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2017 PROJECT: Blue Sky
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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Developed a script related to company sales products and support Partners from around the globe based on 'Mr. Blue Sky' by Electic Light Orchestra. Coordinated with production team to shoot on location at a local airport. Green screen setups with pilots in jumpsuits simulating skydiving. Created 3D geometry, layout, and animation for cloud simulations. Enhanced an Allegiant Air MD87 model from Squid3D to match footage of McDonnell-Doyuglas aircraft. Animated plane through various corporate IDs and logos. Composited and animated in After Effects with final elements edited with Premiere Pro. Total length is ~6m 25s.
2016 PROJECT: Car Wars
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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Developed a script related to company products that mimicked concepts from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and New Hope. Green screen setups with video/audio recording of four individuals seated in the Milennium Falcon cockpit. Composited in Premiere Pro with footage of 3D virtual Falcon cockpit. Created 3D geometry, layout, and animation to mimic the opening scene of A New Hope. Modified an available Falcon model to match corporate logo, then animated it through custom asteroid field and other corporate IDs and logos. CGI included multi-pass rendering with final composites and visual effects in After Effects. Final elements edited and output from Premiere Pro. Total length is 7m 38s.
2016 PROJECT: Mia
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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Developed a script highlighting collaboration designed as film noire. Created storyboards and previs shots. Recorded narration with main actor and edited previs shots together to refine the pacing. Recorded production footage over two days using in-house sets based on prevised edit. Setup greenscreen and shot one scene for background replacement. Digital compositing using After Effects to replace greenscreen with alley wall. Edited in Premiere Pro, applying color grading and image control to create final film noire look.
2015 PROJECT: Selfie
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Re-edited "Selfie" by the Chainsmokers to conform the song to a specified duration. Recorded video and audio of actors in a vehicle silmilar toTomTom Break Free Sketch's "I Hate Traffic Lights". Gathered "selfies" from sales and technical personnel throughout the company. Edited the vehicle scene in Premiere Pro, cleaning up the audio recordings in Soundbooth. Used After Effects to digitally composite animated selfies over various live-action video timed to the music. Included animating vector graphics of corporate logos and product names. Runtime 2m 33s
2015 PROJECT: Lincoln "Intro" Parody
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Used the video portion of the Lincoln MKS "Intro" commercial starring Matthew McConaughey. Recreated the music score in Reason. Developed a script that parody's the words of the original commercial, tweaked to apply to the traffic industry. Recorded new dialog with voice actor, timed to the speaking cadence of Mr. McConaughey. Refined narration in Soundbooth. Created animated matte to remove the Lincoln logo and tagline, then repaced it with corporate logo. Edited video, music, and narration in Premiere Pro. Runtime: 1m 8s
2014 PROJECT: What Does The Tech Say
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Developed lyrics appropriate to a specific industry that parallelled "What Does the Fox Say?" by Ylvis. Recorded voice track with a vocal artist. Developed storyboards to map out the video shots and used these for previs. Recorded main actor and supporting actors over a few days in various locations to use as the video plates. Recorded the main actor singing the song, then replaced his voice with recorded vocal track. Edited in Premiere Pro using a background karaoke track of the song found online and used with permission. Video included a few shots that used visual effects plugins to add electricity and other subtle effects. Runtime: 3m 49s.
2014 PROJECT: I Like Traffic Lights
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2014 PROJECT: Geico Hump-Day Spoof Vignettes
CLIENT: EGI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2014 PROJECT: I Like Traffic Lights Parody
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Developed lytics that mimiced those of TomTom Break Free Sketch's "I Hate Traffic Lights." Recorded video and audio of actors in a vehicle. Cleaned up the audio in Sounbooth. Edited the video in Premiere Pro. Runtime: 1m 15s

2014 PROJECT: Shake
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2013 PROJECT: Geico Pig Parody
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2013 PROJECT: Gungham Style Parody
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2013 PROJECT: Endeavor Spoof
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2010 PROJECT: Colors
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2009 PROJECT: Move It
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2008 PROJECT: Decades of Music
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2007 PROJECT: Beat It Parody
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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2006 PROJECT: Pirates of the Terrabbean
CLIENT: ECPI
SCREENSHOTS: Coming soon.
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PROJECT: AvsB: Logobots
CLIENT:
2002-2003 Independent Learning Project at Biola University
PRODUCTION COMPANY: NeonZ Entertainment

AvsB Screen Shots
HI-RES SCREEN SHOTS: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

RESPONSIBILITIES
Worked with a group of students at Biola University on this independent learning project. Developed the concept and animation for the project while guiding the students through the development process. I supervised this project from start to finish and helped provide some training services for the students. I also was responsible for putting all of the sound effects, dialogue, and music into this animated short film.

NOTES
Debuted on May 2, 2003 at the Biola Film Festival. See Project Site.


CLIENT: Vision Solutions - http://www.visionsolutions.com
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Vision2Media - http://www.vision2media.com
Length: 3:30 seconds with temp audio track

Orion Engine Screen Shots
HI-RES SCREEN SHOTS: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

RESPONSIBILITIES
Created animated logo based on product specifications. I was responsible for creating a visual way to explain the technical side of software that was in development. The animation length is 3 minutes and 30 seconds, or 6300 frames, and was developed using a script and timed voiceover. This animation included 3D animation, altered JumpBacks, motion graphics, and various compositing effects. I basically built everything in this project.

NOTES
This video project was a corporate tool that the management team gives to their new sales people in order to explain the inner workings of the software systems they will be marketing. Software used to develop this animate was. The project was produced using FTP-transmitted movie files for approvals and CD's for the final frames.


PROJECT: Kung-Pow, Enter The Fist - http://www.kungpowmovie.com
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
20th Century Fox
FX HOUSE:
O Digital - O Entertainment


HI-RES SCREEN SHOTS: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

RESPONSIBILITIES
Helped the visual effects production team with finishing some of the final fx shots of the film. I textured and lit a few of the space ship models for specific shots. Generated approximate camera angels for 3D renderings. Composited those 3D renderings with blue-screen live action footage at film resolution. Created some 2D effects for hero-villian combat sequence.

Shot 1: Matched 3D camera angle with approximate angle of source sky footage. Composited the two elements together.
Shot 2: The most time consuming. Adjusted quality of sky/blue screen to enable better blue removal. Matched 3D ship angle with gound camera. Composited sky, ship, and actor together. Note the use of a matching lens flare around the actors head to marry the images together.
Shot 3: Though I didn't set up the original composite on this, my main resonsibility was to adjust the hull texture quality and color. Then I generated the final composite of this shot.
Shot 4: The almost-final shot of the movie, I composited the three layers of the background hill, the foreground hill, and the actor. Slight use of blurring helps provide an added hint of distance.
Shot 5: Generated "hit effect" using only After Effects techniques. Though this shot is very short, it needed to match the slow-motion effect of the original film.

All images ©2002 20th Century Fox. Used for Display Purposes only.


CLIENT: The Rock
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Wiebe Productions
QUICKTIME: Streaming (177KB)
     Length: 5 seconds

The Rock Screenshots
HI-RES SCREEN SHOTS: 1 - 2 - 3

RESPONSIBILITIES
Created this animated piece of granite block destroying the "What's Your Excuse" sign and supporting slats. Initial frames of animation match live video footage of the sign on a side of a housel. This animation was cut into the video at the exact spot where no noticeable change is detected. Everything was hand-animated without any special plug-ins to provide physics interactions. The final product included overlayed text with tag line.

NOTES
This animation was part of a commercial being aired in the local theaters around Salt Lake City, UT. With a very low budget for animation, I tried to give them something special and "cool". As always, my vision for this far exceeded the budget so I wasn't able to do everything I had wanted. It turned out well and added a great deal of value to the impact of the commercial.


CLIENT: Thinergetics Supplimental Weightloss Program
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Studio C Productions

RESPONSIBILITIES
I was responsible for combining 3D animation and 2D Motion graphics to help show visually how this product will help the metabolism function to reduce weight. I also composited blue-screen shots of our two hosts with background images that help reinforce the value of the product. Overall the project was 11 minutes with most of the footage processed in After Effects.

NOTES
Enhanced movies and screen shots will be available soon. This was part of an infomercial that was shown at Mall kiosks around the area.


CLIENT: God's Top Ten Video
PRODUCTION COMPANY: KidzVid

RESPONSIBILITIES
I was tasked to generate a number of 3D objects from artist sketches that would be used in an animated video for children.


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Tamborine Polycount: BODY-448, COVER- 209, BELL- 572, RIBBON- 924, RIBBON ENDS- 418

Animation Test of Benny Crashing His Fort


CLIENT: A vs. B: Logobots
PRODUCTION COMPANY: NeonZ Animation and Biola Media and Communications

RESPONSIBILITIES
As the project lead for a student learning project at Biola University, I oversaw nearly all aspects of this short film. This included animation training sessions with a small group of students enrolled in the Communication Department's Animation Class as well as a few students working in sound design. While I developed a majority of objects for this animated short, I worked with the team to help develop some of the looks and concepts that were used in the final video.

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CLIENT: Rad The Rockhopper
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Crystal Island Creation

RESPONSIBILITIES
As lead animator for this small videogame production company, I was tasked with building game objects that included creatures, props, environments, and cutscene content. Most character animation was used to generate sprites for this side-scrolling adventure..

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CLIENT: Abbey Entertainment
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Abbey Entertainment

RESPONSIBILITIES
Composited concept art into short, animated storyboards used for promotional materials. The first shot is the opening concept of the production. The remaining five shots are individual stories within the overall production plan. Rerendered in HD.