Emily Abele
animation light/comp lead, senior animation compositor
Webs' Masters - DreamWorks' Dragons: The Nine Realms
This episode had a number of paint overs, but more excitingly there were some unique challenges! The tilt shift look was fun to work on, and creating a dragon shadow was tricky. All the BG and FG elements were rendered together, and we did not have the files to re-render, so some creative roto work was involved.
integration of FX, atmosphere, added depth to shot, general plussing and introduction of tilt shift look to really sell the scale of the realm; added lens flare, nothing is complete without a lens flare.
creation, integration, and animation of dragon shadow to interact with ground elements