Raymond Massa

Work History

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  Kabuki Face Processing

  Lightstorm Entertainment

  May 2021 - April 2024

  Los Angeles, CA

  Avatar 2, 3, 4, 5
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  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
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  Technical Animator

  Activision

  June 2017 - September 2018

  Los Angeles, California, United States
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  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.
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  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
  
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.

  
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  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.
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  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
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  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
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  Special Effects Technician

  Weta Workshop

  February 2000 - September 2003

  

  

  

  

• Intern

  Creature Effects Inc

  1999 - 1999