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2013 Demo Reel Breakdown

Shot 1: "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" - "Do it for Peaches."

Shot 2: "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" - "We're going to the pole!"

Shot 3: "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" - "Sugar plums!"

Shot 4: "Halo 4" - Crawler cinematic

  • Responsible for all animation in the first character. Remaining characters were approximately 50% key frame animation and 50% layering/blending existing content. Characters provided by 343 Industries.

Shot 5: Animation Mentor - Big Head

Shot 6 & 7: "Halo 4" - Master Chief deaths

  • Responsible for all animation. Character provided by 343 Industries.

Shot 8: "Halo 4" - Cortana splinter

  • Small portion of a 40 second sequence that I animated involving about 50% key-frame animation and 50% mo-cap.
  • Character provided by 343 Industries.

Shot 9: "Green Lantern" - Ryan Reynolds push-up fail

  • Responsible for cleaning up motion capture curves and keyframe animating everything from the shoulders down to the fingertips. Animated body musculature and blended CG neck muscles into the 2D plate.
  • Characters created by Sony Imageworks. Property of Warner Brothers.

Shot 10: Animation Mentor - Snowy hill climb

Shot 11 & 12: "Halo 4" - Grunt and Jackal pantomime conversation animation cycle

  • Responsible for all animation. These are cropped versions of full animation cycles.
  • Character provided by 343 Industries.

Shots 13: Animation Mentor - Swim

Shot 14-17: "Spirit of Euro" Coke commercial - Crash

  • Responsible for all animation. The characters' eyes are live-action recordings blended on top of the CG characters.
  • Created by Bent Image Lab. Property of Coca Cola.

 

MUSIC:

"Sweet Talkin' Woman" by Electric Light Orchestra

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