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the lover he has wronged
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SYNOPSIS
Clockhead sits alone, with only the clocks he
has been customising and “humanising”
for company. The woman he loves has left.
He revisits places they had been, each one
evoking new memories. Through these
flashbacks we start to see the cracks begin
to show. He has to find her so they can fix
what has been broken.

STereOSCOPIC 3d; THe MakINg
Of CLOCkHead
Clockhead is Ireland’s first short to be
shot in stereoscopic 3d, produced using
new post-production technology from the
Sigmedia research group of Trinity College
dublin. Stereoscopic 3d post-production
is a delicate art, requiring that the image
manipulations on both left and right views
are matched, and typically doubling the
effort in post. for this project, Sigmedia
developed a unique suite of software tools
for the leading post-production platform
NUke.
for many years, we in the Sigmedia
group of Trinity College dublin have been
enthused by the technology behind the
motion picture industry. Our research
efforts were rewarded in 2007 by a
technical academy award. With the rise
of stereoscopic 3d post-production, we
have been developing new ideas that will
enhance the post-production pipeline and
advance the art of stereo post-production.
This short doubles as a showcase for some
of our technologies and is part of our larger
SfI funded research programme in content
aware media processing.
Science foundation Ireland (www.sfi.ie)
is an Irish State agency responsible for
investing in researchers and research
teams who are most likely to generate new
knowledge, leading-edge technologies
and competitive enterprises in the fields
of science and engineering, among them
ICT. Bold research in numerous disciplines
continues to transform the potential of ICT.
fields that have already contributed to ICT’s
evolution include the fundamental sciences,
the engineering of complex systems and
software, low-cost manufacturing
technologies, and end-user applications.
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WrITer / dIreCTOr
SOPHIE MERRY
a graduate of The Irish School of animation
(BCfe) in dublin and University College
dublin, Sophie Merry broke into directing
following the success of her Bandytoaster
“groovy dancing girl” videos which have
amassed over 8 million views to date.
In 2009, she choreographed and performed
in her first live action short film,“Solo duet”.
a director with Jumper Productions, she
works in the film, animation and advertising
industries. ‘Clockhead’ incorporates her
passions for writing, directing and performing.

VISUaL effeCTS eNgINeer
fRançOIS PItIé
dr. françois Pitié is currently a research
fellow at the Sigmedia group of Trinity
College dublin. He has extensive experience
in developing tools for post-production and
has been involved in multiple european
research projects on video restoration and
multiview cinema, including a 9-month
Marie-Curie post-doc at The foundry, the
leading company for digital post-production
software development. He holds a Ph.d. on
video segmentation under Professor anil
kokaram from the University of dublin,
Trinity College.
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exeCUTIVe PrOdUCer
anIl kOkaRaM
anil kokaram has been researching new
algorithms for visual media processing
since 1989, and is probably best known
for his work in automated film restoration.
after a long time with the Signal Processing
group at Cambridge University, he started
the Sigmedia group in Trinity College
dublin in 1998, where he is now associate
Professor in the electronic engineering
dept. Sigmedia has been “making media
useful” since then, and has published over
100 research papers in the area of digital
video processing. Since 2000, anil has
been learning from many people in the
film and broadcast industry and, in 2007,
was awarded a Science and engineering
academy award together with colleagues
at The foundry, for the use of motion in film
editing tools. In 2004, he started a small
company in the video processing space
which was acquired by google in 2011.
He hopes that this production will push
Sigmedia to continue to solve problems that
matter in the world of film creation.
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dIreCTOr Of PHOTOgraPHY
tREVOR WHElan
Trevor Whelan studied animation in ISa
dublin and film Production in Colaiste
dhulaigh and is currently a camera
operator with Observe/rTÉ.
Having worked on various IfB shorts
including PJ.dillon’s redux, and most
recently as director of Photography on the
Hotel darklight short, “Naughts & Crosses”.
Trevor is currently filming upcoming
feature documentary, “Shamrocracy”.
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COMPOSer / CLOCkHead
CHRIS tIMMS
Chris Timms is a visual artist working and
living in dublin. Primarily working with
media and technology, musically he has also
been a member of the groups Zabba and
Commissioner gordon, and performing at a
variety of concerts, including deaf ‘07
and Supafast.

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CaST
Clockhead
Woman
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Director
Script
Original Score
Director of Photography
Stereographer
assistant Director
Camera assistant
Set Designer
Model Maker
titles
layout artist
Visual Effects Engineer
Visual Effects Consultant
Visual Effects artist
Executive Producer
Chris Timms
Sophie Merry
Sophie Merry
Sophie Merry
Chris Timms
Chris Timms
Trevor Whelan
Charlie Carrera
gary Teeling
Brian Murphy
Cian O’Loughlin
Peter Williams
Jacqui ferns
Joseph Maher
françois Pitié
david Corrigan
Sophie Merry
Professor anil kokaram

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Running time:
4 mins 48 seconds
Genre:
Experimental / Stereoscopic 3D
Format:
HD
Completed:
31 May 2011
SHOOTINg PaCkage
Cameras:
2 x Iconix HD-RH1 cameras
2 x camera control units
Stereo Rig:
Inition Bolt Side-by-Side Rig
Recorders:
2 x Conergent Design Flash XDR boxes
Live Monitoring:
1 Inition Stereo Brain
+ 26” Hyundai Passive 3D Monitor
Non 3d sequences:
Canon 7d
CONTaCT:
sophiemerry@gmail.com
00 353 85 7205 786
This is part of the Science Foundation Ireland Principle Investigator (PI) Project
“Content Aware Media Processing” (08/IN.1/I2112).
Special thanks to: Science Foundation Ireland SFI Liason Sandra Collins for
supporting this experimental production, and thanks also to John Squires, Felix
Raimbault, Steve Woods, Gary Baugh, Conor Nolan, Frank Boland, Valerie Morris-
Kavanagh, Vittoria Colonna, Joel Whitman, Mark Durkan, and the Merry Family.
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