Tim Ketzer, visual effects reel breakdown:
unless noted otherwise, all work was done in Maya or Alias Poweranimator
King Kong
 
 
 

-lighting of full stage and Kong on stage and jumping into the audience.
-lighting of the Brontos, Raptors and trees.
-lighting of Kong on stage (shackles, poles, uprights and stage too)
-lighting of bridge extension and cables behind Ann
-lighting of Kong on stage (shackles, poles, uprights and stage too)

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
 
 
 
 
 

-projection grass texture (Renderman) and geometry for bridge in foreground to remove steps in bridge
-whip animation, lighting of door and room
-lighting of lower part of Oompa Loompa stage (original stage had to be replaced due to moco misalignment)
-2d squirrel placement for a variety of scenes
-lighting of Oompa Loompas for a variety of scenes in tunnel
-lighting of ceiling and wall for a variety of scenes

Troy
 
 
 
 

-3d layout for tent sequence, yurts and mountain models
-models of buidings, palace, street
-matte painting of wall and tower for sequence of arrows being shot from the wall
-matte painting of wall behind the guy with the hammer
-matte painting of wall (everything to the left of tower in the center of the frame)
-models of burnt and collapsed buildings.

Big Fish -model, texture layout, lighting of C-47 plane (rendered in Renderman)

Die Another Day -lighting of wave, James Bond, shute and icebergs. (rendered in Renderman)

Fear Dot Com
-collapsing ball: animation, texturing, lighting (everything except for cockroaches)
-particle systems, fields and collision geometry for cockroaches

The Musketeer -animation of rope shadow on wall

Armageddon
-particle asteroids
-shuttle engines, model, texturing, lighting, particles

SPHERE
 
 

-explosion of space ship under water. animation, lighting, texturing, particles, all elements except for spherical shockwave
-design of the Sphere, model of spaceship interior,
-model of elevator shaft

Truman Show -moon, lightbeam and water using Arete Digital Nature Tools

Hard Rain -model, textures, lighting of traffic lights

Batman & Robin
-design of the inside of the telescope. textures, particles.
-Batarangs and ropes, modelling, texturing, lighting, animation

Spawn -textures for detonator

Devil's Advocate -particle smoke using Dynamation

Air Force One
 
-bullet hits in tail of 747. Textures, geometry, matchmoving
-debris for exploding refueling plane

Space Jam
 
 
 
 

-parts of spaceship model
-lighting of ship in tunnel (rendered in Renderman)
-animation, textures, WB logo, particle cloud
-photorealistic basketball, textures, lighting
-model of stadium parts, uprights, scoreboard, pressbox, Toon placement
-design of glowing basketball, matchmoving, lighting, particles

Jerry Maguire -direct TV satellite model, animation, textures, lighting

Flipper -dolphin model

Sphere -particle stars

For more information on the films listed above, visit the Internet Movie Data Base (imdb.com).


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