Esurance - Buffalo Roam
VFX Supervisor, Lead Nuke Compositor (2012)
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Client-facing role with director and agency.
Shoot only allowed for two live buffalo on location.
Designed shape of herds for compositional depth, editorial continuity, and creature variety.
Regraded buffalo plates for time-of-day lighting changes.
Removed all buffalo wranglers, harnesses, etc.
DirecTV - Hot House
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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2d animation to enhance timing on stunt floor performance.
Comped additional practically-shot flame elements with heat haze and interactive lighting.
Rebuilt the plate, removing firefighter, gas lines, practical flame propellents, etc.
Loads of additional cleanup, wire removal, matte painting.
Target - Falling for Fall
Nuke Compositor (2012)
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Responsible for final comp.
Designed virtual camera move to match to balance perspective of different camera moves on foreground and background talent.
2d animation on clothing items falling through frame
IBK and Primatte key on talent, objects.
Edge treatment, lightwrap.
Director: Patrick Daughters
2D Lead: Ryan Knowles
Full spot.
Boardwalk Empire - A Man, a Plan...
Nuke Compositor (2012)
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Responsible for final comp.
Film scratch removal over skin, lace shirt, knit sweater.
Matched cloth deformation and wrinkling in flickering light.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa
VFX Supervisor: Mikael Pettersson
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Nike Plus - Game On
Nuke Compositor / Smoke Conform (2012)
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Reprojected clean wall, ground, columns, fence, etc. in order to remove practical basketball players for CG replacements.
Initial comp of CG replacements and green platforms.
Conformed first round EDL of plates for roto artists to begin work before locked edit.
Director: Adam Berg
2D Lead: Paul O'Shea
Full spot and credits
DirecTV - Love Match
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Responsible for final comp.
Created frozen candelabra elements with heat haze, smoke, and interactive lighting.
Comped CG frozen jewelry.
Photographed formal garden elements for background matte painting.
Lots of wire removal.
Director: Frederick Bond
2D Lead: Kim Stevenson/Franck Lambertz
Full spot
Mercedes - Passing Through
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Warped rear-view, passenger-side, and driver-side mirror elements to match perspective and parallax of combined exterior/interior/exterior virtual camera move.
Various car interior mattes cleanup.
Director: Adam Berg
2D Lead: Benoit Mannequin
Full spot and credits
Lexus - December to Remember 2012 campaign
Nuke Compositor (2012)
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Completely re-lit and rebuilt five CG cars from diffuse, normal and position passes, bringing out shape in body work and details.
Comped shadows, falloff, and vignette around snow matte painting.
Created animated bokeh on background element.
Direct interaction with agency client.
Directed by: Nez Khammal
2D Lead: Mark Holden/Jake Montgomery
Full spots: club, friend, dinner
Esurance - What If
VFX Supervisor, Lead Nuke Compositor (2012)
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Client-facing role with director and agency.
Designed virtual camera move to turn lockoff into a crane shot.
Extended, cleaned, and reprojected spiral garage structure onto spiral geometry.
Warped lockoff shots of different cars.
Designed and blocked preloader icon.
Director: Omri Cohen
2D Lead: Elliott Brennan
Full spot
Esurance - Built to Save
VFX Supervisor; Lead Nuke Compositor (2012)
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Client-facing role with director and agency.
Comped CG building and cars.
Integrated light, shadow, and reflections into final comp.
Director: Omri Cohen
2D Lead: Elliott Brennan
Full spot
Heineken - Handlebar Moustache
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Multiplane cleanup: sink, mirror, background reflections
Director: Noam Murro
2D Lead: Jake Montgomery
Full spot and credits
Mercedes - Unchained
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Created matte painting of chained rocks; tracked and comped into shots.
Chain and background rig cleanup.
Director: Adam Berg
2D Lead: Jake Montgomery
Full spot and credits
Honda - Monster
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Responsible for final comp.
Composited CG eyes to replace static puppet eyes.
Matched CG fur to puppet fur around eyes, eyelids.
Integrated light, shadow, and window glare into final comp.
Various background cleanup and car beauty work.
Director: Guy Shelmerdine
2D Lead: Kim Stevenson
Full spot
Lexus - The Hard Way
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Rebuilt wheels to hide brake lockup.
Rebuilt reflection in pavement.
Cleaned foreground and background pavement.
Various car beauty work.
Director: Iain Mackenzie
2D Lead: Kim Stevenson
Full spot
Dairy Queen - Shaving Bunnies
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Designed, timed, and comped "Mini Blizzard" animated transition.
Various mattes and cleanup.
Director: Brian Beletic
2D Lead: Ryan Knowles
Full spot
Chevy Volt - Discovery
Nuke Compositor (2011)
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Designed and animated computer startup display.
Warped and retimed smoke puff
Director: Filip Engstrom
2D Lead: Kim Stevenson/Drew Downes
Full spot and credits