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ReachOut.com Virtual Tour

11.11.2014 by Hayley Rollason //

ReachOut.com recently produced a virtual tour of their services. Doing such great work, it is important to share with people how to access their help. What good is their assistance if those that need it cannot find it. Being hosted by Brendan Cowell, the ReachOut.com Ambassador, should certainly help them get noticed.

I was asked to produced the motion graphics. Using basic After Effects I was able to put together the introductory animations along with the infographics and visual aids to Brendan’s explainer.

Alongside this virtual tour were 4 personal stories of situations in which ReachOut.com helps young people struggling with stress, sexuality, alcoholism and drug abuse, as well as depression and suicide. I was able to produced the animations for these videos too.

ReachOut.com Personal Stories

11.09.2014 by Hayley Rollason //

Alongside the virtual tour, hosted by Brendan Cowell, ReachOut.com asked me to produce animations to integrate with the live action personal stories of the 4 people below. Dealing with issues of stress, sexuality, depression and suicide, and drug and alcohol abuse, the stories needed to be engaging, emotional and not disrespectful to the struggles young people face.

The director, Brendan Cain, asked me to draw the room around world of the our young people in there retelling of hard life situations.

Using Illustrator, I took stills from each of the shots, drew the room around the shots and then brought these into After Effects. As these scenes were shot on a white cyclorama I was able to very simply use a luma track matte of the live action video to mask the sections of the room blocked by actions and then tidy up the areas that did not mask well. This took particularly long with Amanda’s story, partly due to the fact that she was the first attempt, but also because her scenes are more intricate and complex. Although it is this story and Nick’s struggle with sexuality that I am most happy with the result.

For a basic tutorial on how to use the luma matte check out Track Mattes 101.

I would love to know what you think. Feel free to leave me a comment, or many comments for that matter.

Tech Specs:
Graphics produced in Illustrator and animated in After Effects.

Amanda’s Story

Joshua’s Story

Nick’s Story

Magda’s Story

Awakening – Fashion Collection

05.17.2014 by Hayley Rollason //

Assisting Deb of Deeski with second camera operation for Plague of Man and the Awakening Collection SS2014 fashion shoot. Designer Madison Tyler creates a dark but feminine range contrasting delicate white with dark vegan leather.

Shooting on Bronte Beach from sunset and into the night, the endless black of the moonlit ocean and the slick, shimmering seaside rocks gave quite a setting. As the night progressed and the tide came in we constantly had to move our gear up the beach. By the end of the evening the poor model had been frozen, wet, sandy and mildly stung by a blue bottle.

Despite the struggles the results are quite spectacular. Deb’s rhythm and use of music really pull the shoot together. I really love shooting for fashion and hope to get more into the post side of things in the coming years.

Tech Specs:
Shot on Canon 5D Mark III using small LED lights.

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