Studio log
What happened, when
Every project update, newest first.
September 2026
- Noise to Temple: Daybreak chosen as the lead cut.
- Product Film: v1 delivered in :30 and :15, in 16:9 and 9:16.
- Noise to Temple: v1 and v2 delivered. In v2 the medallion becomes a real 3D struck coin.
- Noise to Temple: v3: a fully 3D temple with soft shadows and reflections, in two looks, Daybreak and Ivory & Gold.
- Untitled Underwater Epic: Story development opened: premise, world and lead character.
- Rub One: Skit 01 animatic v6 and the pilot animatic v1 are cut. Voice recording is next.
- Website Spot: v1 cut in :30 and :15.
- Website Spot: v3 final: tighter pacing, the echo removed, a cleaner read on the key line. Platform versions delivered.
- Rub One: Pilot sets approved: the pod exterior and the control room.
- Studio Ident: Concept board done. The brushstroke direction was chosen over the alternatives.
- Studio Ident: Ident v1 and v2 rendered.
- The Boxers: Act 1 cut delivered: the circle, a four-punch combination the bear absorbs, and the hook that sends his opponent skidding.
- Rub One: Skit 01 built in 3D: nine cameras on a to-scale Army post.
- The Boxers: Moved to a frozen lake at golden hour, with a rusted steamship locked in the ice. The bear's final design is locked.
- Rub One: Cast and setting locked: Rub One, Palmer, and the post itself.
- The Boxers: 3D blockout built: motion-captured movement, plus the impact and launch sequences staged in greybox.
- Zendo Ambience: Second hour built: Paris in spring.
August 2026
- Zendo Ambience: First hour shipped: an English autumn lane, 4K, in rain and music versions.
- Zendo Ambience: Autumn village previz: the lane, the shops, the light.
- The Boxers: Both fighters designed and locked across seven passes: model sheets, wardrobe, faces.
- Earth Giant vs Winter Titan: Final delivered, with the footsteps remixed for distance and decay. It's a wrap.
- Barbarian: Hero composited into the horde plate.
- Earth Giant vs Winter Titan: Look locked after six canon passes.
- Barbarian: Keyframes locked; first motion tests run across two video models.
- Earth Giant vs Winter Titan: Warworn finished.
- Earth Giant vs Winter Titan: Scale studies: cities and skylines from altitude.