Professional Experience

After Effects Compositor/FX Artist - “Kung Fu Panda 3” & “Dreamplace” (July 2015-Nov. 2015 )
Dreamworks Animation SKG, Glendale, CA
Animated and composited shots of the end title sequence for the feature animated film “Kung Fu Panda 3”. Created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects. Also worked on the “Dreamplace” interactive holiday experience entitled “Adventure to Santa”. Created templates for entire comp team for all shot use, comped and animated characters/FX, created VFX and lighting, created marketing ads and sponsor demos.

After Effects Compositor/FX Artist - FireForge Games Campaign (June 2015-July 2015 )
Dark Burn Creative, Chatsworth, CA
Created video game trailer shots utilizing concept art for the FireForge video game marketing campaigns. Used 3D layers and cameras for comps, created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects, and used built in plugins as well as third party plugins for FX.

Visual Development After Effects/FX Artist - (March 2015-April. 2015)
Paramount Animation, Los Angeles, CA
Created visual development shots using After Effects for an unreleased feature animated film at Paramount Animation. Used 3D layers and cameras for comps, created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects, and used built in plugins as well as third party plugins for FX.

After Effects Compositor/FX/Animator - “Monster High” & “Barbie: Super Sparkle” (Nov. 2014-Feb. 2015)
Six Point Harness Studios/Mattel, Los Angeles, CA
Composited Flash animation, PSDs and created FX for the Monster High web series and Barbie motion comic. Used 3D layers and cameras for comps, created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects, and used built in plugins as well as third party plugins for FX.

VFX Supervisor/Lead After Effects Compositor - “Rainbow Brite (2014)” (May 2014-Nov. 2014)
Feeln/Hallmark, Santa Monica, CA
Created VFX and supervised all VFX work on the Rainbow Brite TV series (2014). Lead compositor supervising both an in house staff and vendor studio for all compositing on the show. Composited Flash animation using 3D layers and cameras for comps, created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects in AE, and used built in plugins as well as third party plugins for FX.

After Effects Compositor/Animator - “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” (Sept. 2013-March 2014)
Six Point Harness Studios/FOX, Los Angeles, CA
Composited Flash animation with live action elements for the 2D animated portions of the Cosmos television series. Used 3D layers and cameras for comps, created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects, and used built in plugins as well as third party plugins for FX..

After Effects Compositor/Animator - “Planes Shorts” & “Cloud Alphabet” (May 2013-June 2013)
DisneyToon Studios, Glendale, CA
Animated and composited a sky writing cloud alphabet for a marketing toolkit for the animated feature film “Planes”. Also composited international versions of the intro shorts for the “Planes” feature film. Composited CG renders in After Effects and created stereoscopic 3D versions of specific intros.

Lead After Effects Compositor/Animator - “Planes” (March 2013-May 2013)
DisneyToon Studios, Glendale, CA
Animated and composited the 2D end title sequence for the feature animated film “Planes”. Used 3D layers and cameras for comps, created lighting and VFX, animated characters and objects, set stereoscopic 3D, and used AE plugins as well as third party plugins for stereoscopic 3D and FX.

After Effects Compositor/Animator - “Me and My Shadow” (December 2012-March 2013)
Dreamworks Animation SKG, Glendale, CA
Composited “shadow world” in After Effects for the feature animated film “Me and My Shadow”.
In addition to “Shadows” worked on “Kung Fu Panda 2” shot work. Used 3D layers and cameras for comps, created vector masks, animated characters and objects, and used built in plugins as well as third party plugins for stereoscopic 3D and FX. Also did 2D fix work for CG world shadows, including digital inbetweens for 2D animation, lip sync fixes, stitching, and roto.

Technical Knowledge

Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Software: Adobe After Effects CC/Photoshop/Premiere/InDesign/Illustrator/Dreamweaver/Flash, Trapcode Suite Plugins, Red Giant Psunami, stereoscopic 3D, Video Co-Pilot optical flares plugin, Nuke, Shake, Boujou, Maya 2012, XSI Softimage 6.5, Dreamworks Proprietary, Vicon 2.5 Motion Capture, Motion Builder, Stop Motion Pro, Final Cut Pro Programming: HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, Databases- MySQL

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Animation and Digital Arts, May 2009
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science, Multimedia, May 2006
Bradley University, Peoria, IL

References

Available upon request

Download Renae's Resume (PDF version)

Filmography

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
End Credits Compositor/FX artist

Unreleased Animated Feature Film (2017)
Visual Development Artist

Rainbow Brite (2014)
VFX Supervisor/Lead After Effects Compositor

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
After Effects Compositor/FX artist

Planes (2013)
End Credits Animator/Compositor

Me and My Shadow (2013 - never released)
After Effects Compositor

Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Modeling and Surfacing Coordinator

Scared Shrekless (2010)
Central Coordinator/Story/Editorial Coordinator (DVD)

The Buzz and Sparky Roadshow (2009)
After Effects Compositor

Entanglement (2009)
Director, After Effects Artist, Animator
Film Festival Screenings:

WorldKids International Film Festival
Mumbai , India
September 2012 (Film Festival)
South Asia PREMIERE

United Film Festival - New York
New York, U S A
May 2012 (Film Festival)

United Film Festival - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, U S A
April 2012 (Film Festival)
Best Student Short Jury Award Winner

Phoenix Film Festival 2012
Phoenix, AZ, U S A
March 2012 (Film Festival)

2012 Oxford Film Festival
Oxford, MS, U S A
February 2012 (Film Festival)

FilmShift Festival 2011
Sudbury, MA, U S A
October 2011 (Film Festival)

Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival 2011
Bay City, MI, U S A
October 2011 (Film Festival)

World Animation Festival Varna’ 2011
Varna, Bulgaria
September 2011 (Film Festival)
Eastern Europe PREMIERE

Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival
Seattle, WA, U S A
September 2011 (Film Festival)

2011 Kansas International Film Festival
Overland Park, KS, U S A
September 2011 (Film Festival)

Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
Vancouver, WA , U S A
August 2011 (Film Festival)

Animation Block Party 2011
Brooklyn, NY, U S A
July 2011 (Film Festival)

2011 Interrobang Film Festival
Des Moines, IA, U S A
June 2011 (Film Festival)

Cannes Independent Film Festival
Cannes, France
May 2011 (Film Festival)
Western Europe PREMIERE

Life Fest International Film Festival
Sacramento, CA, U S A
May 2011 (Film Festival)

Adobe First Frame 2011 Film Festival
Hollywood, CA, U S A
May 2011 (Film Festival)

Life Fest
Official Selection Award
Sacramento, CA, U S A
April 2011 (Film Festival)

7th Annual Griffon International Film Festival
St. Joseph, MO, U S A
February 2011 (Film Festival)

2010 Clearwater Film Festival
Nominated Best Animated Film,
Nominated for Best Musical Score
Clearwater, FL, U S A
September 2010 (Film Festival)
North America PREMIERE