed it.
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Lighting
5 min
Why I light everything with one sun
A 10° afternoon sun through a mullioned window has lit every film on this site. It’s a constraint that saves me days.
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Business
6 min
Pricing a 30-second film without guessing
How I turn a brief into a fixed price in a day, and the three questions that move the number the most.
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Process
3 min
Clay first: the pass that saves a week
Before colour, before materials, every shot I make is approved in grey. Here’s why clients end up liking it.
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Tools
5 min
Rendering on one workstation
No render farm, no cloud bill. The overnight setup that rendered 184,320 frames last year.
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Clients
4 min
What a brief needs before I say yes
Six things I ask for before quoting. None of them is a moodboard.
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Questions about a project?
Ask me before you write the brief
Say hei
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