alex snookes

alex snookes

Mid-level Digital Compositor / 12 yrs

Aston Clinton, United Kingdom

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I have a main background in photography and art, both of which I have studied since A levels. I knew since school that I wanted to build on my natural creativity and pursued a career in compositing.

After 4 years working in visual effects, I have found that the area I am most interested in is film and commercials. I also have a love for cameras and want to try getting more cinematography and camera experience as it is the foundation of compositing.
Work History
  • VFX Supervisor

    Electric Theatre Collective

    August 2020 - Present
  • VFX Supervisor

    MPC

    September 2018 - August 2020

    Lyxn - Africa
    Vodafone - Be Unlimited
    Eurostar
    Palace - LA, Tokyo, Court Date
    Be Cool Be Nice

  • Compositor

    MPC

    September 2016 - September 2018

    Ikea, Ghosts
    Jaguar, Breed Apart
    Channel 4, Idents
    Apple, Barber
    Abarth, Pista
    VW, Bam 15sec
    Diesel, Go With The Flaw
    Ghost in the Shell
    John Lewis Christmas 2016, Buster the Boxer

  • Compositor

    MPC

    September 2016 - September 2018

    Ikea, Ghosts
    Jaguar, Breed Apart
    Channel 4, Idents
    Apple, Barber
    Abarth, Pista
    VW, Bam 15sec
    Diesel, Go With The Flaw
    Ghost in the Shell
    John Lewis Christmas 2016, Buster the Boxer

  • Compositor

    The Mill

    May 2016 - September 2016
    London, United Kingdom

    Sky, Cinema Launch
    Nike, The Switch

  • Compositor

    MPC

    April 2015 - July 2015
    Soho, London

    Samsung, Dolphin Whisperer - Comping a CG Dolphin into water as well as 2d cleanups.

    Boots, Beauty Emporium - Comping the CG firefly, various clean ups and creating the transitions between shots. This included a mixture of 2d and 3d elements and techniques to blend two environments together.

    U2 VR - Stitched GoPro cameras in stereo to create a seamless vr world viewable through the Oculus. Cleanup in stereo and in VR which meant our plates were 4k and made up of 8 different cameras. Helping with pipeline and working in the project on Nuke Studio to help us manage timeline.

    Ikea, Monkeys - Comping the CG elephant and adding additional monkeys to the plate as well as Bg replacement, adding water and monkey interaction. Bg replacements, cleanups, adding more elements to shots and stitching shots.

    King Games, Paradise Bay - Clean up, stitching the plates for the man in the boat and integrating the bird on the shoulder.

    Cadbury, Puddles - Creating the colourful houses puddle shot and hand animating Ducky's limbs.

    Farm Heroes Saga - Comping the CG flamingo and pink flower shot as well as clean up and prepping the 2d carrots.

  • Compositor

    Unit Media

    March 2015 - April 2015
    Soho, London

    Carling Seagull - Compositing a cg seagull into a seaside environment.

  • Compositor

    Realise Studio

    June 2013 - January 2015

    G-star Raw - Keying fragments of jeans from multiple plates and rebuilding them to form a composition that matched the cg.

    Carlsberg - Stabilising Go Pro footage using Rolling Shutter, background clean up including rebuilding characters arms and re-animating them, roto and integrating cg both through the 2d and 3d systems.

    Toyota - Lots of clean up taking reflections out of the car and removing objects in the surrounding environment. Keying and comping cars with people and interaction with a background screen.

    Thomson - Integrate and comp full cg ogre faces on to a prothetic ogre suit. Cleanup making the suit look more realistic and having to resize the ogre to make him look much larger. I was also tasked with one of the 30 second trailers to re-create the sand which was done through projections and matte paintings.

    Buchanan's – Nuke 2d lead, managing work between other artists. Keying Elephants, crowd extensions, background replacements.

    Kingsmans Secret Service – Developed a look for under the skin wiring heating up. I managed to complete 3 shots which went into the final cut.

    Da Vinci's Demons Seasons 2/3 - Look development for the cg shots and helped set up the pipeline using Hiero. Comping matte paintings and adding blood effects. Keying people on boats to match a cg environment. On season 3 became sequence lead for 6 shots. Towards then end of the project was 2d lead finishing off the episode. Season 3 predominately full cg comps.

  • Compositor / Photographer

    HMX Media

    November 2010 - May 2012
    London, United Kingdom


    Nuke compositor and photographer working in a pipeline on projects for Sony, Nikon and Lenovo.
    I began as a product photographer for 3d referencing.
    My role was as a compositor working mainly in cg and look development, along with live action cleanup and screen replacements.

  • Promo launch video

    Dj Push & SupremeBeing

    November 2011 - January 2012


    For this I was asked to create a promotional video for an emerging disk jockey artist, which was sponsored by SupremeBeing. I was in charge of creating the concept and directing the shoot as well as producing and editing roles.


    https://vimeo.com/56686149

  • Photographer

    Wendover Heights

    July 2008 - September 2010

    Hosted a number of photo shoots over a few years, photographing clients pets, with all profits going to charity.

    https://www.alexsnookes.com/pet-portraits

  • 3d Logo Design

    Visual CineVideo

    2010 - 2010
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


    I worked for a production company called, ‘Visual Cinema’ designing a 3D logo which they use on their productions.


    https://www.alexsnookes.com/visual-cinema

Education
  • Escape Studios

    2012 - 2012
  • Met Film School

    2009 - 2010
  • Berkhamsted Collegiate School

    2001 - 2008