INTRODUCING MICROSOFT MESH
Role: FX Artist
Studio: A52/ Elastic.tv
Date: 2021
Responsible for all holoportation fx (setup/ sim), Earth atmospheric circulation fx (setup/ sim), architecture reveal fx (setup/ sim), and snow holoportation fx (setup/ sim).
Visualizations of the possible scenarios for Microsoft Mesh. Special thank you to art director/ CG supervisor Kirk Shintani for your leadership and guidance throughout the project! And shout out to the team as always!
Software used: Houdini.
Credits
Client: Microsoft
Creative Directors: David Wolf, John Nguyen
Concept Artist: Dave Carleson
Senior Program Manager: Amber Ventris ____________________________________________________________________________
LIVE ACTION
Production Company: Sanctuary
Director: Mindcastle
Director of Photography: Pat Scola
Live Action Producer: Noah Thomason
Production Designer: Melisa Myers
Founder/Executive Producer: Preston Lee ____________________________________________________________________________ VFX
VFX Studio: a52
VFX Supervisor: Jesse Monsour, Urs Furrer
Art Director / CG Supervisor: Kirk Shintani
Flame Artists: Richard Hirst, Andrew McKenna, Matt Sousa, Steven Wolf, John Valle, Michael Vaglienty, Enid Dalkoff
3D Artists: Dustin Mellum, Ariana Ziae Mohseni, Aemilia Widodo, Weiyo Sha, Bryan Cox, Josh Dyer, Jose Limon, Jade Smrz, Joe Paniagua, Mike Di Nocco, Derek Friesenborg, Joseph Chiechi, Mike Bettinardi, Christoffer Bjerre, Haram Jung, Lusine Arakelyan
Design Art Director: Jeff Han
Designer: Carlo Sa, Christoffer Bjerre
Online Editor: John Valle
Sr Producer: Niki Love Goodwin
Production Coordinator: Sara Dotson
Head of Production: Stacy Kessler-Aungst
Head of CG Production: Michael Steinmann
Executive Producers: Patrick Nugent & Kim Christensen
Managing Director: Jennifer Sofio Hall ____________________________________________________________________________ COLOR
Color Studio: Primary
Colorist: Daniel De Vue
Color Assistant: Corey Martinez
Color Producer: Jenny Bright
Executive Producer: Thatcher Peterson _________________________________________________________________________ EDITORIAL
Editorial Company: Rock Paper Scissors
Editor: Ted Guard
Assistant Editor: Michael Shugarman
Producer: Sasha Grubor
Executive Producer: Shada Shariatzadeh
Head of Production: Dre Krichevsky
Managing Director: Eve Kornblum ____________________________________________________________________________ SOUND
Music Company: Future Perfect
Partner: Maxwell Gosling
Composer / Partner: John Connolly
Producer: Nathalie Córdoba