CG SEQUENCE SUPERVISOR -- RISING SUN PICTURES

RSP contributed subtle effects for the tense scene in which Harry becomes possessed by Voldemort.  To show Voldemort’s eyes and sockets appearing on Harry’s face, the team used three distinct elements within Shake:  an iris/pupil treatment morphing Harry’s wide pupils to match Voldemort’s small pin-hole pupils; an iris color change; the darkening of  Harry’s eye sockets, using three different mattes that were tracked into position.

We had initially setup a much more robust 3D solution using XSI to morph the model from Harry’s face to Voldemort’s, this solution also included color textures and displacement maps transitions.  In the end the artistic direction of the effect was kept more subtle and focused on Harry’s eyes which was driven mainly in compositing through Shake.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. •Reported directly to the RSP VFX Supervisor Kat Szuminska
   

2. •Managed all artists on the sequence from the R&D and look development stage through the compositing stage
   

3. •Supervised all R&D and look-dev for 3D solution for morphing from Harry’s face to Voldemort’s face