Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A quick behind-the-scenes look at my Portal Christmas vid for 2013. About 2 weeks of work went into this. ;)
The music in this is a work-in-progress track I've made. I'll be finishing and uploading it soon. =)
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Wheatley and the bots have a little Christmas adventure. ;)
Tried some new stuff in this one;
- Motion-capture with a Kinect
- All sets built entirely in SFM on the black_void map
- Some custom particles
As always; thanks to August 'Rantis' Loolam for making the awesome Core, Turret and Bird custom rigged models. ^_^
youtube.com/user/aug440
'Frosty The Snowman' Instrumental by Vevo Music.
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A quick behind-the-scenes look at my Portal Christmas vid for 2013. About 2 weeks of work went into this. ;)
The music in this is a work-in-progress track I've made. I'll be finishing and uploading it soon. =)
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Wheatley and the bots have a little Christmas adventure. ;)
Tried some new stuff in this one;
- Motion-capture with a Kinect
- All sets built entirely in SFM on the black_void map
- Some custom particles
As always; thanks to August 'Rantis' Loolam for making the awesome Core, Turret and Bird custom rigged models. ^_^
youtube.com/user/aug440
'Frosty The Snowman' Instrumental by Vevo Music.
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![Portal Stories: Mel - Soundtrack | 28 - Waking Up To Science [menu]
Track 28 - Waking Up To Science [menu version] from the soundtrack I composed and produced for Portal Stories: Mel; a free, stand-alone modification for Portal 2.
The games Steam page:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/317400/
Full soundtrack playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFW7HJ_xvmRcIZNiJVLY_dm1KrfFVRPfa
You can download the full soundtrack, completely free from:
.zip - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vQD5cNqsrDW7Yed3R2ty9OnWNMtcLsjq
Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/dlc/317400/
Alternatively; if you wish to support me, you can buy the album from my Bandcamp page:
Bandcamp: https://harrycallaghan.bandcamp.com/album/portal-stories-mel-soundtrack
The soundtrack is also available on:
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1015688519
Spotify | Google Play | other popular streaming services
Overall, the soundtrack took about 10 months to make, going through a lot of iterations as the feel of the game and environments changed.
Composed and produced with Reason 8.
Album art by Jacob Briggs:
http://www.jacobbriggs.co.uk/
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![Portal - Dumb Ways To Die [Behind The Scenes]
A quick behind-the-scenes of my Portal parody of the song, Dumb Ways To Die by Tangerine Kitty.
I made the music in this video; its another track I have been working on called Keep Running.
Original song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw
Original video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v SSdTXNK2mo
If you enjoyed this, please Like and Subscribe for more! ^_^
My other work:
This Is Aperture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIVmKOdrBk
The Wheatley Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2wDDwxqHg
If I Were A Core - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U_RvUYINpo
GLaDOS Is To Blame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDY-DF4Lpdg
A huge thanks to my friend August Rantis Loolam for the custom Bendy rig, amazing dance animations and general support! His channel - www.youtube.com/aug440
A few models were free stock models taken from www.turbosquid.com and modified for my own needs.
Software used to make this:
3DS Max 12 - [3D Modelling / Animation / Rendering]
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - [Editing / Colour-Grading / Final Export]
Reason 5 - [Music Composition / Vocal Editing]
Audacity - [Vocal Editing / Other Audio Editing]
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![Portal - Meet The Cores 2
Episode 2 of the Meet The Cores Portal series.
Made over roughly 3 months in my spare time. I actually started it nearly 2 years ago, but got swamped by other projects, and busy life stuff. So, some of the shots are 2 years old, and some are 20 minutes old. =P
Full Music-Video for Hello by Music Core:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQ7De OBs
More bloopers and unused voices!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2crXko7ec&t=2s
If you enjoyed this, please hit Like, Share it around to your friends, and Subscribe for more! It really helps! ^_^
You can also support my work on Patreon! ^_^
https://www.patreon.com/Harry101UK
Episode 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFXCC4Hfa0
The soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKkbbtJh29s&feature=youtu.be
My other Portal videos you might enjoy!
This Is Aperture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIVmKOdrBk
Carol Of The Turrets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0NXY89WsxY
If I Were A Core
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U_RvUYINpo
The Wheatley Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2wDDwxqHg
Defective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_0BapT0mOQ
The Pit Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QO40HjRH2w
Making Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDAFivGsKX4
GLaDOS Is To Blame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDY-DF4Lpdg
Dumb Ways To Die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v SSdTXNK2mo
Animation | Original Music | Editing | Sound Design
Harry Callaghan
Enhanced Turret | Core Rigs
August Rantis Loolam
Smooth Jazz
Dave Koz - Together Again
Other Music
Valve / Mike Morasky - Portal 2 OST
Lionel Richie - Hello Instrumental
Additional Maps
[Portal Stories: Mel]
Annemieke Eerkes
Stephen Ferguson
Christopher Onorati
Galaxy particle effect by
Richard Seabrook
Voices (in order of appearance)
Kevan Brighting
-Narrator Core
Harry Callaghan
-Fact Core
-Space Core
-Drill Sergeant Core
-Motel Supervisor Core
-Music Core
-Oxygen Core
-Humor Core
-Wheatley
-Turrets
-Announcer
-Additional Voices
Sean Oxspring
-Ego Core
-Omni Core
Gregory James Holgate
-Ray
-Chuck
Stig Finsen Sydtangen
-Virgil
Christopher Thomson
-Glitchy
Software Used:
Animation | Rendering - Source Filmmaker
Video Editing - Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 | Adobe After Effects | Adobe Photoshop
Audio Editing - Audacity | Melodyne Studio 3 / 4 |
Music - Reason 8
3D Modelling - 3DS Max 2016
Various microphones used:
-Audio Technica AT4033a
-Rode NTG-3
-Blue Spark
-Blue Snowball
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![Portal 2 - 75,000 Subscribers! [before & after]
This is the before & after VFX video for my 75K Subscriber video. Lots of chroma-key in this one. ;)
The background footage of the beach was recording in the game Crysis 1.
Music by:
Astrum - Theom - http://astrum.bandcamp.com/album/theom-ep
Wow! 75,000 subscribers! Thanks a lot everyone! Im hoping to have a lot more videos up very soon! As always, let me know if theres anything youd like to see. I always try to read and respond to as many comments as possible! ^_^
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