Demise

Same cast, same location, 13 years later. Based on our first short film “Demise of the Republic” in 2003 comes this impromptu 2016 remake. We shot this in two half days during my little sister’s wedding while all of us were in town together again. Finally Finished! Please enjoy Demise from 2016!   A Look Behind the…

Star Wars Laser Tutorial

Star Wars episode 7 The Force Awakens premiered before Christmas. It was fantastic! I have always loved Star Wars, I credit a lot of my early imagination to that galaxy, particularly my interest in movies and special effects. There is a great scene toward the beginning of the new film where Poe Dameron shoots at…

Festive People

I recently had the opportunity to cut a quick video for some fun guys, the Festive People. A friend of mine, John Lane, texted and asked if I would cut this for them. The video needed to be finished pretty quick, go figure as most of the projects I get have a fast turn around.…

final cut pro 7 tutorial

Color Correction Tools In Final Cut Pro

The first tutorial I ever recorded. It’s pretty rough around the edges and probably not very helpful to watch. It did however, teach me a lot about myself. Through the years and looking back I’m still learning how to better present information, though I still have a very long way to go I feel like…

pvc lightsaber handle

PVC Lightsaber Handle

How to make an affordable lightsaber? Why a hardware store of course! I walked around the PVC aisle looking for cool pieces and slowly piecing together my own custom lightsaber handle. I took home the handful of plastic parts, screwed them all together, ground off the lettering on the sides, and painted them with some…

Projection Design by Justin Hemsley

Lindsey Stirling | The Music Box Tour

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to work with Lindsey Stirling to design some artwork to accompany a narration for part of her show. The project had a fairly quick turn around so the style consisted of elements that I stole from myself, basically for the sake of time and simplicity. Things don’t look as polished…

Scratch Built Spaceship

Here is a semi Star Wars style spaceship built from scratch. Please excuse the messy workplace, when I get on a roll, that stuff happens… Also, the pink poster paper was left over from some props we build last year, figured it could get put to use as long as there was paint involved;)  …

eviDANCE Projection Design by Justin Hemsley

Demo Reel 2015

It has been a wile since I’ve made a new demo reel, early 2013 was the last one, and the one before that was in March of 2011. I figured it was about time to whip out a new one, especially as I will be graduating college shortly and will likely be asked to show…