who Do you think you are, I am!

James Barry - who also happens to be me - does lots of stuff. Directing, DOP/Cinematography, VFX & VFX supervision (practical accented by digital is king), art/creative direction, pre-production, post-production - editing, VFX, practical FX, grading, title design, motion graphics, animation, compositing, sound design, kickflips & really bad to ok jokes.   I can also take photos, expertly hack my way around photoshop and drew some pretty good comics when I was a kid.

I co-founded Ramble Films 12 years ago with my bud Sean, where we focus on more creative endeavours. I am currently looking for opportunities to collaborate.  I am also available for freelance projects, travel, on-site contract work, and full-time creative work and content production.

SICKBOI EP.01 “THE FLAME OF PROMETHEUS” CLOTHING CAMPAIGN

Partnering with Ren & his Sickboi crew, we brought a story of survival and a mysterious prophecy to life. In just over a month, we pushed ourselves to make a world that feels big and alive, investing every ounce of energy and skill into the project. I was involved in and helped manage every step of the process, from pre-production to final delivery. The project got over 150k views in the first 48 hours, and sickboi almost completely sold out of everything in the same window of time. A RAMBLE production.

Full credits on Youtube.

Roles: Pre-production (all of it), Producer, Art Direction, Production design & build, Edit, Sound, VFX, Titles.

KADAVAR “HYSTERIA” music video

A video I directed, co-DP’d and did post production on for the Berlin band KADAVAR’s new song “Hysteria”. The album explores concepts of wanting to disconnect from new technology and the mass obsession that seems to have consumed everyone in it’s filthy ad focused digital claws. Supporting scenes were inspired by Yoshihiro Nishimura's Anatomia Extinction, and we used red light to symbolize that virus that is what the internet has become.

Full credits on YouTube.

Roles: Director, Co-DP, Edit, VFX, Grade.

kurtis wells “abyss” music video

Edit, VFX & Titles for Kurtis Wells “Abyss” music video directed by Adam Munnings and shot on 16mm Kodak film that premiered on theFader.com, produced by Modest Dept.

Full credits available on Youtube.

"In my darkest moments, while drowning in an abyss of emotional bankruptcy, reflecting on the universal truth reminded me that the difference between success and failure is one more time." K. Wells

For the titles and graphic elements I shot them in studio and comped them into the final edit.

Roles: Post production - Editing, VFX, Title Design.

Tom Randall: Here and There Documentary

Directed by my friend George Phillips, Here and There follows climber Tom Randall as he redefines urban climbing in Berlin, blending creativity and fearlessness to tackle unconventional routes. The film highlights his unique philosophy, inspiring climbers to see the sport—and the city—in bold new ways. Supported by Rab. 30 min runtime.

Roles: Exec. Producer, Post Production.

DISCOVERY ZONE “MALL OF LUV” Music video

Working closely w JJ on artistic direction we created this fictional warped dream world where love is a commodity and there’s infinite possibilities, if you can afford the experience.

For the look we mixed in warped AI versions of JJ with a retro-gaming treatment to create a digital world that can save you from being alone.

Roles: Everything.

Oakley - I Want to see it

VFX and rear projection animations for an Oakley cycling film from Thomas Van Kristen and Marius Müller.

Directors: Marius Müller, Thomas Van Kristen
Executive Producer: Benjamin Markstein,
Gerrit Piechowski
Producer: Badria-Lea Bader

DoP: Gerrit Piechowski, Barton Kirchmann

Roles: VFX.

ALTAMEDA “What good am i?” live video

Met up with the Altameda boys while they were on tour to shoot a live play through of their new song “What good am I?” while in London.

We ran the footage through an old TV to give it that classic 90s retro vibe.

A Ramble Films Production.

Roles: All of it.

Kynda Gray “sucht” music video

Edit, VFX & Titles for Kynda Gray’s “Sucht” on Division Recordings, directed by the wonderfully talented Adam Munnings and shot on 16mm Kodak film. Full credits available on Youtube.

Kynda Gray "Sucht" streaming: https://goldleague.lnk.to/Sucht

Roles: Post production - Editing, VFX, Title Design.

acne x Lampoon “XEROX ISOLA”

A very fun collab with director Tereza Mundilova, where she brought me some footage from this photoshoot for Acne & Lampoon and a loose idea of the world to create and then let me play around with the footage to create this final piece.

Full credits on LAMPOON.

Roles: Post production - Editing, sound design, VFX, Title Design.

kadavar “eternal light” music video

A music video for KADAVAR’s beautiful “Eternal Light” single from the Isolation Tapes, created during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020, featuring Tiger & his daughter.

“I think that's what the song is about - take a good memory with you and let it enlighten you. Luca's smile can brighten a dark day. She is my eternal light ".
- Tiger

Directed and shot by my friend Victor Puigcerver.

Roles: Post production - Editing, VFX, Title Design, Grading.

kurtis wells “a song about the sun” MUSIC VIDEO

Was very happy to create a few effects to match this beautiful video for Kurtis Wells, directed by the boss, Maik Schuster. All of the editing and effects were done first, and then the final film was printed onto 35mm film.

Directed by Maik Schuster / IAMHERE
Creative Direction by C/O Magick
Produced by Iconoclast

Full credits on youtube/vimeo.

Roles: VFX, Compositing.

space chaser “remnants of technology”

The beautiful love child of director Lucas Fiederling of Peregrine Films & Space Chaser, released on Metal Blade Records. I worked on VFX and VFX supervision with a super tight timeline. This video is a wild sci-fi rollercoaster the only Lucas could make happen as it did. Read more about it on his directors notes interview.

Full credits (and there’s alot) on youtube/vimeo.

Roles: VFX, VFX Supervision.

Discovery Zone “Ur Eyes” Music Video

Working with JJ (Discovery Zone) I took a deep dive into the world of AI imagery/video creation to create a retro-futuristic world where self-enhancement is more than skin deep. Created with a mix of Midjourney, RunwayML after effects and some analog processes.

Roles: Design, Direct, Titles, VFX, Edit, Animations, Final Look.

Catrice Shine Bomb Campaign

Post production work for Catrice Cosmetics Shine Bomb launch campaign, under the direction of Tereza Mundilova & PEACH Berlin.

Click here to see a selection of retouch stills by yours truly.

Roles: Edit, VFX, Stills Retouching

civilist x carharTt wip Summer 2021

For Summer 2021, Carhartt WIP has collaborated with the iconic Berlin-based skate shop and brand Civilist and got mad trippy bro to create a nine-piece capsule collection.

Shot by David Daub and Directed by Paul Herrmann.

Roles: VFX

jealous “K-Hole II” music video

A music video I directed, shot and edited for the Berlin based rock and roll kids Jealous for “K-Hole II” from their most recent album, co-released on NY based dedstrange records and Berlin based baby satan records. featuring dancer/model Lucio Vidal and a ton of other weird and wonderful friends and creatures.

This video was made possible by the support and talent of some wonderful friends, check the youtube link for full credits.

It premiered on Kaltblut Magazine, follow the link for some nice BTS from Sarah Parsons Texas and more info.

Roles: All of it.

crack ignaz “bipolar” music video

I created some dreamy surreal effects for Maik Schuster’s surreal dreamy music video for Crack Ignaz.

„Ich müsst‘ schon lang in Therapie, aber lieg‘ wieder hier bei dir. Girl du machst mich Bipolar. Was du machst mit mir ist bipolar.“

Directed by Maik Schuster
Produced by IAMHERE

Roles: VFX, Compositing.

Minimal schlager “FMB” music video

“With a slow pulsing Moroder like beat, overlaid with unvarnished ethereal and siren-like vocals, the melange of scenes that follow in the video, graded in grainy saturation, resembles a Lynchian version of Berlin and all its colorful ensemble of characters.”
From the online premiere write up on post-punk.com

Directed by Oscar Valentine.

Roles: Cinematography/DOP, Post production - Title designs, animations, Editing, VFX, Grading.

Oakk “go” music video

A music video I had the pleasure of working on with some of my favorite people for the artist OAKK. I did the edit, the grade, and the visual effects.

Directed by Sean Edwards & Ryan Leason
Cinematography by Grant Cooper

Roles: Post production - Editing, VFX, Grading.

paradise “flickering” music video

A music video I made for Paradise, shot entirely on smartphones & a cheap handi-cam. The idea was to see what it was possible to make spending as little as possible on production, combining both practical distortions and FX with some post techniques and a lot of help from friends.

“With a sound that’s part punk, part noise feedback, part grunge ballad, Paradise makes me see the world through fizzy vision so everything sparkles and winks back at me.” cvltnation.com

Roles: Director, DOP/Cinematography, edit, VFX.

what we see: a film by many

I had the pleasure of doing a few effects and compositing a few scenes for Director Maik Schuster ‘s film “What We See” that explores people's hopes and anxieties during quarantine.

This experimental project takes a deep dive into private thoughts amplified by feelings of physical isolation during the coronavirus lockdown.

The video was recently featured on NOWNESS.

Directed/Produced by Maik Schuster/IAMHERE

Role: VFX, Compositing.

EVVOL 'SFTBH (Rollin')

I designed and animated titles and did the color grading for Wilkosz & Way's music video for EVVOL's 'Song for the Broken Hearted (Rollin')'.

Role: Motion Graphics, Grading.

  The video recently premiered on COMPLEX.

Young Drunk Punk Reel

Young Drunk Punk was a broadcast TV show created by Bruce McCulloch, of Kids in the Hall Fame. We were hired to create some supporting online content.  We needed to create some DIY home movies from the show's two main characters, Ian and Shinky. We created 13 episodes that were uploaded to CityTV and CBC's sites in sync with the live episodes on broadcast TV.

Role: Cinematography, Directing, Sound, Motion Graphics, Editing, Grading.

YDP playlist on Youtube  |  imdb

Silvester Berlin 2018-19

In Berlin for New Years/Silvester, everyone is out on the streets shooting off fireworks and guns and it's super rowdy. It also seems pretty dangerous but everyone is having a great time. This is a short documentary I filmed of people doing that in Neukolln and Kreuzberg.

Role: Cinematography, Editing, Grading, Titles, Sound Design. Music by Luke Steinmann.

‘Blissful Morning Dream Interpretation Melody’ music video for discovery zone

A music video/infomercial we created for an ambiguous abstract new technology that interprets your dreams, created with stock footage and animation. Initially we were meant to shoot something for this song, but because the city got locked down due to COVID-19, we had to improvise. Directed by JJ (discovery zone).

Role: Editing, grading, animations, VFX.

Discovery Zone on Spotify

DEMO REEL (2017)

As expected, a collection of earlier work from my time running Ramble Films back in Canada.

Ramble films is a production company specializing in independent productions and music videos.

It is run in collaboration with Sean Edwards.

Role: All aspects of production.

Polar Perspectives at Glenbow

Some subtle cinemagraphs using historic photos created for the Glenbow Museum, to help promote an exhibition featuring Canada's first professional female photographer and her husband's work during their time in Canada’s Arctic North (1903-1909).

Role: Motion Graphics, Grading, Sound.

glenbow.org

CAMP Festival Highlights

A highlights reel created to showcase CAMP, Calgary's creative arts and technology festival.

Role: Cinematography, Interviews, Sound, Motion Graphics, Editing, Grading.

campfestival.ca

A Seat at our Table Series

We managed and produced a nine month web series in Collaboration with ATB Financial, featuring top Alberta Chefs & Farmers working together to showcase what Alberta has to offer.

Role: Production Management, Cinematography,  Interviews, Sound, Motion Graphics, Editing, Grading.

aseatatourtable.com

Project Wild Artist Development

Working with Alberta Music and a local radio station we produced an online series that followed and showcased local hopeful music talent as they learned about breaking into the industry and competed to win $100K.

Role: Planning, Art Direction, Cinematography, Sound, Directing, Editing, Grading, Motion Graphics, Title Design.

Click here to check out all the content.

$100 Film Festival

I was asked to create a trailer for CSIF's 24th annual $100 film festival (now artifact film festival.)

Role: Editing, Motion graphics, Title Design & Animation.

artifactfilmfestival.com
csif.org

Sled Island Music Festival

The Sled Island Festival got flooded and had to shut down early in 2013, so for our 2014 recap video we created a swamp/party creature that emerges from the river, and we follow his journey as he parties his way through the festival.

Role: Cinematography, Costume Design, Sound, Title Design, Motion Graphics, Editing, Grading.

‘Adrian Martinus’

A short film that tells the story of two craftsmen brothers, Adrian & Martinus, who make furniture and other things out of old skateboards. Parts of their process maybe be considered morally questionable to some.

Role: Script-writer, director, producer, cinematographer, post-production, sound design.

Adrian & Martinus make beautiful one of a kind pieces out of recycled skateboards. Check out more of their work here: adrianmartinus.com

Scion Sessions

We were approached by Scion to create a music video for Dominic Pierce's Vertical Feel.

Role: Cinematography, Title Design, Editing, Grading.

youtube.com/scionsessions

Harley-Davidson Freedom Jacket

We were asked to create a video that told the 'freedom story' of Jan Hudec, a Canadian downhill ski racer. This was included as part of a global Harley-Davidson campaign that followed their ‘freedom jacket’ around the world.

Role: Cinematography, Editing, Grading, Animation.