NATURE
MADE
Produced by pitch inc
 
PROTEST
by Steve Katz
&
pitch inc

PROTEST is a full-on CGI movie created in HD format using 3D MAX and AfterEffects. The only live action footage in this film is the human characters themselves.

My involvement in this project consisted of creating debris textures within the flowing water near the end, and modelling the trash on the street.

Of course, I was also responsible for compressing this movie for the web.

DGS

Nature Made was a 3D project created using individual pill models on a single plane. The animation was accomplished with no inbetweening; all on ones.

My involvement here was the creation of the cliff structures in the animation, and the cloud elements in the print ad.

When I went to compress this spot for this page, I maintained the integrity of the individual pills by tweaking the sharpness parameters in Cleaner 5. Obviously I need to keep working on this to bring down the bitrate even further.

 
PROTEST
for 56k modem
180 x 104
12 fps
9.2kBps 
NATURE MADE
for 56k modem
180 x 136
9 fps
29.1 kBps
 
PROTEST
for cable
320 x 184
12 fps
39.5 kBps
 
NATURE MADE
for cable
or better
380 x 254
15 fps
71.9kBps
 
CLOCKWORLD
by David Saxman
 
PROTEST
  for T1
  connection
380 x 254
20 fps
47.2 kBps

Clockworld is an original concept which I developed from an interest in mechanical models of the solar system.

It is actually the second part of a sequence which was started many years ago using a 3D animation program called Imagine.

Video compression was accomplished using the PC version of Media Cleaner. Even with the Sorenson 3 Codec, I greatly prefer the Mac version of Media Cleaner.

 
TECHNICAL
DIRECTION
 
CLOCKWORK
 for modem
connection
240 x 136
10 fps
 
Some of my work as
Technical Director
can be seen in this
selection of
commercial spots
produced by
Pitch Inc.
My responsibilities
involved asset
management for the
animation elements,
Transcoding and
Syncing of audio
and video elements,
preperation of comps,
supervising renders,
pre-prep of final
layoffs, plus any
extra editing,
rendering, digital
capture, beauty shots
for clients, and
any other loose ends
that were needed.
I was also responsible
for maintaining the
hardware, software,
plugins, and any other
practical needs for
the Animators and
Artists.
 
CLOCKWORK
for
cable or better
360 x 203
15 fps
 
WAR OF THE
WORLDS
( the Prequel )
 
COMING SOON !!!

Here we will see some
preliminary work on
my independent project
consisting of stills
and previz animations.
This comedic vision of
an interplanetary 
invasion gone awry has
been on the back burner
for too long..