Compositing Show Reel Shot Breakdown – SANDRA HERMAN
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00:00 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1, “Mystery Charlie.” 2019. Title Card: is cut from the end of Harmony/Maya “Brain-bow.” Cut from shot that matches show standard look. Nuke.
00:02 – Little People S2, “Braver Together.” 2018. Using surrounding shots to make solo passes of 3D fireflies trails. Applied these renders as alpha hold-outs on cards. Match live-action reference for 2D background fireflies on-and-off timing. 3D firefly glow. Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
00:08 – Doozers S2, “Holed Up.” 2018. Emit blurry dust and rocks, and match the rocks to key shots. Rendered CG rocks for alpha. Attached a locator to follow the bulldozer. Dust clouds adapted from Molly’s jet-pack, used throughout S2. Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
00:18 – Little People S2, “Kolby Speaks Up.” 2018. Scrubber bubbles treatment increases through sequence. Escaping bubbles adapted from Nuke bubbles used in episode, “Potty Ahoy!” S2. Nuke waterspout adapted from Little People S1, “Help Wanted.” Transparency and roto-mask clean-up. CC to match plate sky colour. Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
00:23 – Doozers S2, “Sand Sailer.” 2018. Sand poofs follow locators constrained to surfboards. Adapted from Molly’s jet-pack, used throughout S2. Maya, Nuke.
00:27 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.” 2017. Create the impact shape from scooter wheel. CC and roto-masks to blend edges into foreground. Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.
00:30 – Kingston Paradise. 2013. Muzzle flash element, opacity of smoke, placement of smoke footage, Roto-mask for interactive glow. After Effects.
00:37 – Inspector Gadget S2, “Midnight Madness.” 2017. Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off, skeleton graphic, cast glow. Matches look of reoccurring treatment, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017). Nuke, Maya.
00:40 – Miss Weather and Friends, “Charlie Goes Camping.” 2022. Transition fire glow over main-plate following lighting strike. Match flamingo particles to approved design. Nuke.
00:49 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1, “Charlie is Super.” 2019. Create hero solo moment with glow, blur, and animation timing for when 2D Harmony sequences appear. Nuke.
00:53 – Kingston Paradise. 2013. Muzzle flash element, opacity of smoke, placement of smoke footage. After Effects.
00:55 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.” 2017. Animated glow pulse. Confetti matches show standard, reoccurs in every episode. Nuke.
01:00 – Charlie's Colorforms City S1, “Mystery Charlie.” 2019. The same footage used for Title Card, only now it’s a still frame. Video run-time: 1:01 seconds.
