<Projects
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Company: MPC Visualization
Role: Sr Postvis Artist
Time on project: March - ? 2022
Visualization Supervisor: Patrick Smith
Rise of the Beasts was
Another team had started before Covid, and the previs had to be put on pause
By the time I joined the show, things were back in full swing
Covid meant testing for those in the production offices and unfortunately one team member did catch it (but fully recovered, thankfully)
DP Larry Fong unique access
Virtual meetings with the Director, Cinematographer VFX Supervisor, and Art Director became critical
sets were often redesigned after we had begun prevising, so we had to be nimble to quickly edit shots we were creating "blind" to adapt them to new dimensions. At the same time, our previs determined the dimensions of how much space was needed in certain sections of the action beats
Camera Sequencer
Keys to success
recording meetings that people couldn't attend
big team (with several leads) meant people could get info from different sources without being bottlenecked
Sequences on which I worked:
School Days bus chase
Convention Center
Memory Lane (Dale's Garage)
Backlot chase (Winnie the Pooj, The Stinsons, Aladdin)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Company: MPC Visualization
Role: Sr Postvis Artist
Time on project: March - ? 2022
Visualization Supervisor: Patrick Smith
Rise of the Beasts was
Another team had started before Covid, and the previs had to be put on pause
By the time I joined the show, things were back in full swing
Covid meant testing for those in the production offices and unfortunately one team member did catch it (but fully recovered, thankfully)
DP Larry Fong unique access
Virtual meetings with the Director, Cinematographer VFX Supervisor, and Art Director became critical
sets were often redesigned after we had begun prevising, so we had to be nimble to quickly edit shots we were creating "blind" to adapt them to new dimensions. At the same time, our previs determined the dimensions of how much space was needed in certain sections of the action beats
Camera Sequencer
Keys to success
recording meetings that people couldn't attend
big team (with several leads) meant people could get info from different sources without being bottlenecked
Sequences on which I worked:
School Days bus chase
Convention Center
Memory Lane (Dale's Garage)
Backlot chase (Winnie the Pooj, The Stinsons, Aladdin)
Team pic before Winter Break 2020.
First row (front): David Hickey, Matt Bauer, Rom Silva, Rich DeForno, Karl Fornander.
Second row: Zhara Honore, Brenda Finster, Brian Frager, Iva Carrasquillo, Chris Legrand, Nadya Sugiarto.
Third row: James Hoe, David Weinstein, Cheng Yi Wu, Gil Hacco, Sang Lee.
Top row: Salome Iravani, Marleia, myself, Tefft Smith.
End of project team picture. First row: Matt Bauer, Zhara Honore, William Appleby.
Second row: Tefft Smith, Sang Lee, Iva Carrasquillo.
Third row: Abel Salazar, Salome Iravani, Cheng Yi Wu, Rom Silva.
Top row: Patrick Smith, myself, Brenda Finster.