Andrew Hutchinson

Work History

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  senior mocap TD

  ScanlineVFX

  September 2016 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Cinematics & Motion Capture Animator/ Lead/ Manager

  Imagination Studios

  August 2011 - December 2015

  Performing in varying roles as Animation and Motion Capture service provider, for a wide variety of clients and industries.
  
  Hands-on in the development and creation of cinematic animation (cameras, previs/ layout, sequence editing) and the re-targeting and motion editing of motion capture animation.
  
  Managerial responsibilities include overseeing workflow design and animation pipelines (clients and outsourced teams), assets and deliverables.
  
  Client sectors include:
  
  commercials
  videogames
  film
  
  eg.
  
  • State Zero (short film) (as Motion Capture Animati
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  Previs Artist & Virtual Camera Technician

  Nviz

  June 2011 - August 2011

  "Snow White and the Huntsman" (Film: dir. Rupert Sanders)
  
  • OptiTrack Virtual Camera System (VCS)
  • Motionbuilder
  • Maya
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  Senior Motion Editor

  Animagine Studios

  April 2011 - June 2011

  • Motionbuilder

• Virtual Camera Technician/ Operator

  Atticus Finch (Studio 7)

  March 2011 - April 2011

  • OptiTrack Virtual Camera System (VCS)
  • Motionbuilder

• Motion Capture Group Lead

  Ignition London

  November 2009 - December 2010

  Videogame project.
  
  full MoCap pipeline production and management.
  
  • 32-Camera Vicon MX System
  • Vicon BLADE
  • Motionbuilder

• Motion Capture Supervisor & CGI artist

  Digi-Guys Ltd

  October 2003 - November 2009

  Movie and Game hybrid project.
  
  full MoCap pipeline production and management.
  
  • 32-Camera Vicon MX System
  • Vicon iQ
  
  As CGI Artist:
  
  • previs & layout (Lightwave)
  • modelling (Modo)
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  Motion Capture Animation Supervisor

  Mainframe Entertainment

  July 2000 - September 2003

  TV, Film and Videogame (cutscene) productions.
  
  • FiLMBOX/ Motionbuilder
  • Softimage 3D
  • XSi
  
  Notable Productions:
  
  Heavy Gear (TV series)
  Max Steel (TV series)
  Spiderman (TV series)
  Barbie as Rapunzel (DVD)
  Barbie in Swan Lake (DVD) featuring New York City Ballet
  
  as service provider:
  
  Enter the Matrix (VG: Cinematics)
  Stargate SG1 (TV series)
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  Motion Capture Specialist

  Audiomotion Studios

  November 1997 - July 2000

  Motion Capture service provider, for:
  
  music videos
  commercials
  videogames
  film
  
  Mainly a capture & cleanup role with 2 yrs' facial MoCap Post-Production specialisation.
  
  • Vicon 8i System
  • Vicon Workstation/ Bodybuilder
  • FiLMBOX
  • Famous Faces 3D
  • Maya
  
  Notable productions:
  
  Gladiator (Film)
  WLS '99 (VG: in-game)
  Colony Wars: Red Sun (VG: Cinematics)
  Bjork "Hunter" (Music Video)
  Dreamcast "Lara Croft" (Commercial)
  "Boy in Darkness" (TV)