A world of possibilities
Martin does it all: writes, directs, shoots, edits and VFX.
The only thing he doesn’t do is catering.
Comedy Writing & Directing
Adam – Writer / Director
Short film. Long Island Film Expo and Massachusetts Independent Film Festival Comedy Winners. God creates Adam but he keeps accidentally killing himself.
Dedly Wagons – Writer / Director
Short film. Dances with Films Official Selection and Long Island Film Expo Best Comedy. A commercial for deadly frontier wagon service.
Teatro in Inglish – Writer
Short film. Currently in film festival run. A theater director who doesn’t speak English leads a British theater company in Buenos Aires.
Director of Photography
GEAR
A self-operated kit spanning camera, movement, lighting, and sound built to run a micro production solo when the project calls for it.
Post Production & VFX
Beyond editing and vfx compositing, Martin builds full 3D environments in Unreal Engine and Blender, then integrates live-action footage into them, a technique called virtual production, popularized by shows like The Mandalorian. What looks like a location shoot in the mountains was actually filmed against a plain backdrop.
Virtual Production (2.5D Compositing)
Raw Plate
We start with a Raw plate, green screen shot. We do green screen keying with Davinci Resolve Fusion and export this to EXR.
2D Cardboard in 3D Environment
We place the keyed 2D plate in a custom 3D environment. We’re using Blender for this one. Unreal Engine is also great for this.
Render Virtual Camera Shot
We render out the virtual camera sequence with integrated plate in a 3D environment. We can even incorporate sutble camera movement as well so long as we maintain the perspective.
Watch the full technique in action in Dedly Wagons.
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