Sandra Herman | Compositor
Shot Breakdown – April 2026
01:02 – Video runtime
00:00 – Title Card. Nuke.
00:01 – Prey 2022. Nuke. – Only the creative note to make the blood read more red. Reveal expanding Roto-mask on blood puddle.
00:06 – Prey 2022. Nuke. – Apply metallic highlights to wounds. Clean-up around hands and green blood splatter. The full integration (arm, hand, blood) was by another compositor.
00:07 – Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023. Nuke. – Match lead compositor’s key shot set-up for pink character, Veb. Background glow, Roto-cut out on FG screen-left arm.
00:08 – Prey 2022. Nuke. – Integrate wound: track, grade. Help from a senior compositor to copy flickering light from plate.
00:11 – Caillou S1.E23.“The Blame Game,” 2024. Nuke. – Frame to frame pose Roto-shape to reveal Gilbert from the dark alley. Grade BG set elements.
00:16 – Snow White 2025. Nuke. – Match stained glass glow from key-shot. Cut-out colour shapes to grade, use tracking to apply the fix. Despill green cast on FG floor, lantern, clothing.
00:25 – Little People S2.E11. “Braver Together.” 2018. Maya, Renderman, Nuke. – Use surrounding shots to make solo passes of 3D firefly trails. Apply renders as alpha on cards. Match live-action references for glow timing/overall look.
00:30 – Caillou S1.E5. “Building a Better Snow Buddy.” 2024. Nuke. – Create paint shape with uneven edges and attach to cards. Apply frame-holds to stick paint strips to the wall following the rolling motion.
00:34 – F is for Family S4.E2. “Nothing is Impossible,” 2020. Maya, Renderman. – Render headlight cones holdout, windows cut-out for character, and colour pass. Extract the vehicle interior to apply lines around the windows.
00:38 – Jim Hensen's Doozers S2.E10. “Holed Up.” 2018. Nuke, Maya. – Render rocks for Nuke particle system. Apply the dusty plume. Grade.
00:42 – Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023. Nuke. – Update script with CG-suit render, Grade goo at neck to match the chin, and clean-up at the neck. Paint-out plate to remove the body. QC: incl. black/white levels.
00:44 – Inspector Gadget S2.E211. “Midnight Madness.” 2018. Nuke. – Roto-lightening shapes drawn and timed on-off using Echo-node. Apply skeleton plate. Glow. Match the look of reoccurring treatment from S2.E201.
00:46 – Jim Hensen's Doozers S2.E9. “Sand Sailer.” 2018. Maya, Nuke. – Sand poofs follow locators constrained to surfboards. Adapted from ‘Molly’s jetpack,’ used throughout S2. Grade to match BG sand, apply more gravity/wind.
00:50 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1.E8. “Charlie is Super.” 2019. – Nuke. – Create a hero solo moment with glow, blur, and re-time of 2D Harmony “shapes” renders.
00:52 – Little People S2.E15, “Kolby Speaks Up.” 2018. Nuke. – Interactive bubbles clinging to the scrubbers made in Maya. Rain and the bubbles flying through the sliding door are Nuke particles based on S2.E2.
00:56 – Transformers: The Rise of the Beasts 2023. Nuke. – Integrate shadow pass updates for Arcie as a motorcycle, then transition to robotic shadow. Some Roto-clean-up on shadows/metal railings. Other artists also worked on this shot.
01:01 – Outro Title card. Nuke.
