Rocket Rider VFX: Before & After (Making a short film with After Effects )

This is a short film highlighting the VFX created by Ross Bradley for the short film Rocket Rider.

ROCKET RIDER LOGLINE:

An RAF Test Pilot is trapped in a stricken jet descending rapidly to Earth. Will he be able to eject in time? And what was the experiment for?

Duration: 5' 55"

Watch Rocket Rider on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyQzmmPvmA

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ABOUT ROCKET RIDER:
Made and funded myself, Ross Bradley, 'Rocket Rider' is a ‘proof of concept’ short film to show my visual eye as a director and to test filming techniques for two yet unmade projects. The project also satisfies my life-long desire to create my own Hollywood action sequence.

This project has been an exciting challenge: the F-35 cockpit set began life as two photographs and was eye-matched to scale and built using plywood, art board and a vast array of switches and bottle tops. I also had to research and source the authentic flying clothes and a Martin Baker ejection seat, which took 10 months alone. Studio space has also been improvised, resulting in the blue screen set being re-built and filmed in numerous barns, village halls and garages in Worcestershire & Warwickshire. Out of the films 152 shots, 101 involve visual effects. Having no previous experience in film VFX, I had to discover the techniques and then learn the various software packages needed to complete the film.

CAST:

Test Pilot
STEPHEN MICHAEL CRITCHLEY

Radar Operator
NICK LANCASTER

Flight Sargent
ROGER HARDING

Voice of XR-002
DOMINIC SKINNER

OTHER CREW:

Colourist
GWYN EVANS

Sound Designer
OWEN SHIRLEY

Watch more Rocket Rider content:

Watch the short film 'Rocket Rider':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyQzmmPvmA

Acting in Short Films (Stephen Michael Critchley talks about performing in VFX Short 'Rocket Rider')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d70z0voUMwQ

The story of about how Rocket Rider came about:

How (Not) To Make A Short Film: Episode 1 'Crash & Burn'
https://youtu.be/CDFk-wSzKs0

How (Not) To Make A Short Film: Episode 2 'Test Flight'
https://youtu.be/hsjLyvSq2iE

How (Not) To Make A Short Film: Episode 3 'Take Off'
https://youtu.be/6WoCI27BR44

Видео Rocket Rider VFX: Before & After (Making a short film with After Effects ) канала Ross Bradley