Tweety sings Andy Griffith with me!

Transformers Fall of Cybertron E3 Trailer

In only a few weeks, over half a million people have seen this trailer, and it was a pleasure to be a part of. I have been living and breathing Transformers and it has been great. The team of artists really created something special.

Here are a few stills of my comps: (screenshots from the trailer posted by playstation)

Nike’s ”FlyKnit/Biomorph” Wins the Best Visual Effects 2012 AICP Award!

Nike’s ”FlyKnit/Biomorph” Winner of the Visual Effects Category @ the 2012 AICP Awards. http://www.aicpshow.com

The winners (including Nike Knit) are included in the permanent video collection at MOMA in NY!

 http://www.awn.com/news/awards/digital-domain-wins-aicp-show-vfx-award


 It was also a Top Ten Finalist on AICP’s Shortlist for Design category. Nike’s “FlyKnit/Biomorph” has been featured on Shoot Magazine’s Spring Top 10.
 
Nike "Biomorph/FlyKnit" from Aladino Debert on Vimeo.

Nike Knit

A great experience with a fantastic team. 
Created for the launch of a new series of knitted shoes for Nike, expected to be on sale by the 2012 Olympics in London. Directed by David Rosenbaum, Creative Director was Aladino Debert. I was Nuke Compositing at Digital Domain.

Nike "FlyKnit" from Aladino Debert on Vimeo.

CISCO Cars/ Robotarm

CISCO SYSTEMS commercial ADWEEK's Ad of the day!
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-day-cisco-137721

I was glad to return to Digital Domain to be a part of the compositing team!

Ad of the Day: Cisco

Firm returns to its roots in a spot with anthropomorphic robots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoCxz-6g9lY



OgilvyWest, which has worked with the client for a decade, returns to the company's "Human Network" positioning and focuses on how Cisco makes innovation possible for its customers. The new work shows that the stuff of routing and switching doesn't have to be dull, though. The first spot in the series looks at how Cisco contributes to increased productivity in automotive manufacturing, with one robot—at work assembling a car—repairing another after it breaks down in the process.

Director: David Rosenbaum, Mothership
Production, Animation, Editorial and Visual Effects: Digital Domain

The Muppet Movie - hairy compositing!

What a stroke of luck to be asked to come on as part of the Look FX compositing team for The Muppets!

There are a few awesome articles describing the work we did. And There is a video montage http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-muppets-its-time-to-raise-the-curtain/ right here which shows some of my final composites. Look for Scooter at Google, Harry blowing up Mt. Rushmore, and the driving sequence.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/244984/qanda_how_digital_effects_gave_the_muppets_new_freedom.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204342/

Mercedes - Escape the map!

Mercedes - Escape the map! A lot to be thankful for! Like working on this cool commercial/film.

A 4 minute film/contest to win a new Mercedes. Digital Domain teamed up with director Carl Rinsch, RSA and AMV BBDO for “Escape the Map,” a surreal POV journey into a world inspired by Google Street View. With characters ravaged by digital artifacts, blurred visages and time echoes, this piece incorporated a ton of 3D Nuke Compositing and breaking all the rules!


http://motionographer.com/2011/11/21/mercedes-escape-the-map/

http://www.escapethemap.co.uk/

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2011/mercedes-escape-the-map/

From the release:

Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Barton, who is currently working with Rinsch on his upcoming feature for Universal Pictures, “47 Ronin,” led the team. His idea was to use photogrammetry — a technique in which measurements are taken from photographs to create real-world objects — to create the world. All of the live action was shot in Hong Kong, with Barton scouting and shooting iconic locations which were later used in the world-building. Additional green-screen shoots were staged in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

“We first had to develop the visual language of the world,” Barton said. “We took inspiration from Google Street view and replicated that, but in moving video. As photos are stitched together, they sometimes seam strangely. They might not line up, or two buildings might occupy the same space, or people get cut in half. We played a lot with how images would load or resolve, or react when a whole new set of photos came in to reset the world. Here, when you explore you have more options and more viewpoints. You can decide where to look, walk, or drive and your perspective and resolution update accordingly.”

CLIENT: Mercedes Benz
PRODUCT: C63 AMG
TITLE: “The Escape”

ADVERTISING AGENCY: Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO Ltd UK
Creative Team: Paul Knott & Tim Vance
Creative Director: Tim Riley
Agency Producer: Emmalou Johnson
Board Account Director: Ben King
Account Director: Rob Tauscher
Account Manager: Nick Andrew

PRODUCTION COMPANY: RSA Films, Ltd. UK
Director: Carl Erik Rinsch
Producer: Margo Mars

FACILITY COMPANY HONG KONG: RSA Asia
Hong Kong Facility Producer: Marco Leung

FACILITY COMPANY Los Angeles: RSA LA
LA Facility Producer: Christy Lindgren
DOP: Eric Steelberg

FACILITY COMPANY Los Angeles: RSA LA
LA Facility Producer: Christy Lindgren
DOP: Eric Steelberg

CASTING DIRECTOR: Denise Chamain
TALENT: Mariah Bonner

VISUAL EFFECTS: Digital Domain, Inc.
300 Rose Avenue, Venice CA 90291
Chief Creative Officer, EP: Ed Ulbrich
Executive Producer: Tanya Cohen
Head of Production: Scott Gemmell
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jay Barton
CG Supervisor: Ronald D. Herbst
VFX Producer: Chris Fieldhouse
VFX Coordinator: David Ziek
Avid Edit: Todd Miller
Avid Edit: Brian Miller
Avid Edit: David Hsin
Digital Standards Consultant: Jeff Heusser
Previs: Roy Sato
Flame Artist: Paul Kirsch
PHOTOGRAMMETRY: Scott Edelestein
PHOTOGRAMMETRY: Gil Hacco
GENERALIST: Daisuke Nagae
GENERALIST: Brian Creasey
GENERALIST: Casey Benn
GENERALIST: Rick Thomas
MAYA/HD FX: Adrian Graham
Maya FX: Lee Carlton
MATTE PAINT: Zach Christian
MATTE PAINT: Ting Lo
TRACK: Michael Lori
TRACK: Montu Jariwarla
TRACK: Roxanne Zuckerman
Roto Artist: Edgar Diaz
Roto Artist: Nathalie Gonthier
Rigging: Derek Crosby
Compositor Supervisor: Rafael Colon
Nuke Compositor: Chia-chi Hu
Nuke Compositor: Sven Dreesbach
Nuke Compositor: Aruna Inversin
Nuke Compositor: Scott Hale
Motion Graphics Artist: Cody Williams
Digital Studio Engineer: David Bryan
Digital Studio Engineer: Fernando Pantoja

OFFLINE EDIT: Stitch Editing
Editor: Frank Effron

DIGITAL PRODUCTION COMPANY: Unit9
Interactive Director: Rob Corradi

SOUND DESIGN: Factory Studios
Sound Engineers: Tom Joyce and Anthony Moore

COMPOSER: 11:59
Track: ‘Trepanation’