Raymond Massa

Raymond Massa

Senior motion capture technician / 18 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Work History
  • Kabuki Face Processing

    Lightstorm Entertainment

    May 2021 - April 2024
    Los Angeles, CA

    Avatar 2, 3, 4, 5

  • Motion Capture Stage Technician

    2K Games

    November 2019 - April 2021
    Petaluma, California
  • Martial Arts Instructor / Administrative Assistant

    WERDUM COMBAT TEAM

    August 2018 - December 2019
    Venice, California
  • Technical Animator

    Activision

    June 2017 - September 2018
    Los Angeles, California, United States
  • MOVA Facial Model Technical Artist - Vancouver

    Digital Domain

    May 2015 - May 2016
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Vancouver MOVA team facial motion capture

    Projects: Beauty and the Beast (2017), Deadpool (2015), Teresa Teng Concert
    • Using Mova Contour Performance Facial Capture technology and Maya Pipeline to create highly detailed performance capture data for facial animation
    • 3D tracking, Data QC and Maya Modeling as needed
    • Documented, assisted and trained other artists during production on the use of Mova
    • Assisted in troubleshooting creative and/or technical issues as they arose, as well as contributing to hands-on shot production.

  • MOVA Facial Model Technical Artist - Los Angeles

    Digital Domain

    January 2015 - May 2015
    Los Angeles, California

    Worked on MOVA facial performance capture for the Teresa Tang 3D concert

  • On Set Head Cam Operator for Facial Performance Capture

    Technoprops

    March 2013 - December 2014
    various

    • Feature: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    • Video Games: Halo 4, SuperMassive Project

    • Provided support as an on-set technician within the facial capture team; assisted in various location shoots in Los Angeles and abroad.
    • Helped develop a mobile solution for onset facial capture to minimize our impact on the crew in terms of time and space

  • Mocap Editor/Animator

    Giant Studios

    August 2011 - August 2012
    Manhattan Beach, California

    Involved with development of facial pipeline including onset capture and quality control.
    Used Nuance and Identify to Edit Motion for Halo 4.

  • Facial Motion Capture Artist/Technician

    Wētā FX

    July 2006 - September 2010

    -Feature: Rise of the Apes
    director: Rupert Wyatt
    vfx set supervisor: Gord Dunick
    motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic

    -Feature: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
    director: Steven Spielberg
    vfx set supervisor: Scott E. Anderson
    motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic

    -Feature: Avatar
    director: James Cameron
    vfx set supervisor: Stephen Rosenbaum
    motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic

    -Video Game: Heavenly Sword
    motion capture supervisor: Dejan Momcilovic

    Provided support both as an on-set technician and as a post-production artist within the motion capture team. Assisted in various location shoots which took our team both to Los Angeles and Vancouver. During the Avatar shoot was the long term stationed technician ensuring that our necessary elements where captured and that the data Quality was maintained.

  • Motion Editor

    Animal Logic

    May 2006 - July 2006

    -Feature: Happy Feet
    director: George Miller
    animation director: Daniel Jeannette
    motion capture supervisor: François Laroche
    Provided additional support as a motion editor after capture was completed, using Giant's Nuance software.

  • Digital Artist

    Wētā FX

    November 2005 - November 2005

    -Feature: King Kong
    director: Peter Jackson
    vfx supervisor: Scott E. Anderson
    lead grading compositor: Matt Greig
    Provided additional support to the grading team with digital makeup fixes during final weeks before delivery.

  • Facial Data Tracker and Cleanup

    Wētā FX

    June 2005 - October 2005
  • Compositor

    Photon VFX NZ

    December 2004 - April 2005

    -Television: Hercules
    director: Roger Young
    vfx supervisor: Ben Ambrose
    vfx supervisor: Daniel Brown
    vfx producer: Johannes Konigstorfer
    2D lead: Katie Hecker

  • Special Makeup Effects Artist

    K.N.B. EFX Group Inc.

    September 2004 - December 2004

    -Feature: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    director: Andrew Adamson
    vfx supervisor: Dean Wright
    prosthetic MU set supervisor: Howard Berger
    key prosthetic MU: Tami Lane
    On-set Special Makeup, Prosthetics and Creature Effects

  • Compositor

    USC School of Cinema and Television

    June 2004 - August 2004

    -Short: The Elephant's Egg
    director/ vfx supervisor: Sam Yousefian

  • Motion Editor

    MotionWorks

    June 2004 - August 2004
  • Onset Special FX and Miniature Technician

    Three Foot Six Ltd

    September 2003 - October 2003
  • Special Effects Technician

    Weta Workshop

    February 2000 - September 2003
  • Intern

    Creature Effects Inc

    1999 - 1999
Education
  • Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Arts

    University of Southern California

    1994 - 1999
  • Certificate

    Joe Blasco

    November 1993 - November 1993