Supervisor
The Third Path
- Supervised character animation and motion graphics for The Third Path. Hired animators, critiqued animation at dailies, established camera angles and moves and fostered a sense of camaraderie among the animation team.
- Collaborated with the editorial and art departments on The Third Path to build and time animatics. Strategized with the art department lead to coordinate asset delivery.
- Designed a file structure to manage approximately 160 animated shots per episode for The Third Path. Developed workflow practices to efficiently integrate animation, art and editorial.
- Researched, contacted and requested quotes from animation/FX studios worldwide for a complex FX simulation. Outsourced animation to a foreign studio and reviewed content through their client review system.
- Eliminated costly post-production issues by identifying and fixing production assets as the lighting/compositing/FX supervisor on the direct-to-DVD series Boz the Bear.
- Redesigned the character light rig, trained lighters on the new rig, and increased shot approval rate to over 50% from episode three to episode four of Boz the Bear.
- Managed set construction for The Treasure Map. Reduced construction time through greater delegation, additional training, project ownership and improved material delivery.
- Organized special events, conducted training seminars, emceed awards ceremony, approved expenditures, identified and placed leadership and oversaw weekly activities as director of an organization with over seventy volunteers. Invited to speak at state-wide training conferences.
