ThE FAIRIES: Maya CONTRACT

A recent VFX contract job was at Adelaide studio Rocket Squad. This was an intense yet fun three weeks in Adelaide's production hub, Kent Town. This job was for character rigging and animation on The Fairies, a popular TV show for children.

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Character Rigging + Animation

Working with a small team of highly creative artists, the work was quite varied including CG stunt-doubles as well as the more cartoony style of characters like Clickety Clock and Fairy Mail.

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Diversity of work

CG environment creation, texture and matt painting and a truckload of effects and compositing followed the huge chunk of animation performed by several animators and 3D VFX artists. Work performed for Studio: Rocket Squad

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POWERADE: ISOTONIC LAUNch

Another recent work was an internal motion graphic for use with the Launch of the new Powerade Isotonic drink with Sydney studio, TCO.

The brief was to produce a high NRG product focus with a grunged up, cold icy feel.

TARGET TV AD: VFX SHOTS

In 2005 I worked collaboratively on some visual effects shots for the Target: Denim Nation TVC produced by Collider in Sydney. I created a CG dragon tattoo that slithers across a couples' skin as they embrace. This shot is at the end of the ad.

After experimenting with various effects methods and a variety of different character setups in Maya, the final solution ended up being the simplest: a 2D animation approach produced in After effects with Illustrator used to prepare the various elements of the dragon character.

TELSTRA: NEXT G NETWORK

Replay Studios helped produce visual content for the Telstra Next G Mobile Network website launch with Sydney Studio: TCO.

VFX services were provided to aid the content creation process.

The dynamic Flash interface demonstrates the benefits of the Telstra Next G Network with real-world scenarios of people using their mobile phones.

COLOUR GRADING

Shots had to be treated with contrast and colour correction to integrate with the background.

VIDEO LOOP POINTS

Video loop points were created to keep the actors in a loop before and after the "G" key is pressed.

CHROMA KEY REMOVAL

Keylight plugin in After Effects was used along with bezier masks to rotoscope the actors out from the greenscreen background.

Visit Next-G website: www.telstra.com/nextG

Work performed for Studio: TCO

ST. GEORGE BANK: ICON CAMPAIGN

Replay Studios recently provided visual effects services to Studio: Spinifex for the St. George Bank: ICON Campaign.

3D MATCH-MOVING

3D Match-Moving was used thoughout the job to effectively create the illusion of footage items integrating with the office environment.

MOTION GRAPHICS

In addition to the VFX and compositing tasks was a small amount of motion graphics. The final screen of the video resolves to the St. George ICON logo with the slogan fading in one letter at a time.

Care was taken to adhere to strict corporate style guidelines.

2D VFX COMPOSITING

The bulk of work done on this job involved the integration of video footage with the office environment.

A heavy use of layers, masks and effects were used to create the final shots in After Effects.

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AMP: REAL STORIES CAMPAIGN

A recent job performed for Studio: TCO in Surry Hills was for use on the AMP website: "Real Stories" campaign.

The campaign outlines real world success stories and the benefits of AMP Financial Planning Services.

COLOUR TREATMENT

Hue, Saturation and Contrast corrections were applied to all photos to help create uniformity between all elements.

Music Festival

In late 2004, Replay Studios completed a job producing a large selection of on screen graphics for an alternative music festival. These graphics were displayed on several large flat screens at key areas of the festival and on two projectors for the large format stadium screens.

Band show times and venue information were presented along with various graphics, promotional material and a large number of TVC's from the festival sponsors.