Compositing Show Reel June 2023

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https://vimeo.com/836758199       * Revised *

Compositing Show Reel Shot Breakdown  – JUNE 2023 –
 
00:00 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1, “Mystery Charlie.” 2019.
Intro Title Card: is cut from the end of Harmony/Maya “Brain-bow.” Cut from shot that matches show standard look.
Nuke.
 
00:02 – Little People S2, “Braver Together.” 2018.
Uses surrounding shots to make solo passes of 3D firefly trails. Applied these renders as alpha hold-outs on cards. Match live-action reference of 2D BG fireflies timing. 3D firefly glow.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.

00:09 – Doozers S2, “Holed Up.” 2018.
Emit blurry dust and rocks, and match the rocks to key shots. Render CG rocks for alpha. Attach a locator to follow the bulldozer. Dust clouds adapted from Molly’s jet-pack, from S2.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
 
00:18 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Optimus Prime marketing stills. 2023.
Relight using warm and cold colours from lighting AOVs to contrast and compose shape. Eye glow is enhanced using ID passes, grades. 
Nuke.

00:24 – Inspector Gadget, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.” 2017.
Uses tornado geometry from animation department to emit white dir-blur streaks. Characters brightened to contrast BG.
Maya, Nuke.

00:30 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.” 2017.
Build off of goo push shape in plate render, by use of Ncloth to create second impact berm from scooter wheel. CC and roto-masks to blend edges into FG, on top of plate.
Nuke, Maya, Ncloth.
 
00:34 – Kingston Paradise. 2013.
Combine muzzle flash element with opacity of smoke, placement of smoke footage, and roto-mask for interactive glow.
After Effects, Photoshop.
 
00:41 – T_Denoised 04, 2017.
Remove the red glow from BG flight equipment, apply FG characters on top of paint-out.
After Effects, Silhouette, Photoshop.

00:43 – Jim Hensen's Doozerz S2, “Sand Sailer.” 2018. 
Sand poofs follow locators constrained to surfboards. Adapted from Molly’s jet-pack, used throughout S2. 
Maya, Nuke.

00:46 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1, “Charlie is Super.” 2019.
Create hero solo moment with glow, blur, and animation timing for when 2D Harmony sequences appear.
Nuke.

00:50 – Miss Weather and Friends, “Charlie Goes Camping.” 2022.
Transition fire glow over main-plate following lighting strike. Match flamingo particles to approved design.
Nuke.
 
00:56 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.” 2017.
Animated glow pulse. Confetti matches show standard treatment, reoccurs in every episode.
Nuke.
 
01:00 – Outro Title Card.
Same footage with defocus and text.
Nuke.         
 
Video run-time: 1:02 seconds.
 
 
 
 
 

Compositing Show Reel May 2023

 Compositing Show Reel Shot Breakdown – SANDRA HERMAN 

https://vimeo.com/825112358    password protected

00:00 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1, “Mystery Charlie.” 2019. Title Card: is cut from the end of Harmony/Maya “Brain-bow.” Cut from shot that matches show standard look. Nuke. 

00:02 – Little People S2, “Braver Together.” 2018. Using surrounding shots to make solo passes of 3D fireflies trails. Applied these renders as alpha hold-outs on cards. Match live-action reference for 2D background fireflies on-and-off timing. 3D firefly glow. Maya, Renderman, Nuke. 

00:08 – Doozers S2, “Holed Up.” 2018. Emit blurry dust and rocks, and match the rocks to key shots. Rendered CG rocks for alpha. Attached a locator to follow the bulldozer. Dust clouds adapted from Molly’s jet-pack, used throughout S2. Maya, Renderman, Nuke. 

00:18 – Little People S2, “Kolby Speaks Up.” 2018. Scrubber bubbles treatment increases through sequence. Escaping bubbles adapted from Nuke bubbles used in episode, “Potty Ahoy!” S2. Nuke waterspout adapted from Little People S1, “Help Wanted.” Transparency and roto-mask clean-up. CC to match plate sky colour. Maya, Renderman, Nuke. 

00:23 – Doozers S2, “Sand Sailer.” 2018. Sand poofs follow locators constrained to surfboards. Adapted from Molly’s jet-pack, used throughout S2. Maya, Nuke. 

00:27 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.” 2017. Create the impact shape from scooter wheel. CC and roto-masks to blend edges into foreground. Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.

00:30 – Kingston Paradise. 2013. Muzzle flash element, opacity of smoke, placement of smoke footage, Roto-mask for interactive glow. After Effects. 

00:37 – Inspector Gadget S2, “Midnight Madness.” 2017. Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off, skeleton graphic, cast glow. Matches look of reoccurring treatment, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017). Nuke, Maya. 

00:40 – Miss Weather and Friends, “Charlie Goes Camping.” 2022. Transition fire glow over main-plate following lighting strike. Match flamingo particles to approved design. Nuke. 

00:49 – Charlie’s Colorforms City S1, “Charlie is Super.” 2019. Create hero solo moment with glow, blur, and animation timing for when 2D Harmony sequences appear. Nuke. 

00:53 – Kingston Paradise. 2013. Muzzle flash element, opacity of smoke, placement of smoke footage. After Effects. 

00:55 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.” 2017. Animated glow pulse. Confetti matches show standard, reoccurs in every episode. Nuke. 

01:00 – Charlie's Colorforms City S1, “Mystery Charlie.” 2019. The same footage used for Title Card, only now it’s a still frame. Video run-time: 1:01 seconds.

Crater 2023

This film is the first show I worked on at Mr.X Montreal!

My latest Junior VFX Comp work can be found in the Marvel film, "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."

Multiple trailers can be found at artofvfx.com.

 https://www.artofvfx.com/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/

And...the "Drink the Ooze Sequence" can be found here:

Prey 2022 ---- Compositing

I worked on the fifth installment in the Predator franchise, the film Prey (2022). It was last spring/summer that I joined the team, at the tail end of production. Here are a couple of industry articles/ promotional materials for Prey (2022), which released on Hulu and Disney Plus in August (2022). 

and brush up on your deadly weapons knowledge from this article:

https://www.artofvfx.com/prey-chris-uyede-vfx-supervisor-mpc/

Compositing Reel: February 2022

Link to my Compositing Reel 2022 can be found here: https://vimeo.com/674700942.

Please contact me for the password to access the video. The password protection is in place due to DHX Media/ Wild Brain's policy about footage sharing. This revision contains a lighting and compositing rendering based on the “Renderman Magic Shop Art Challenge - 2020.” 

SANDRA HERMAN   |   Compositing Reel 2022 Shot Breakdown

00:00 – Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”
Title Card: is cut from the end of Harmony “Brain-bow” show effect; created for the series by Ken Turner, 2D Animator. Maya glitter animation is rendered by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.
Nuke.
 
00:02 – Little People 2, “Braver Together.”
Existing animation department footage of fireflies used to render hold-out passes. These sequences were then made to glow yellow, flicker on-off, and also scaled to fit the background.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
 
00:08 – Doozers 2, “Holed Up.”
The animated rocks are sourced from a previous shot made by the animation department. A short sequence was rendered and combined with a locator constrained to the vehicle to emit rock particles. Dust clouds are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.
Nuke, Maya, Renderman.
 
00:13 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Midnight Madness.” 
Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off using echo-node, skeleton graphic and cast glow composited in Nuke. Matches look of reoccurring effect, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017).
Nuke, Maya.

00:16 – Doozers, “Sand Sliders.” 
Sand wake created in Nuke, elaborated on existing reuse show effect, the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.  
Maya, Nuke.

00:20 – Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Charlie is Super.”
Harmony sequences are from the design department and 2D animation work is by Ken Turner. Motion-blur for the squiggles, glow behind character, and timing for when elements appear is arranged in Nuke.
Nuke.

00:23 – Kingston Paradise. 
Arranged muzzle flashes and cast glow, also adjusted smoke footage placement.
After Effects, Photoshop.
Nuke.

00:30 – Classic Tales with a Twist, “Charlie and Little Bo Peep.”

Nuke rebuild of simple camera flash tool from season one, applying a glowing flashbulb for this version.

Nuke.

00:35 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.”
Tornado provided by animation department; however, the geometry is used to emit white motion blur streaks. Characters also brightened to contrast background.
Nuke.
  
00:42 – Renderman "Magic Shop" Art Challenge.
Matilda model by Xiong Lin and rig by Leon Sooi. Pixar models by Eman Abdul-Razzaq, Grace Chang, Ethan Crossno, Siobhán Ensley, Derrick Forkel, Felege Gebru, Damian Kwiatkowski, Jeremy Paton, Leif Pedersen, Kylie Wijsmuller, and Miguel Zozaya © Disney/Pixar - RenderMan “Magic Shop” Art Challenge. 

Textures on character model provided by Disney/ Pixar - Renderman Magic Shop Art Challenge, while the props textures, lighting, and compositing are by Sandra Herman.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.

00:52 – “Acapulco,” Short Film. 

Clean mattes of screen-left wall, rotoscoping, and tracking to hold mattes during camera move. 

After Effects, Photoshop.  

 
00:58 – Little People 2, “Kolby Speaks Up.”
Spheres emitted by scrubbers rendered from Maya. Escaping bubbles adapted from Nuke bubble tool developed by Gregory Gibbons for episode “Potty Ahoy!” Nuke waterspout by Joel LeLievre, adapted from Little People Season 1. 
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
 
01:03 – Charlie's Colorforms City 1, "Mystery Charlie."
The same footage used for Title Card, only now it is a still frame.

 
Video run-time: 1:04 seconds.

December 2021 Compositing Artist Reel

Link to my Compositing Artist 2021 reel can be found here: https://vimeo.com/657657647

Please contact me for the password to access this video. The password protection is in place due to DHX Media/ Wild Brain's policy about footage sharing. 

SANDRA HERMAN   |   Compositing Reel 2021 Shot Breakdown

 

00:00 – Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”
Title Card: is cut from the end of Harmony “Brain-bow” show effect; created for the series by Ken Turner, 2D Animator. Maya glitter animation is rendered by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.

Nuke.

 

00:03 – Doozers 2, “Holed Up.”
The animated rocks are sourced from a previous shot made by the animation department. A short sequence was rendered and combined with a locator constrained to the vehicle to emit rock particles. Dust clouds are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.

Nuke, Maya, Renderman.

 

00:08 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.”
Tornado provided by animation department; however, the geometry is used to emit white motion blur streaks. Characters also brightened to contrast from background.

Nuke, Maya.

 

00:14 – Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Charlie is Super.”
Harmony sequences are from the design department and 2D Animation work is by Ken Turner. Motion-blur for the squiggles, glow behind character, and timing for when elements appear is arranged in Nuke.

Nuke.

00:17 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Midnight MADness”
Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off using echo node, skeleton graphic and cast glow composited in Nuke. Matches look of reoccurring effect, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017).

Nuke, Photoshop.

 

00:24 – Little People 2, “Braver Together.”
Existing animation department footage of fireflies used to render hold-out passes. These sequences were then made to glow yellow, flicker on-off, and also scaled to fit the background.

Maya, Renderman, Nuke.

 

00:29 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Animated scooter wheel and goo mesh provided by Pipeline TD. The impact shape was rendered using NCloth and Nuke roto-masks to integrate into the foreground.

Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.

 

00:34 – Kingston Paradise
Arranged muzzle flashes and cast glow, also adjusted smoke footage placement.

After Effects.

 

00:38 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Confetti is a show standard for an action that reoccurs in every episode, constructed by Don Urquhart, CG Supervisor and Daniel Lefebre, Comp Lead. The glow pulse is animated in Nuke.

Nuke.

00:42 – Renderman “Magic Shop” Art Challenge
Matilda model by Xiong Lin and rig by Leon Sooi. Pixar models by Eman Abdul-Razzaq, Grace Chang, Ethan Crossno, Siobhán Ensley, Derrick Forkel, Felege Gebru, Damian Kwiatkowski, Jeremy Paton, Leif Pedersen, Kylie Wijsmuller, and Miguel Zozaya © Disney/Pixar - RenderMan “Magic Shop” Art Challenge. 

Textures on character model provided by Disney/ Pixar Renderman Art Challenge, while props textures, lighting, and compositing are by Sandra Herman.

Maya, Renderman, Nuke.

00:53 – Doozers 2, “Sand Sliders.” 
Sand poof trails are adapted from series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.

Maya, Nuke.

00:58 – Charlie's Colorforms City 1, "Mystery Charlie."
The same footage used for Intro Title Card, only now it is a still frame.

Video run-time: 1:00 minute.

Compositing Reel Cut November 2021

 

Link to my Compositing Artist 2021 reel can be found here: https://vimeo.com/640607744
Please contact me for the password to access this video. The password protection is in place due to DHX Media/ Wild Brain's policy about footage sharing. The "Sand Sliders" shot was removed as the dust trail is similar to the dust-smoke used in "Holed Up" footage. 

SANDRA HERMAN   |   Compositing Reel 2021   |   November Cut

00:00 – Intro Title Card, Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”

Cut from the end of Harmony “Brain-bow” show effect; created for the series by Ken Turner, Senior Development Designer/ 2D Animator. Maya glitter animation is rendered by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.
Nuke.
 
00:03 – Doozers 2, “Holed Up.”

The animated rocks are sourced from a previous shot made by the animation department. A short sequence was rendered and combined with a locator constrained to the vehicle to emit rock particles. Dust clouds are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.
Nuke, Maya, Renderman.
 
00:08 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.”
Tornado provided by animation department; however, the geometry is used to emit white motion blur streaks. Characters also brightened to contrast from background.
Nuke, Maya.

00:14 – Charlie's Colorforms City 1, “Charlie is Super.”

Harmony sequences are from the design department and 2D Animation work is by Ken Turner. Motion-blur for the squiggles, glow behind character, and timing for when elements appear is arranged in Nuke.

Nuke.

00:17 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Midnight MADness”

Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off using echo node, skeleton graphic and cast glow composited in Nuke. Matches look of reoccurring effect, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017).
Nuke, Photoshop.
 
00:24 – Little People 2, “Braver Together.”
Existing animation department footage of fireflies used to render hold-out passes. These sequences were then made to glow yellow, flicker on-off, and also scaled to fit the background.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
 
00:29 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”

Animated scooter wheel and goo mesh provided by Pipeline TD. The impact shape berm was rendered using NCloth and Nuke roto-masks to integrate into the foreground.
Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.
 
00:34 – Kingston Paradise
Arranged muzzle flashes and cast glow, also adjusted smoke footage placement.
After Effects.
 
00:40 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Confetti is a show standard for an action that reoccurs in every episode, constructed by Don Urquhart, CG Supervisor and Daniel Lefebre, Lead Compositor. The glow pulse is animated in Nuke.
Nuke.
 
00:43 – Charlie's Colorforms City 1,  “Mystery Charlie.”

Nuke roto-mask and noise node used to make the traveling ink colour transition. Cartoony droplets are Nuke particles, based on the tool developed by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.  
Nuke.
 
00:49 – Title Card, Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”

Same footage used from Intro Title Card, selecting a different part of the footage.
Nuke.

Compositing Reel 2021 Early October Cut

Link to my Compositing Artist 2021 reel can be found here: https://vimeo.com/636671266.
Please contact me for the password to access this video. The password protection is in place due to DHX Media/ Wild Brain's policy about footage sharing. 

SANDRA HERMAN   |   Compositing Reel 2021   |  Early October Cut

00:00 – Intro Title Card, Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”

Cut from the end of Harmony “Brain-bow” show effect; created for the series by Ken Turner, Senior Development Designer/ 2D Animator. Maya glitter animation is rendered by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.
Nuke.
 
00:03 – Doozers 2, “Holed Up.”

The animated rocks are sourced from a previous shot made by the animation department. A short sequence was rendered and combined with a locator constrained to the vehicle to emit rock particles. Dust clouds are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.
Nuke, Maya, Renderman.
 
00:12 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.”
Tornado provided by animation department; however, the geometry is used to emit white motion blur streaks. Characters also brightened to contrast from background.
Nuke, Maya.

00:18 – Charlie's Colorforms City 1, “Charlie is Super.”

Harmony sequences are from the design department and 2D Animation work is by Ken Turner. Motion-blur for the squiggles, glow behind character, and timing for when elements appear is arranged in Nuke.

Nuke.

00:21 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Midnight MADness”

Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off using echo node, skeleton graphic and cast glow composited in Nuke. Matches look of reoccurring effect, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017).
Nuke, Photoshop.
 
00:28 – Little People 2, “Braver Together.”
Existing animation department footage of fireflies used to render hold-out passes. These sequences were then made to glow yellow, flicker on-off, and also scaled to fit the background.
Maya, Renderman, Nuke.
 
00:33 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”

Animated scooter wheel and goo mesh provided by Pipeline TD. The impact shape was rendered using NCloth and Nuke roto-masks to integrate into the foreground.
Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.
 
00:39 – Kingston Paradise
Arranged muzzle flashes and cast glow, also adjusted smoke footage placement.
After Effects.
 
00:45 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Confetti is a show standard for an action that reoccurs in every episode, constructed by Don Urquhart, CG Supervisor and Daniel Lefebre, Lead Compositor. The glow pulse is animated in Nuke.
Nuke.
 
00:49 – Doozers Season 2, “Sand Sliders.”
Sand poof trails are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.
Nuke.
 
00:54 – Title Card, Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”

Same footage used from Intro Title Card, selecting a different part of the footage.
Nuke.