Craig Crane

Work History

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  Business Owner

  Motion Associates Ltd

  January 2010 - Present

  Providing first class On Set, Environmental and Vehicular Lidar for the Visual Effects industry.
  Approaching Lidar as a VFX artist myself, I ensure that the data fits with your specific requirements and pipeline.
  
  VFX clients include: Marvel (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers II), Disney (Muppets II, Into The Woods), Warner Brothers (PAN), Lionsgate Films (MockingJay), Double Negative, BBC
  
  We have also diversified into the manufacturing sector, working for Hornby Hobbies PLC, using Lidar to help them turn big Planes, trains and automobiles into scale mo
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  Lidar supervisor : Into The Woods

  The Walt Disney Company

  October 2013 - January 2014
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  Lidar On-Set Services Supervisor

  Double Negative

  January 2010 - April 2013

  On-Set lidar Supervisor. Scanning of sets, vehicles, props and creatures. Post processing and final mesh delivery. Developed DNEGs lidar workflow from scratch, from capture to delivery.
  
  Overseeing all facets of on-set data acquisition, management and delivery services, including Lidar, Cyber-scanning, Set Survey, photographic reference etc

  

  

  

  

  
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  Massive | Crowd

  MPC

  August 2009 - January 2010

  Bouncing over to MPC for a spell in their TVC dept for more Massive Crowd work etc etc

  

  

  
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  Massive / Crowd

  The Mill

  June 2009 - August 2009

  Massive operator / Crowds / Commercials

  
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  Independant Motion Capture Supervisor / coordinator

  Double Negative

  November 2008 - June 2009

  Working up all the crowd shots for Roland Emerichs 2012 St Peters Square shots.
  
  Planning, directing and supervising the Mocap shoot, motion editing, crowd placement and wrangling prior to handing over for render.
  
  Enhancing Mocap with Endorphin Sims for death sequence.
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  VFX artist

  Peerless Camera Company

  September 2008 - January 2009

  Working at Peerless Camera company as a VFX artist.
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  VFX artist

  Peerless Camera Company

  2008 - 2009

• Project Liaison

  Centroid Motion Capture: Pinewood Studios

  March 2008 - August 2008

  Looking after Projects (features and Broadcast).
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  Maya Generalist, Anim TD, Mocap Lead

  Double Negative

  July 2006 - March 2008

  Made stuff move!
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  Mocap Lead

  Double Negative

  2006 - March 2008

  Mocap wrangler / coordinator.
  Endorphin user!
  Maya Generalist

  

  

  

  

  

• animation / R&D / Look Dev

  Jeff Wayne / Ollie Productions

  January 2004 - April 2006

  Helping Jeff Wayne bring his iconic Album from the 70's screaming into a multi arena international live event.
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  Puppeteer

  Nickelodeon

  August 1994 - July 2003

  Character performer and Digital puppeteer for the channels Puppet characters and preschool writing duties
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  Puppeteer

  Nickelodeon

  1994 - 2003

  Stuck my hand up animals and made them talk

• Digital Puppeteer

  DreamTeam, Israel

  1999 - 2001
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  Puppeteer

  Medialab

  1994 - 2000
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  puppeteer

  Jim Henson's Creature Shop

  1990 - 1992