Hi,
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Just a quick note to mention that the Oracle Pictures website has started..
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Hi,
I'm setting up a post for everything Cú Chulainn's Lament'.
(Yes the name has been changed back to the original as alot of people are familiar with the hero Cú Chulainn)
(Yes the name has been changed back to the original as alot of people are familiar with the hero Cú Chulainn)
This will include notes, sketches, idea's, movie clips, inspirational movie clips, and festivals where Cú Chulainn's Lament is screening and anything else relevant. I hope you enjoy my work and dont be shy to comment :)
Peace & love,
Damian
Here is a link to the trailer of Cú Chulainn's Lament
Here is a link to the Animatic Storyboard.
Here is the front cover to the graphic novel of Cú Chulainn's Lament
(An on going process as I never seem to be content with the overall feel of it)
(An on going process as I never seem to be content with the overall feel of it)
HERE COMES THE DRAFT!!!
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Shots from the Film and some notes....
This is one of my favourite shots and was partially an accident!
I had been working with a green landscape, some spirals with two hills (which you can see on the horizon) and accidently hit 'invert' in photoshop which turned everything white! So why not turn the scene into a wintery scene?? After all, this is a very cold scene not just in tempaerature but this is when queen Aoife is sending her son (Connlach) off to meet his doom...
Scene 10 'Aoife watches Connlach'
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This is another of my favourite shots. After much research I was able to name the different territories with alot of accuracy. It is hard to date this map as prior to the 5th century AD information in Celtic Ireland was passed on by 'word of mouth' which has its obvious problems. It could be dated anywhere from the 500BC to 500 AD but I am open to corrections here.
Scene 01 'Map of ancient Ireland, Isle of Skye and Picti (Re-used with text between scene 09 & 10)'
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A very early poster for LAMENT which I still love for its simplicity. The fathers hand holding his sons. This is a critical scene in the film as Cu Chulainn realises that he has killed his son Connlach when he see's the ring on the Connlachs hand. Very iconic image and even Jim Fitzpatrick commented on it, saying 'Cool'. Maybe I should reuse this? I changed it to fit the DVD cover format and the colouring had changed to a dark blue/gray.
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The next clip from Walt Disney's Fantasia titled 'Birth, Death & Reborn' was hugely inspirational in the final style of LAMENT (A legendary Tale of Cu Chulainn).
Music from Igor Stravinsky's Firebird.
Scene 15-B 'Stag in forest'
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The next clip from a collaboration between Walt Disney & Salvador Dali, titled 'Destino'. A collaboration that begun in 1945 but was shelved due to lack of funding. It was during the was after all. Almost 60 years later it was taken down from the shelf and released in 2003. I was particularly interested in the absence of an outline which you will notice and the unusual method of animation where key frames are cross dissolved into each other creating a beautiful yet an unusual flowing movement. Also worth noting is the style in which it is paintined. Yes, this was used in LAMENT (A legendary Tale of Cu Chulainn).
A link to the Wikipedia page regarding 'Destino'
This is the painting by a hero of mine entitled Nuada by Jim Fitzpatrick.
..and this was the pan shot below where a messenger (sent by King Conchubar) tells Cu Chulainn that 'Ulster has invader!!'
Scene 16 'Cu Chulainn's tent'
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This is the trailer to 'Slaine - The horned God'.
This was hugely inspirational in the making of LAMENT.
Let the neck hairs stand on end.... enjoy!
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Some of the Storyboard panels from the Animatic.
Connlach easily beheads Bricne Cairbre. His blood is splattered on the wall of the Kings hall.
DVD disc label finished today
DVD Menu
Finished today. Just making a nice festival package for this year and most likely last year it will hit the festivals.
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FESTIVAL NEWS!!!!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' gets its Dublin Premiere at the ONE SHOT FILM FESTIVAL, Sugar Club,
Ireland!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' gets its Cork premiere at the UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL,
Ireland!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' is in competition at the IVE SEEN FILMS FILM FESTIVAL in Milan
Italy!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the ODD'S CINE PICTURE SHOW, Manchester,
UK!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' by Damian Byrne opens the CHICAGO IRISH FILM FESTIVAL,
USA!!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Clermont,
France!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the IRISH FILM FESTA,
Rome!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the CAPITAL FILM FESTIVAL, Washington DC,
USA!!
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the WATERFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTINVAL,
Ireland.
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the FLICKS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Holland.
'Cú Chulainn's Lament' screens at the CRUACHAN AI (Black Hole Studios) for CULTURE NIGHT, in Roscommon,
Ireland.
Cú Chulainn's Lament WINS THE REELSHOW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL!!!!
...more to come...
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