Craig Crane

Cant be a big advocate for time travel and not have a time traveller!!!

Its actually quite scary how good and focused she is at this… Looking forward to taking her to the rifle range for some longer distance shooting

Scouting for caves! from Craig Crane on Vimeo.

Salt Lake John, Super Sue and Jonny Lidar look for the cave, a place to wee and fossils!

So, ,here i am in the back of the car that picked me up, heading home. It’s a surreal feeling i have, because as we shoot down the a3 I don’t fe el that i have been away. Sure, I have a tan and a shed load of work to be getting on with now…. But.   Utah and Arizona just seem so far away now. 

I have had the best time ever. When i arrived out there, I really let my hair down a bit too much, but. Managed to reign myself back in a bit for the rest of the tour. 
In fact, towards the middle and end part of the tour, i really actually found myself going the other way and becoming a bit of a recluse… Doing my own things. I made some great friends out there, both on the show and locally. Shot many many guns and had a blast. 

I fell in love yet again with the usa. More so this time because i was able to really appreciate it for all its pros and cons. Page arizona wouldn’t be everyones cup of tea… But i really felt at home there. The mood and climate just felt great…. The heat slowed me down to a more casual pace. 

Of course , I can’t talk about the work, but I’ll post some pics up soon of al the other stuff….. Happy times, but now im back, hopefully happier times ahead.

Not sure how one goes from crowd supe to Lidar Supe…. its a weird addition to the toolset

Fifa 2010 PS3 spot. Massive crowd work. The Mill from Craig Crane on Vimeo.

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Castrol Commercial. Massive Crowd Work… from Craig Crane on Vimeo.

Coke Finals from Craig Crane on Vimeo.

More Massive work. Little fella’s running about and throwing stuff… MPC

Mothers Day, Page, AZ. 2010 from Craig Crane on Vimeo.

Out in the sticks again with local friends, Tam, Adam, Wrighty and of course, yours truly…

today looked sett to be a nice normal day. Sarah texted to say that there was a change of shoot schedule due to a weather front coming in. I got the text at 5:17 am. I was kinda up anyway. I couldnt sleep. I hasd both the dneg laptop AND my laptop processing scan data, and whern they got busy, the fans would kick in and break my sleep. So, text in hand, i replied. I was due to stay in the hotel. My planned boat trip to a new location was on hold due to this sudden change of plan.

Then, I just started to look at the data from over night and a good friend e mailed, insisting I get him on skype.

I thought it was just another one of his chats, about how this time he REALLY was going to learn shake…. Or something about Motion Capture…. But it wasnt.

One of my dearest friends, who no matter what adversity she encounters always remained stoic, positive and a beautiful example to all had a stroke at the age of 39. She is now in Hospital, unable to communicate and I am here feeling really upset.

Only two days ago I dropped her a line as I had not seen her on MSN for a while, and wanted to let her know I arrived safe and sound. Normally she gets back lightning fast, so I thought it was a little odd to have not heard a word.

I have no idea as to the extent of the stroke, other than its not good at all. I probably wont hear anything until next week when people get to visit and news will trickle through…

Until then, I just have to wait for news on one of my oldest friends, who always brightened up what ever room she walked into. I hope it wont be too long before she can continue doing just that

Found a work around that allows me to watch bbc iplayer in the USA. So, Ashes to Ashes and Dr Who wont be missed!

Monroe Face Capture test from Craig Crane on Vimeo.

A longer video about the face capture process and system from Optitrack

Imagine… a toy brochure from 1979 with a advert for cigerettes???