Compositing Reel 2021 Early October Cut

Link to my Compositing Artist 2021 reel can be found here: https://vimeo.com/636671266.
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SANDRA HERMAN   |   Compositing Reel 2021   |  Early October Cut

00:00 – Intro Title Card, Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”

Cut from the end of Harmony “Brain-bow” show effect; created for the series by Ken Turner, Senior Development Designer/ 2D Animator. Maya glitter animation is rendered by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.
Nuke.
 
00:03 – Doozers 2, “Holed Up.”

The animated rocks are sourced from a previous shot made by the animation department. A short sequence was rendered and combined with a locator constrained to the vehicle to emit rock particles. Dust clouds are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.
Nuke, Maya, Renderman.
 
00:12 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.”
Tornado provided by animation department; however, the geometry is used to emit white motion blur streaks. Characters also brightened to contrast from background.
Nuke, Maya.

00:18 – Charlie's Colorforms City 1, “Charlie is Super.”

Harmony sequences are from the design department and 2D Animation work is by Ken Turner. Motion-blur for the squiggles, glow behind character, and timing for when elements appear is arranged in Nuke.

Nuke.

00:21 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Midnight MADness”

Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off using echo node, skeleton graphic and cast glow composited in Nuke. Matches look of reoccurring effect, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017).
Nuke, Photoshop.
 
00:28 – Little People 2, “Braver Together.”
Existing animation department footage of fireflies used to render hold-out passes. These sequences were then made to glow yellow, flicker on-off, and also scaled to fit the background.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
 
00:33 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”

Animated scooter wheel and goo mesh provided by Pipeline TD. The impact shape was rendered using NCloth and Nuke roto-masks to integrate into the foreground.
Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.
 
00:39 – Kingston Paradise
Arranged muzzle flashes and cast glow, also adjusted smoke footage placement.
After Effects.
 
00:45 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Confetti is a show standard for an action that reoccurs in every episode, constructed by Don Urquhart, CG Supervisor and Daniel Lefebre, Lead Compositor. The glow pulse is animated in Nuke.
Nuke.
 
00:49 – Doozers Season 2, “Sand Sliders.”
Sand poof trails are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.
Nuke.
 
00:54 – Title Card, Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”

Same footage used from Intro Title Card, selecting a different part of the footage.
Nuke.