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brock — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:49:11 +0000

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Puss in Boots

brock — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:38:58 +0000

Dreamworks Animation’s Fall 2011 release of Puss in Boots, details the origin story of everyone’s favorite feline from the Shrek franchise. I worked as a Lighting and Compositing Artist for over a year lighting shots on 5 sequences as well as assisting in the show’s transition to using Nuke for compositing.

Megamind

brock — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:25:37 +0000

Dreamworks Animation’s 2010 Release Megamind, tells the story of what happens when a super villain is left without a super hero to battle. The villain is forced to become the city’s hero and finds good in his heart. I joined the show during the last 3 months in a heavy crunch period to light and composite several shots in Titan’s training sequence.

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon

brock — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:03:00 +0000

How to Train Your Dragon: Legend of the Boneknapper is a short film taking place after the events of the first film. Hiccup, Astrid, Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Snotlout and Fishlegs put Gobber to the test on one of his tall tales. I joined the production as a lighting and compositing artist and lit and composited many shots throughout the island sequence as well as the cover to the How to Train Your Dragon DVD.

Shrek Forever After

brock — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:27:49 +0000

Shrek Forever After marks the conclusion of Dreamworks Animation’s highly successful Shrek franchise. I joined the film to light and composite shots in the Dungeon escape sequence.

How To Train Your Dragon

brock — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:29:31 +0000

How to Train Your Dragon was my first film at Dreamworks Animation. I joined the film near the end, lighting several shots on the film as well as several Dragon Olympic promo Spots that aired during the 2010 Winter Olympics on NBC.

A Christmas Carol

brock — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:33:24 +0000

I was hired to work at Image Movers Digital (Los Angeles) to do “911″ work on Disney’s A Christmas Carol. My work was mostly in the Bob Cratchit “ice skating” down the hill sequence. The bulk of this work was developing a collaborative pipeline for these shots between artists in Los Angeles and San Francisco using new tools. In addition, I also re-light several shots from earlier in the sequence using the newly developed tools.

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

brock — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:37:21 +0000

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs takes it’s story for the highly successful children’s book of the same name. Sony Pictures Animation expanded on the book and created a whole new world of Chew and Swallow for viewers to enjoy. My work on this film was spread across many sequences, including the introduction of adult Flint and his lab.

BOLT

brock — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:39:51 +0000

My first feature animated film was Disney Picture’s BOLT. For over 9 months I was tasked with lighting and compositing shots in the movie across sequences and teams. In addition, I created various lighting and compositing rigs that were distributed to other lighters to assist in the progress of their work.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

brock — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:04:19 +0000

My final project at Rhythm and Hues was in assisting the development of the look of the Yeti characters featured in Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Over a few months, working with a look development artist I assisted in optimizing the look and quality of the Yeti character as well as running tests on productions shots. Before departing the studio, I also trained a new lead to take over the work on the film.