Andrew Rose

Work History

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  Previz Animator - Virtual Lab Artist

  Digital Domain

  August 2014 - June 2015

  Playa Vista

  • Pre-Viz Animator: Animated various CG animal characters with Motion Builder’s Story editing and blending tools, to construct complex fresh performances to Director’s specifications, for pre-viz master scenes and specific shots in Disney’s feature film by Jon Favreau, The Jungle Book (2016).
  
  • Virtual Lab Artist: Created master scenes and maintained the evolution of animated elements, environments, and visual effects through the course of shot development, spanning several production departments, from pre-viz to stage capture and into animation and shot composition, while troubleshooting for technical inefficiencies and scene defects, within a state-of-the-art Virtual Production pipeline.
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  Motion Editor - Motion Capture Specialist

  Sony Computer Entertainment America

  February 2014 - June 2014

  Greater San Diego Area

  Scene Assembly and Motion Editing for game-rendered cinematic sequences in The Order: 1886, a highly anticipated Playstation 4 game title.

  

  

  

  
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  Motion Editor - Animator - Pre-Viz Artist - Camera Layout

  House of Moves

  September 2013 - January 2014

  Playa del Rey, CA

  Pre-Visualization, Scene Assembly, Motion Editing and Animation for Resident Evil VII: Biohazard (2017), on Playstation 4.
  
  Pre-Visualization, Scene Assembly, Camera and Blocking Layout, and Motion Editing for The Devil's Third (Wii-U).
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  Lighting TD

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  February 2012 - June 2013

  Culver City

  Lighting of CG characters and elements in Katana 3D, for integration into filmed plates for The Smurfs 2.
  
  Facilitated the Look Development of Smurf characters and Village assets, by converting and upgrading all of the first film's assets with the newest Arnold render shaders, to recreate the original film look.
  
  Created and groomed grass and plants, with effects, for use in extensive CG and hybrid shot scenes of the Smurf village.

  

  

  
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  Motion Capture Specialist / Technical Animator

  Sony Computer Entertainment America

  November 2009 - December 2011

  Greater San Diego Area

  
  Motion Capture Solver: motion capture tracking, solving, and integration for various AAA titles for Playstation 3: The Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Infamous 2, Killzone 3, MLB 12: The Show, Resistance 3, and Resistance: Burning Skies.
  
  Responsible for the accurate conversion of motion-captured marker data to solved, animated CG characters, ready for immediate integration and motion editing in complex cinematic scenes for multiple Playstation 3 titles.
  
  Stage System Operator: Operated Vicon motion capture system, video reference capture system, and assisted stage crew for the performance capture of several blockbuster Playstation 3 video game titles, including Killzone 3 and Infamous 2.
  
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  Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  February 2009 - June 2009

  Culver City

  
  Provided lighting and compositing of 3D stereoscopic scenes for the feature film, G-Force 3D.
  
  Used state-of-the-art tools to elicit depth from 2D film plates, CG characters, effects and environments, in order to create the seamless illusion of immersive depth and integration of digital elements.
  
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  Virtual Cinema Artist

  Lightstorm Entertainment

  November 2007 - February 2009

  Playa del Rey

  
  Collaborated with team of artists to create and assemble scenes for virtual camera in James Cameron's blockbuster film, Avatar.
  
  Assembled scene assets, characters, animated effects, real-time lighting, and edited motion capture takes in Motion Builder, to create custom character performances for virtual camera capture (aka, “Simulcam”) in James Cameron's film, Avatar.
  
  Converted and streamlined complex animated scene builds from native Maya format to Motion Builder layouts, for real-time playback and capture by the Director in the Performance Capture Volume.
  
  Created digital lighting elements for environment and character lighting in Motion Builder, while carefully maintaining a balance between visual quality and the performance requirements for real-time playback and virtual camera capture.
  

  
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  Associate Technical Director

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  April 2007 - November 2007

  Culver City

  
  Provided lighting and compositing of 3D stereoscopic scenes for the feature film, Beowulf.
  
  Assisted the 2D lighting team with shot setup, generated first-passes of ambient, reflection occlusions, shadow and beauty passes, and FX elements to hand off to Senior Lighters for final adjustments.
  
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  Technical Animator (motion capture)

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  January 2005 - March 2007

  Culver City

  
  Tracker: effectively tracked and integrated high-end body and facial motion capture data into animation pipeline for Beowulf and Monster House.
  
  Stage System Operator: Assisted in the development of next generation electro-oculographic (EOG) eye motion capture for Beowulf. Operated on-stage system, in which principle talent was outfitted with wireless PDA's to capture electrical impulses, generated by the movements of their eyes, during performance of the shoot.
  
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  Sr. Production Services Technician

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  March 2003 - January 2005

  Culver City

  
  Assisted all facets of the production group by handling file backup and retrieval requests, monitoring of renders and image processes, preparation of visual materials for dailies, and creation of various shell scripts, for the feature film, The Polar Express (2004).
  

  

• 3D Game Artist

  Vision Scape Interactive

  February 2001 - August 2002

  San Diego

  
  Created high-quality modeling/texturing work, character rigging, and animation for non-player characters, which were used in Sony Online's adventure game, EverQuest.
  
  Developed and exported complex 3D outdoor environments, texturing, lighting; Created complex skeletal hierarchies, rigged characters, and animation loops for the X-Box title, Seablade.
  

• 3D Artist

  Protozoa/DotComix

  August 2000 - November 2000

  San Francisco

  
  Modeled and textured low and hi-rez characters and sets for use in animated features across
  multiple platforms, using Nichimen Graphics' Mirai software.
  
  Animated characters using Alive, an in-house motion capture system, and exported data for output to the Pulse 3D player.
  
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  Product Specialist: 3D Studio Max

  Discreet/Autodesk

  March 2000 - August 2000

  San Francisco

  
  Developed extensive test-plans to test 3D Studio Max 4.0 game production toolset, including: 3D modeling, texturing tools, animation, data export, and conversion tools.
  
  Efficiently reported bugs and UI imperfections which greatly significantly improved the interface and workflow of the most widely used 3D production tool in the industry.
  

• Product Specialist: Mirai/Nendo/N-World

  Nichimen Graphics, Inc.

  October 1996 - November 1999

  
  Formulated user-interface tests in modeling, texturing, lighting, and animation of CG characters and environments, which increased the number of identified production and interface bugs in Nichimen Graphics' Mirai 1.1, Nendo, and N-World 3.2.
  
  Served as part of QA team assigned to test all game content creation software applications, service packs, plug-ins and installation procedures on UNIX and NT platforms.
  
  Appointed as primary technical support contact for over 1200 game, simulation, and production accounts, worldwide.