thomas dane wagener  |  vfx reel

breakdown

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Digital Compositor Intern @ Digital Domain

01 — Composited CG ceiling as a projection in Nuke, graded to match plate

02 — Composited lightning bolts onto Hades

03 — Composited lightning bolts onto Hades; several are hand-painted. Added interactive light.

04 — Composited CG pen sword from various AOV passes. Assisted with lightning sword comp.

05 — Pulled greenscreen key; created temp comp. Key was used in the actual comp.

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11 — Roto for Percy’s head and hair throughout shot (entire background is CG).

12 — Roto for Grover’s head, shoulders, and arm, as well as for the Medusa Head prop.

13 — Roto for Luke’s head and hair (character was brightened against the set)

14 — Roto for Percy’s feet, arm, and hand.

Tron: Legacy

Roto/Paint Artist @ Digital Domain

15 — Roto for Sam’s hands and helmet

16 — Roto for Sam’s head and hair

17 — Roto for Sam and Quorra’s heads and arms, plus marker removal.

18 — Roto for Flynn’s arms and hands, plus removal of over 150 markers behind waving hair and robes

19 — Suitglow matte creation (combination of keys, roto, and paint)

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Trailerpark

Compositor @ White Crow Films

22 — Supervised element shoot; created CG smoke elements; co-composited shot

Gagged

Compositor @ White Crow Films

23 — Composited shot

The Subleaser

Compositor @ White Crow Films

24 — Supervised element shoot; co-composited shot

Real Steel

Roto/Paint Artist @ Digital Domain

In theaters 7 October 2011 -- These are all the shots for which I did roto in the trailer. I will include more after the film is released on home media!