Well I suppose it’s probably about time to get an actual grown-up job again.
And to that end I’ve put together a little reel. Check it out:
It has only about a third of the shots I directly worked on at Dreamworks, but I think it’s a fairly representative sample, and nobody really wants to see every disembodied-lemur-eyeball-in-the-bushes shot from Madagascar anyway. At least I don’t.
I was a little unsure about my musical selection. Anthony Rother’s Little Computer People might be a bit grating for those who don’t have a taste for fine electro. But I thought it was totally appropriate and totally hilarious. So I’m going with it. Plus my experience of CG demo reels is that they universally have ridiculously awful music, so everyone turns the sound down anyway.
So. People of the Internet. I am interested in what you think. Let me know! (and BTW, Internet: I’ve missed you. I intend to start posting here again regularly. I promise.)
This short had barely any character arc, and the lighting was all over the place from shot to shot. The animation style was somewhat inconsistent as well, as were the character designs. Are we in a park, or in the jungle! The scenes just didn’t hold together.
Flames looked good though.
Yeah we’re still working on the third act, and we havn’t quite figured out the villain yet. But there are fart jokes galore, and we got Missy Elliott to remix the credit song. It’s going to be huge!
But seriously, thanks for the comment Drew. I was kinda wondering if anyone would notice I’d started posting again.
I noticed! I like the crazy new layout, too. How very-very.
Very cool. Given the bits you were responsible for in the castle scenes and the jungle scenes, you have proved yourself a true flamer and a true ‘baller (respectively).
Now, if only you would bring back The Adventures of George Beard-nard Shaw.
More beard-related posts coming up in the not-too-distant future, assuming I am successful in my current beard endeavor.
Yessssssssss.
Despite your defiance of the #1 rule in demo reels (no techno!), it looks good! Very stylish. We’d hire you in a second (although I suspect in different roles).
Visit your parents, they miss you!
I second that beard-related post request. But seriously, that kicked the pants off metropolis light transport!
Rebecca are you referring to Metropolis Light Transport the rendering algorithm, or our awesome still-to-be-formed epic prog rock band?
My reel could have definitely benefitted from some classic MLT-c.1978 keyboard jams. Would have solved Justin and Jason’s techno issue nicely as well. I’ll work on that.
I always knew you could light a fart. I miss the spiky hair dude. However, back on subject, you reel rocks !