Movie Site Map.
Jonathan Chen's Showreel
A montage of the best works ranging from Film, Special Effects, 2D and 3D Animation to traditional Art works. This short film also features visuals from projects that are not on the site due to music copyright. You will also be treated to some fresh new ideas and effects all to the epic orchestral piece by Dan Foster.
Morph Another Day
At Madame Tussauds London you have the opportunity to undergo a celebrity makeover. Using photo manipulation a customer can be transformed into their favourite star.
A still photograph can be purchased by the customer but 'Morph Another Day' is a film compilation of my best images produced.
Catherine's Snowman
An entertaining family film about a little girl's love for winter snow. Her imagination soon wanders and before long she's on a wild chase to recover a valuable possession (a carrot).
Reprise
As well as learning the fact "I really can't act," in this project I was taught the principles of film special effects. The requirements of this film were to include:
- Two versions of me on screen using greenscreen techniques.
- A digital matte painting.
- Particle effects such as smoke or fire.
- And to composite a 3D model that interacts with live footage.
Reprise Post Production
'Post Production' is a montage of the special effects development featured in Reprise.
Yoda Cola
I was challenged by Sean Liu to make a short film that included a lightsabre effect. Two days later this was the outcome.
Bowers and Wilkins

An advertisement for the producers of the world's most advanced home cinema, hi-fi and iPod® speakers. The 20 second short will be aired at the HSBC China 2008 Open.

Kroll Ontrack An advert for the world’s largest data recovery and computer forensics company. Kroll Ontrack have been at the forefront of electronic evidence developments in the U.S and litigation support services in Europe since their inceptions in the 1990's.

The main content is based upon a screen record of an artwork produced using Facebook's Graffiti application. An image materialises with added effects to keep interest.

Broken Sky
The beginning of something much bigger. With 2D and 3D graphics often being rivaled, my partner Dan Williamson and myself decided to prove that the two styles can actually compliment each other.
Dan focused on the 3D graphics in Maya, while I undertook the 2D Flash elements. However from time to time we may assist each other, we are not restricted to our own field of expertise.
2 Much Food
An advertisement for a new cookery show aimed at students, for them to spend a little more time in the kitchen to make a fantastic meal. Myself and Dan Williamson also provided the voices for the two characters Jimi Carl, the chef and his assistant Tom Andrews.
We've improved the compositing techniques since Broken Sky with much more realistic shadows and reflections.
The Swivel Chair
An animation exactly one minute long, exploring the creative fun around the classic office furniture.
Award winning. This project won the Young At Art Award run by the University of the Arts London in 2004 and featured on BBC2's Blast Friday in 2006.
The University of Kent's Favourite Cereal 2005
'2.1 and a Bit of Fun,' is the title to a documentary about the University of Kent. The 10 minute film highlights the exciting and buzzing life of campus and its great facilities. Due to the length of the film only a small clip is available to download:  "What is your favourite cereal?"
PROMIS Recovery Centre. Preventing Addiction animation
Originally a book, this animation was produced for the Promis Recovery Centre aimed at children who are surrounded by the effects of addiction.
The award winning Jedi In Training
This animation was my first major project undertaken using Flash. At the time I only had four months experience in using this program and so it was a big learning curve.
This project won the Young At Art Award run by the University of the Arts London in 2003.
Networking with AllThingsPC.co.uk
A short animation promoting some of the networking capabilities of this IT company, All Things PC.
RS Entertainment
A series of short animations promoting the various activities RS Entertainment offers, such as sumo suits; bouncy castles and rodeo machines. I was required to design this strange creature, Alan which is now the company's mascot.
UKC Bioscience Centre
My first major 3D modeling and animating project in Maya. The task was to make a 15 to 30 second animated loop for a University DVD menu screen. For those who have been to the University of Kent they may recognise the Bioscience surroundings.
LEO Satellites
A project produced for the Imperial College London. This is an informative animation which illustrates the advantages of LEO Satellites.
The New Adventures of Crumpet and Puddles: Bluetack Attack
Stop motion animation mixed with a little Flash and Photoshop. Not one to watch if you're eating or have just eaten.
A Chicken Kiev
This is one of those really pointless and random animations. However there was a point in producing it, to try out new texturing techniques which were useful in future projects.
Mission Impossible banner advertisement
During my work experience at Feref Limited I was involved with various projects including this advertising banner.
The New Commander 04
Stop motion animation using Flash. As this was made before knowledge of After Effects the jump scene was edited frame by frame in Photoshop.

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