Watch films, animations and video clips

by Christian Darkin

If you have any comments or questions about how these productions were made, or if you just want to make contact, please email me.

The Tempest

The first scene of Shakespeare's play re-told as a sci-fi 3D animation. I'm hoping to get funding to complete this as a full length animated film. 5 minutes.

Attack of the Kung-Fu Fighting Alien Robots from Outer Space

A very silly five minute short shot in 1 day and edited in 1 week to show how to do simple special effects.

 Moving

A 15 minute film with a very documentary style. Shot for the coverdisk of Computer Arts Magazine. I'd like to do more work like this!

Many Hands Make Light Work

A surreal animation where in which all the characters are constructed from hands. 1 minute

The Showoff

More explosions than you can shake a stick at in this weird animation.

Special Effects

I write a regular feature every month in Camcorder User Magazine on how to create special effects. Take a look at some clips from the series. They range from 1 second to 30 seconds in length.

  Caves of Androzani - an attempt to re-master the special effects on a Doctor Who episode. This video is a trailer for the idea.