Jack Phelan - Video Designer & Filmmaker
kilkenny Arts Festival 2024 Six Sides Sawn nbsp; ANIMATION PROJECTION MAPPING Having had a blast making Light Up The Castle for Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2023, I was absolutely thrilled when Olga and Marjie asked if I’d like to come back to work on 2024’s edition. This is the definition of a no-brainer.Some time after the 2023 festival, I had an idea that involved making it appear that Kilkenny…
Donnacha Dennehy July Music Video .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } I’ve been dying to properly share this music video I made for Donnacha Dennehy’s divine piece of music, July. This…
Abbey Theatre SAFE HOUSE by Enda Walsh ︎We’re bringing SAFE HOUSE to NYC. 15th of February to nbsp;2nd of March 2025 at St. Anne’s Warehouse. nbsp;︎ ★★★★★ The GuardianSafe House, a new collaboration between writer-director Enda Walsh and composer Anna Mullarkey, is a dazzling achievement. In the form of a song cycle, with one live performer on stage, the experience is one of sensory envelopment…
Fictions Picture Co. Mero Animated Short Film ︎Where to see it: Dublin International Film Festival 2025 Berlin Short Film Festival 2025 Animation Dingle 2025 ︎I’m delighted to be one of DIFF’s nominees for their 2025 Discovery Award - see programme for the other nominees and more info. A short animated film I co-wrote and directed, based on the poem ‘Amphibians’ by Lauren Coe, and featuring the…
Wessex Grove VANYA Projection Design ︎VANYA starring Andrew Scott will run in NYC’s Lucille Lortel Theatre for 8 weeks. Previews begin 11th March 2025︎ A new production of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya by Simon Stephens, directed by Sam Yates, and starring Andrew Scott, co-created and designed by Rosanna Vize. My role: Video Designer img width="2557" height="1705" width_o="2557" height_o="1705"…
Prague Quadrennial 2023 This is Definitely Real nbsp; SHORT FILM A weird short film created by myself and the fantastic Bryan Quinn, who not only managed to flub the single four-word line he had, but managed to make it better by doing so. Some people. Produced in just 24 hours by Fictions Picture Company and Once Off Productions as part of Ireland's exhibition at The Prague Quadrennial of…
kilkenny Arts Festival In Good Hands nbsp; ANIMATION PROJECTION MAPPING In 2023 Kilkenny Arts Festival asked me if I would be interested in creating the film for that years Light Up The Castle event - a free, all ages outdoor event that takes place once darkness falls. I stupidly turned it down. Then I thought about it properly, and called the festival’s brilliant Marjie and Aidan back immediately…
CARRTOONS Sparkle nbsp; MUSIC VIDEO ANIMATION As part of a deal to use one of his tracks in another project, CARRTOONS asked me to make a music video for Sparkle. I love barter and I love making music videos so I made this in 24 hours using some new parts and spare parts from In Safe Hands. nbsp; The video is simple, combining some rostum shots of my hands on green-screen, two 3D animated…
Sophie Hunter Studio Salt of The Earth Installation Theatre A reimagining of the story of Lot’s Wife and a love letter to the Salt Marshes of the world. A new performance and installation created by Artist amp; Director nbsp;Sophie Hunter, premiering in Venice in September 2024. Salt of The Earth is a performance installation and artistic reflection on what it means to actively bear witness to our…
What I do I am a freelance video artist and designer specialising in end-to-end (design to playback) of animated, live action, motion graphic and live camera sequences for large-scale productions. video design for theatre, opera, danceon-set scenic video for film and TV I have nbsp; a deep understanding of the design process, technical details and the needs of other collaborators such as camera…