Syzygy FX - reel breakdown

Luciano DiGeronimo - Reel Breakdown - Winter 2014
Senior VFX Compositor / 3D Animator
Project - The Fault in our Stars Client - HBO Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. I replaced the actors leg with a plate of a real amputee "matching" the movement. Since it really didn't, matching the leg and folds of the blanket were challenging.	Project - The Americans: ep 201 Client - FX Network Programs Used - Mocha, Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. For this show since there were multiple scenes that required de-aging, an effiecnt method need to be created to handle the many shots.
Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 402 Client - HBO Programs Used - Nuke, PF Track What I did - Made at Phosphene. Photos of the actress were projected onto a 3D mesh and matchmoved to the shot. At over 800 frames and the ground being deceptively uneven, the solve was especially difficult.	Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 501 Client - HBO Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. The plate that was shot had the blood position static at the last frame. A kinetic movement needed to be added to this and its following shot.
Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 404 Client - HBO Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. Plate cleanup, split screen and removal of the car rig were done as well as comping in the stuntman shot from a different location.	Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 303 Client - HBO Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. More fire and smoke were added in order to enhance the severity of the fire. Lighting and reflection needed to be added well.
Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 312 Client - HBO Programs Used - Mocha, Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. The wound needed to be completely replaced and made flowing. Several elements were used including one I shot in my basement. Because of the wind, the shirt was manually tracked at multiple spots to get the elements locked on.	Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 302 Client - HBO Programs Used - Mocha, Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. In this sequence the flare was over his face and since the light and shadow were changing, an morphed patch was tracked in.
Project - Boardwalk Empire: ep 307 Client - HBO Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. Paintings were tracked and comped in. The images were graded to give them age including the addition of a cracked texture and gold leaf.	Project - Life of Pi Client - 20th Century Fox Programs Used - Nuke What I did - As the in-house compositor for Ang Lee's stereo film, I removed the wire and replaced the sky. The depth and detail of the bubbles remained intact.
Project - Life of Pi Client - 20th Century Fox Programs Used - Syntheyes, Nuke What I did - After this whole sequence was re-shot, I comped all 50 shots of the apartment. This 1100 frame shot had to be painstakingly matchmoved for stereo. About 80 shots for the film were done by me.	Project - The Americans: ep 110 Client - FX Network Programs Used - Mocha, Nuke What I did - Made at Phosphene. For all the flashback scenes, the actors were made to look younger using blurs and color corrects. I object tracked the face so the effect was smoothly translated to all shots.
Project - Tower Heist Client - Universal Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Made at Gravity. The set pieces were tracked and replaced/extended with a provided CG building. Wire removal on the actors and car. Right window interior was completely recreated to match transparency.	Project - Tower Heist Client - Universal Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Green screen comp. Top of plate and chandelier needed to be recreated because the lights blew out the image. The lighting on Bens hair was also problematic. Floor scuff marks were removed and reflection was added.
Project - Borgia: ep 102 Client - Canal+ Programs Used - Nuke What I did - Shot as one continuous take, the plate was cut up and some parts were separated by time. For continuity, I had to paint out the blood in several earlier shots.	Project - Royal Pains: ep 216 Client - USA Network Programs Used - Nuke What I did - For this episode I handled all the driving comps - 27 shots.
Project - Zombie Prom Client - Illusions of Grandeur FX Programs Used - After Effects What I did - For this short film, I handled the bulk of the vfx comps - over 3 dozen shots including the open and all screen burn-ins. The footage was in color and I treated it to look like an old TV without the use of special plug-ins.	Project - The Lizzie McGuire Movie Client - Disney Programs Used - Animo, After Effects What I did - Made at Tapehouse Toons, as Digital Supervisor, I created all color models, comped all animated scenes first using using Animo, then After Effects where I added drop shadows, reflections, grain and color correct on a live action BG.