Project Brief: Collaborate with four other students to create a live-action VFX short film for our master's capstone project over a three month period.
Ryan's Roles: Cinematography, FX (flying 'echo' creatures), Tool Development, Photogrammetry, Video Editing, Color Grading, VFX Pre-Production Planning
Software: Houdini, Reality Capture, Davinci Resolve
A quick look at the work that went into creating our capstone film for the Master of Design Technology at Victoria University of Wellington.
Project Brief: Collaborate with two other students to create a short animated sequence with a dynamic character using performance motion capture to drive the character's animation.
Ryan's Roles: Character Modeling, Rigging, Layout, Animation, CFX (vellum), Camera Animation, Video Editing, Sound Design, Motion Performance Directing
Software: Houdini
Project Brief: Study a person from history and create an HDA that produces assets for that character. I chose to make Roman Sword HDA for Marcus Aurelius, a Roman Emperor.
Ryan's Roles: Roman Sword HDA Tool Development
Software: Houdini
Project Brief: Quickly create a previs short film using Unreal Engine and Mixamo for the characters and animation.
Ryan's Roles: Story, Layout, Camera Animation, Lighting, Video Editing, Voice Acting, Sound Design, Color
Software: Unreal Engine, Davinci Resolve
Project Brief: Interview Film and VFX professionals in Wellington, New Zealand that span various roles to gain knowledge of the VFX Film Pipeline for the purpose of creating a VFX Film Post-Production Pipeline for students to follow and implement at Victoria University of Wellington.
Ryan's Roles: Interview, take notes, synthesize information, design node-based flowchart
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