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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Santa Monica

Working in VFX editorial under the Director Of Technical Operations • All final delivery QC tech checks for all shows and shots in/out of Shade VFX• Supplied tech check notes/annotations via shotgun notetaker app• Working with production and supervisors on ETA’s of every shot for every show to ensure timely delivery and mitigate OT• Collaborate with producers and coords on tight schedules for QC and delivery• Provided clarity on vague client notes to artist through strict QC and analyzation• Ingest of outsource material using FTP/media shuttle and then published or dailied into Shotgun• Assisting editorial with Shotgun updates, creation of EDL/match grades for final color of QT’s, building detailed breakdowns for demo reel material

Greater Los Angeles Area

Created design selections, met directly with vendors, and buyers to select sellers best options and upgradesHelped educate buyer's knowledge on available products and design trendsEvaluated needs and create custom design solutions consistent with the buyer's preferences and budget looks and style.Researched special requests by obtaining information and verifying applicability with vendors & builderPrepared all documentation needed to order selectionsCreated custom design selections for inventory within a predetermined budget

Hollywood Ca

Doctor Strange | Underworld | Ben Hur | Ghostbusters | Pete's Dragon | Passengers | Underworld | Pirates of the Caribbean Troubleshooting and solving various issues with scripts and scenes provided by client or outsource. Shot Tracking

Greater Los Angeles Area

Pan | World of Warcraft | In the Heart of the SeaCoordinated between artists and supervisors, Accessed FTP Secure client files, remote access data, elements extraction for Stereoscopic and finalizing shots, assisted with various teams throughout the facility with complex challenges regarding data io , published and delivered final shots back to clients. Partake and give input in team discussions and meetings, gather artist shot status and update database for client review, dailies reviews, and notes, quality control checking, shot tracking, asset and database management.Element Extraction:Logging into ILM's secure systems remotely, baking down elements in mega nuke scripts into more simplified elements for depth artists to utilize.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Insurgent | Poltergeist | The WalkWorking in production environment, under tight deadlines.Acquired valuable knowledge of clean working with outsourced files, clean plates, camera projections, matching grain, re­creating shadows, matching dynamic color and environmental lighting effects and retiming footage. Mocha Pro and various training on proprietary software.Skilled at compositing VFX and stereo elements, matching depth and properly lining up depth layers in Z-space.Experienced working with Z-depth and disparity maps.Elements Extraction and Pre Comp.

Los Angeles

Importing raw video files, trimming video segments, reassembling clips in sequence, evaluate videos for color corrections, masking and any significant video quality adjustments.Ensure videos are ready for batch exporting, converted for corporate client projects, web deliveries and providing video assets in numerous formats. Naming conventions and keeping assets organized on servers is essential since scripts and an extensive team of talented designers, artists, and developers through the pipeline demand access to the files.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Tracked the progression of final refinements for shots as well as assisted with editorial tasks and provided compositing related notes, published and delivered shots back to clients. Rotoscoped, tracked, image stabilization. Restored and corrected shots by removing and retouching minor imperfections in scenes. Repainted and cleaned up areas of shots such as background elements including sky and undesirable objects in scene, Replaced backgrounds with separate live action sequences.

Anaheim

Conceptualizing overall look and design for numerous marketing, advertising and corporate events for clients.Employed new pipeline workflows, implemented new software to advance the design and technical process in order to save time, resources and mediums. Large format printing, use of RIP software, maintenance of equipment.