Awards: The Book of Birdie wins 'Best Feature Film'

One of the world's coolest female-led film festivals 'Stranger With My Face' has just awarded Best Feature Film 2017 to my film 'THE BOOK OF BIRDIE '. 

It was thrilling to attend, and to participate in the Attic Lab 2017, brewing up my next script!

Directing: First Look Trailer for The Book of Birdie

The first official trailer is out for my first feature film as a director,
premiering at Göteborg Film Festival. 
Find out more at www.thebookofbirdie.com

Feature Film: Direction The Book of Birdie

THE BOOK OF BIRDIE is an independent feature film, currently in post-production in London UK.  Shot on location in Wisconsin.   It's my first feature as the director, coming soon!

Matte Painting: Star Wars Opening Night in London

Digital Insanity crafted some amazing projections for the opening of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS in London. It was an incredible event - and I jumped on board for some of the matte painting of the projection backgrounds for the main stage.

You can see the artwork in the background here:

Props graphic design: Song of the Kraken

Prop graphic design: 

I designed this book that our main character Niko is reading in feature film The Winter. 

We've even had a few people ask where they can buy it to read it.  

'Song of the Kraken'

Short Film Storyboards: Twist-Tie

 Working up the storyboards for my short film project. It's a comical, quirky film, so I'm finishing with some colour to give them character.

Theatre Projection Design: The 12 Trials of Hercules

The 12 Trials Of Hercules - projection design at the Pantheon, Greece from Konstantinos Koutsoliotas on Vimeo.

The 12 Trials of Hercules
Pantheon Theatre
Athens, Greese

Projection Animation by Melancholy Star
Collaboration with Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Janet Lennon
Role: Shadow play design and matte painting

2014 Hellenic Academy Awards: Nominee for Best Scenography!

The 2014 Greek Academy Awards Finalists have been announced, 

and my design for 'The Winter' is in the running for Best Scenography! 

A huge thanks is due to my Art Department Crew: Vassilis Triantaphyllou, Anami Tara Shucart (the costumer), Alex Nicolaides, and the lovely work of the VFX by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, the DOP Kuba Kossak, animation by Jan Lennon, and the very special haunted house we shot in. 

See more of the project here.

www.winter-thefilm.com

Sketchbook: Opera Illustration Series

Opera Illustrations created exclusively for The Metropolitan Opera

Das Rheingold

Framed inside the golden Ring is Freia, the Goddess of youth and beauty. 

To preserve her services in Valhalla the gods seek out the Ring that will shape their own demise. 

From: Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen 

New Trailer: The Winter (Feature Film - Producer/Production Designer)

Brand new trailer for our first in-house production.  Now complete, 'The Winter' is a feature-length Greek language fantasy feature film.  From script to the finish of the edit, I've been involved on the creative producing side of the action, and it has been an amazing learning process.
Coming Soon!
Main Site: http://www.winter-thefilm.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/winterthefilm

Feature Film Production Design: The Winter

Feature: 'The Winter'

Low Budget Feature Film
Directed & Written by: Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
Production Design & Written by: Elizabeth E. Schuch

Shot on location in Greece in 20 days. Now in post-production, to be released Winter 2013/14.
Greek language feature film, suspense/fantasy/psychological genre.

Feature Film Concept/Pitch Art: The Silent Storm

Feature Film: Storyboard/Pitch Art
'The Silent Storm'
Director: Corinna McFarlane
Producer: Nicky Bentham

Currently Filming: 2014
An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them.





For 'The Silent Storm' I produced concept renderings and a storyboard scene sample for the Cannes Pitch Package.

Feature Film Production Design: Mozo

'Mozo' Feature Film

Directed & Written by: J. Dassier
Cinematography: Bill Butler
Production Design: Elizabeth E. Schuch
Art Director: Robert Czesak

Children's feature film, in pre-production/development.
English language, to be shot in Poland, with live animal characters. Spent several months on location in Warsaw developing the design for the film.


Locations, props, concept and costume renderings.
Collage, watercolour, pencil digital artwork.

Feature Film Storyboards: The Simulation

Feature: 'The Simulation' 

Phase VI FIlms
UK
In Development

Director: by Mark Buchanan 
Writer: Gregor Barclay

Sci-fi feature set in the science lab of an underground bunker in an alternative reality. Death, armageddon, and obsessive experimentation lead to disaster.

For 'The Simulation', we wanted a bold, blocky style to the graphics, with a nod to comic books, for the development of the film.

Feature Film Storyboards: Shaking Dreamland

Eagle Pictures
UK
2006

Director: Martina Nagel

When Robert marries the beautiful Alice they are the 'perfect couple'. But the moment he learns his wife is pregnant, dark secrets from the past fly unbidden into the present and threaten to destroy their future.

Working closely with director Martina, we developed the psychological environments that reflect the descent from happy family life to a darker, more dangerous nightmare.

The images were hand-painted with watercolour and ink, acrylic, or pencil/chalk. We also developed initial concept art to define the romantic/impressionistic mood of the film.

Feature Film Storyboards: Starcrossed

Feature: 'Starcrossed'

Yellow Pictures
Portugal
2005
Director: Mark Heller

Based on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, set in modern-day Portugal. Romance set amidst the fictional rivalry between two of Portugal's most prominent football teams (Invicta and Castelo), when mutual disdain has spread further than the pitch.

For 'Starcrossed' - I produced watercolour storyboards to evoke the mood and vivid locations for the film.

Feature Film: Storyboards: 'The Silk Road'

Feature: 'Silk Road'
Triptych Films
UK
In Development

Director: Bart Gavigan

Set in picturesque China, a family drama, featuring motifs of the mythical red-crowned crane.
Created graphic storyboards for pitch and development of the film in watercolour and inkwash.

Theatre Set Design: Mojo

Theatre: 'Mojo'

Mary-Arrchie Theatre, Chicago
Director: David Cromer
Set Design: Elizabeth E. Schuch

Set in a seedy nightclub in Soho in the 1950's. Making use of the unique black-box theatre shape to it's full depth and width, using the building's architectural features where possible.

Theatre Set Design: Journey's End

Theatre: Journey's End

Seanachai Theatre
Director: David Cromer
Set Design: Elizabeth E. Schuch

WINNER
Chicago Joseph Jefferson award for Best Set Design, 2003





Trapped in a claustrophobic underground bunker, the whole production team aimed to make the experience feel as real as possible, bringing the audience into the WWI bunker to witness the tension intimately.

Real dirt, twig-woven trench walls and found felled trees dragged into the theatre gave the set realistic texture and earthy smell. I wanted realism, but also psychological weight to the space.

Theatre Set Design: Polaroid Stories

Theatre: 'Polaroid Stories'

Merle Reskin Theatre
Director: Lisa Portes
Set Design: Elizabeth E. Schuch

Greek myths crash with inner city youths, in the environment of an abandoned theatre. Set and prop design, scenic painting.