Katrina Taylor

Work History

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  VFX Editor

  Industrial Light & Magic

  April 2016 - Present
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  VFX Editor

  MPC

  January 2015 - March 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Lead VFX editor on animation heavy, up to 1000+ shot feature films.
  Manage ingestion of all plates, reference and set material. Keep up-to-date timelines of all client edits and audit new cuts tracking all changes in database. QC deliverables in various formats and file types. Manage all editorial info in the database including frame ranges, countsheets, retime information, camera information, and edit changes. Communicate directly with client-side VFX editorial to ensure all material is received and ingested properly in an organized pipeline.
  
  LEAD VFX EDITOR:
  Monster Trucks
  Suicide Squad
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  Stereo Conversion Editor

  Prime Focus World

  March 2013 - January 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Manage ingestion of up to 2000+ shots
  - Drive dailies sessions with supervisors and clients
  - Ingestion of elements from various VFX vendors for artist use
  - QC client deliveries in various formats including quicktimes, DPXs, and Avid media
  - Update shot database with all necessary info and edit changes
  - Keep organized timelines of all shots with up-to-date edits/versions from client
  - Communicate directly with client-side editorial
  - Creative editing of multiple internal demo/sizzle reels including international material used for perspective clients
  
  
  LEAD STEREO EDITOR:
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Transformers: Age of Extinction
  Seventh Son
  The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  The Legend of Hercules
  
  STEREO EDITOR:
  Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For
  Noah
  I, Frankenstein
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  VFX Coordinator

  Prime Focus World

  January 2013 - March 2013

  The Great Gatsby (2013)
  - Kept track of all incoming international shots
  - Set up and tracked meetings with other locations
  - Updated Shotgun with any supervisor notes, artist and shot info
  - Ran dailies sessions with VFX supervisors and entered all notes into Shotgun for artist and supervisor reference

• Assistant Editor

  24 Frames Digital

  January 2012 - March 2013

  Vancouver, BC

  Assistant editor - The Liquidator (Anaid productions):
  - Digitized all footage into Avid
  - Organized and named all footage according to content for editor use
  - Coordinated all media deliveries to various editors around the country
  - AVID tech help
  - Edited content for web
  - Up-resed all offline footage for online editor
  
  Online and Offline Editorial Intern:
  The Christmas Consultant (2012)
  Concrete Blondes (2012)
  Ghost Storm (2012)
  
  - Various dailies syncing for MOWs
  - Managed SSVP Facebook and Twitter accounts

• VFX Coordinator

  Arctic Air Season 2

  November 2012 - December 2012

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  - Created database of all stock media for artist use
  - Coordinated deliveries directly with editorial
  - Managed artist hours and expenses
  - Ran dailies sessions with VFX supervisor and prepped all deliveries
  - Entered supervisor notes into custom shot database
  - Various on-set assistance

• ENG Editor

  Global Television

  April 2011 - December 2012

  - ENG Editing under tight deadlines
  - Worked directly with reporters to edit fast and compelling news pieces for all shows
  - Edited various bumpers/openings for all shows including Global Mandarin
  - Ingested footage
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  VFX Coordinator/Editor

  GFZ Group

  May 2012 - August 2012

  -Coordinated multiple small films at one time
  -Managed shot ingestion and delivery
  -Ran client dailies sessions and managed multiple projects in Shotgun
  -Coordinated sessions between DI facility and client
  -Kept reels updated with current versions and up-to-date edits
  -On-set VFX assistance
  -Recruitedf new employees through various social medias, job boards, and local art schools
  
  -Switch (2013)
  -Grave Encounters 2 (2012)
  -Horses of McBride (2012)
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  VFX Production Assistant

  Summit Entertainment

  April 2012 - May 2012

  On-set VFX PA for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II (Reshoots)
  -set up tracking markers for 300ft green screen
  -data wrangling
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  VFX Production Assistant

  Lifetime Television

  April 2012 - May 2012

  On-set VFX production assistant - The Christmas Consultant