Fage "Plain" :: Psyop
Adjunct Flame
Droplet CG compositing, additional grading, cleanup, vfx, moral support.
Castrol "Tested to Perfection" :: Psyop
Adjunct Flame
VFX, endtag compositing, CG integration, cleanup, support.
Honda CRV "Baby" :: Mass Market
Adjunct Flame
VFX, CG integration, cleanup, conform, finishing, repeatedly landing a tiny remote controlled helicopter on Kim Stephenson's head.
Google Maps :: Psyop
Lead Flame
This shipped in 2012 and I think the cut just locked like last week.
Cleanup, vfx, grading, animation, conform, finishing.
Coors Light "Game Plan" :: Mass Market
Co-Lead Flame (there were 3 spots, I was in charge of 2)
VFX, nuke artist wrangling, cleanup, conform, finishing.
JC Penney "Blake Shelton" :: Psyop
Co-Lead Flame (I handled the technical stuff)
VFX, 3D tracking, cleanup, conform, finishing.
Keystone "Grillin' with Stones" :: Mass Market
Lead Flame
Putting the fish in that bird's mouth was harder than it looks.
VFX, conform & finishing.
Cellsouth "Discover" :: Smoke+Mirrors NY
Lead Flame
Screen comps, type design, cleanup, conform, finishing.
ONDCP "Doodles" :: Method NY
Lead Flame
Grading, look development, endtag animation, conform, finishing.
Vinta "Drive Home" :: Method NY
Lead Flame
The eyes on that prosthetic parrot head did not blink on their own.
Rig removal, cleanup, grading, conform, finishing.
Discovery Channel "Anthem" :: Method NY
Lead Flame
Compositing, set supervision, cleanup, particle animation, conform, finishing.
ONDCP "Squirrels" :: Method NY
Lead Flame
Composited those lovely CG squirrels.
Compositing, rig removal, cleanup, grading, conform, finishing.
IAVA :: Smoke+Mirrors NY
Lead Flame
Turns out you can't hang banners over a highway in NY without a permit. They discovered this on the day of the shoot. Good thing I'm pretty good at 3d tracking!
Compositing, grading, cleanup, conform, finishing.
Castrol "Monkeys" :: Smoke+Mirrors NY
Lead Flame
Did you know you' re not allowed to have more than one monkey on set at a time?
Split screens, rig removal, cleanup, conform, finishing.
K-Swiss "Awesome Day" :: Method NY
Lead Flame
Compositing, set supervision, cleanup, end tag design, conform, finishing.
Nike "I Promise" :: A52
Lead Flame
"It's black & white, so the grade should only take an hour or two,"
VFX, grading, conform, grading, finishing, grading.
Honda "Freedom" :: A52
Lead Flame
This was a blast to work on.
VFX, set supervision, conform, finishing.
Honda "Wrestler" :: A52
Lead Flame
One of several :05s we created for the Honda Fit launch.
Animation, design, CG supervision, conform, finishing.
Unicel "Inspiration" :: A52
Lead Flame
VFX, CG integration, grading, conform, finishing.
Honda "Eyeballs" :: A52
Lead Flame
CG compositing, grading, conform, finishing.
Rome main titles :: A52
Lead Flame
There isn't a week that goes by where I don't think of a way I could have made this thing better. It haunts me.
VFX, grading, conform, finishing.
Nike "Swing Portrait" :: A52
Lead Flame
From those wonderful days back when agencies didn't quite understand that shooting digitally didn't automatically make things HD.
VFX, grading, conform, finishing.
Nike "No Excuses" :: A52
Lead Flame
Cleanup, conform, finishing.
Lexus "Fast" :: A52
Lead Flame
Set supervision, VFX, design, cleanup, conform, finishing.
Microsoft "Startup" :: A52
Lead Flame
One of approximately 100,000 brand spots we did for MSFT between 2005 and 2008.
VFX, conform, pipeline management, roto, cleanup, finishing.
Footlocker "UFOs" :: A52
Lead Flame
I was almost killed taking pictures of potholes on Doheney and Melrose in order to make the laser craters.
VFX, 3D tracking, CG integration, laser design (!), conform, finishing.
Miller "Perfect Beer" :: A52
Lead Flame
I still have a handwritten note from Academy Award Winning Editor Kirk Baxter to my EP that says "Kirk is doing a fucking great job on Miller!" Like new! Make me an offer!
VFX, animation, grading, conform, finishing.
Technicolor Digital Cinema :: Imaginary Forces
Adjunct Flame
Helped figure out how to get from the eyeball to the logo.
VFX, design, animation.
Janus "Tunnel" :: Imaginary Forces
Lead Flame
CG wrangling, grading, conform, finishing.