Marc Taganas

Work History

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  Compositor

  Blue Sky Studios

  October 2018 - August 2019

  Greenwich, CT

  
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  Senior Compositor

  Method Studios

  May 2018 - October 2018

  Montréal, Canada

  Composite shots to meet the desired look requested by the client/supervisor. Tasks include look development, green/blue screen extraction, cg integration, camera projection, deep compositing, color correction, motion blur, retime, split screen, paint and roto.
  
  Roles/Projects:
  Digital Compositor - Ad Astra
  Digital Compositor - Velvet Buzzsaw
  Digital Compositor - Welcome to Marwen
  Digital Compositor - The First
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  Senior Compositor

  Digital Domain

  February 2018 - April 2018

  Vancouver, Canada

  Composite shots to meet the desired look requested by the client/supervisor. Tasks include green/blue screen extraction, cg integration, camera projection, deep compositing, color correction, motion blur, retime, paint and roto.
  
  Roles/Projects:
  Digital Compositor - Avengers: Infinity War
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  Senior Compositor

  Atomic Fiction

  January 2015 - February 2018

  Montréal, Canada

  Composite shots to meet the desired look requested by the client/supervisor. Tasks include look development, green/blue screen extraction, cg integration, camera projection, deep compositing, color correction, motion blur, retime, split screen, asset modeling and unwrapping, paint and roto.
  
  
  Roles/Projects:
  Digital Compositor - Pacific Rim Uprising
  Digital Compositor - Stranger Things (Season 2)
  Asset Modeler - Stranger Things (Season 2)
  Digital Compositor - Transformers: The Last Knight
  Digital Compositor - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  Digital Compositor - Ghost in the Shell
  Digital Compositor - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  Digital Compositor - Allied
  Digital Compositor - Star Trek Beyond
  Digital Compositor - Deadpool
  Asset Modeler - Deadpool
  Digital Compositor - Daddy's Home
  Digital Compositor - The Walk

  

  

  
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  Lead Roto/Prep Artist

  MPC

  December 2013 - December 2014

  Montreal, Canada

  Helped lead roto and paint artists in Montreal and Bangalore. Briefed, bid and checked roto and prep shots. Created mono and stereo rotoscope assets as well as marker and rig removal. Trained new leads to follow our standards and pipeline.
  
  Roles/Projects:
  Lead Artist - Cinderella
  Lead Artist - Pan
  Roto & Paint Artist - Goosebumps
  Roto & Paint Artist - X-Men: Days of Future Past

  
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  Lead Roto/Prep Artist

  MPC

  April 2012 - November 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Helped to lead roto and paint artists in London and Bangalore. Briefed, bid and checked roto and prep shots. Created mono and stereo rotoscope assets as well as marker and rig removal. Trained new artists and leads to follow our standards and pipeline.
  
  Roles/Projects:
  Lead Artist - Maleficent
  Lead Artist - The Monuments Men
  Lead Artist - 300: Rise of an Empire
  Lead Artist - World War Z
  2nd Lead Artist - 47 Ronin
  2nd Lead Artist - Total Recall
  Roto & Paint Artist - Guardians of the Galaxy
  Roto & Paint Artist - The Seventh Son
  Roto & Paint Artist - The Lone Ranger
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  Roto/Prep Artist

  MPC

  September 2011 - March 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Created mono and stereo rotoscope assets as well as marker and rig removal for the following feature films:
  
  World War Z
  Wrath of the Titans
  Prometheus
  Dark Shadows

  

  
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  Stereoscopic Compositor

  Legend 3D VR VFX

  February 2011 - July 2011

  San Diego, CA

  Created stereo roto and clean plate assets as well as stereo compositing for the following feature films:
  
  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  The Smurfs

• Game Test Analyst

  Nelson Staffing

  November 2009 - February 2011

  San Diego, CA

  Tested Playstation games for Quality Assurance at Sony Computer Entertainment of America.
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  Teaching Assistant

  Platt College San Diego

  March 2010 - April 2010

  San Diego, CA

  Assisted with teaching modeling, texturing and animating using Maya and Photoshop.
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  Volunteer

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  August 2007 - August 2007

  Greater San Diego Area

  Led team of volunteers to organize gift bags.
  Helped assemble exhibition piece.
  Guided attendees to their desired destinations.