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First Trailer for Jack the Giant Killer

James McPhail — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:56:18 +0000

The first trailer for Jack the Giant Killer is online. I have been working on it for the last few months making volumetric clouds. You can see some of them in the sunrise shot 18 seconds in.

Another Sherlock Holmes 2 Trailer Is Out

James McPhail — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:31:41 +0000

This one has a lot of our work at MPC. The scenes when they are running through the forest has a lot of our work as do the scenes with the opera house and the falling watchtower.

A couple of my shots are in there including the sparks inside the cannon and the shockwave smashing the figurines in the window.

Sherlock Holmes 2 Trailer is out.

James McPhail — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:22:13 +0000

The trailer for Sherlock Holmes 2 has just come out. I've been working on it since April and I think it will be a good show.

FX Guide Fast 5 Breakdown

James McPhail — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:33:33 +0000

FXguide has a good interview with Guillaume Rocheron the MPC VFX supervisor on Fast 5 going over our work.

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/mpc-on-track-with-fast-five/

Some of my dust can be seen trailing from the car in this shot.

Fast Five is Out

James McPhail — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:02 +0000

Fast Five has just come out in theatres and is being pretty well received. I worked on the train robbery sequence doing volumetric dust, particle debris and sparks.

New Demo Reel Online

James McPhail — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:30:32 +0000

Well after much procrastination I finally have an updated showreel online. Written breakdowns will follow shortly. It contains work up to and including Percy Jackson which I finished on in January 2010. Since then I have been working on Sucker Punch, The Big Year and Fast 5. Further updates will follow once these hit DVD later in the year.

New Sucker Punch Trailer Released

James McPhail — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:17:56 +0000

A new Sucker Punch trailer has just been released. There is a whole lot of crazy going on.

Sucker Punch Stills Added to the Gallery

James McPhail — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:04:28 +0000

I've ripped a few frames of our work at MPC from the Suckerpunch trailer that I contributed to. From what they have shown so far I built the environment snow rigs for the outdoor shots and did some dust and debris for the columns in the interior shot with the Samurai.

You can see them in the Gallery

Sucker Punch Teaser is Out

James McPhail — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:57:55 +0000

The trailer is finally out for Sucker Punch which I have been working on since January at MPC Vancouver. We did the Giant Samurai sequence which there is glimpses of through the trailer. It looks like it is going to be a pretty crazy movie.

There is a bit of my work in there including the exterior snow rigs and some dust and debris.

New District 9 Stills in the Gallery

James McPhail — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:08:02 +0000

I'm still working on getting my District 9 stuff on my reel. But in the meantime I have updated the gallery with stills from some of my shots.