Paul Simon Richards presents how he has used Houdini to produce award winning experimental films.
The discussion will be as much about ideas as it will be about technique, asking philosophical questions of familiar visual effects tools and processes. We will sense our way through the psychedelic world of 'imaginary' or 'impossible' colour using L*a*b colour and how Paul worked with a clinical hypnotist to build a 'solver' to produce images and text. The presentation will include discussion of Paul's ongoing work Looking at the historical context of Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in visual effects.
Paul Simon Richards is a Visual Artist and FX Technical Director based in London. His work has been presented internationally in museums and art galleries and film festivals. Quasi-Monte Carlo is an ongoing project which received initial seed funding from Film London in 2017 and has subsequently been supported by Arts Council England, Nvidia, British Airways, Grid Markets and Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer.
