Demo Reel - Spring 2011

Breakdown:
Quidditch
Pre-Visualization
Maya, Photoshop
• A "reverse pre-visualization." Everything was created by me except for the light rig.
• Closely referenced the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Darwin's Study
Modeling/Texturing
Maya, Photoshop
• Based on Charles Darwin's actual study; I modeled, textured and lit everything from reference photos of the real room.
• This was done for my Mirage 3D internship in The Netherlands as part of "Natural Selection" a full-dome documentary celebrating Darwin's work. The full film can be downloaded from the http://www.mirage3D.eu website: http://62.41.34.81/Website/Full_shows_watermark/NS/NS_HD_wm_720p.wmv (576 MB)

Hell Rising
Camera/ FX
3DS Max, After Effects
• Camera handler/cinematographer for all the live action shots.
• Created the flying bits of pavement in 3DS Max, Used After Effects to composite, replace the sky, add camera shake, add smoke layers, add comets, add pavement cracks, and color adjust/correct everything.
• Designed the release poster (http://www.laurenkodai.com/images/arts/hell-rising.jpg).

Whiskey Endeavors
Director
Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro
• Pre-production: Wrote the original script; Designed characters and environment; Illustrated storyboards for first half, and created animatic.
• Production: Modeled and textured the environment and props; Performed scene layout and lighting (including animated shadows); Animated minor scenes (not shown in the clip in the reel); Made final layout checks, and organized rendering.
• Post-Production: Created final cuts and color adjustments; Painted background image for credit roll.
• I was also in charge of keeping the team motivated and communicative, and generally keeping the project on-track including organizing the voice talent and sound engineers.
• Full short can be seen on my website as well as here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIww3ltlvAA

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• lauren
• kodai
• demo
• reel
• quidditch
• darwin's
• study
• hell
• rising
• whiskey
• endeavors
• layout
• 3d
• generalist

[MissLela]

@Grunt8696 Thanks, it's always nice to hear when other people enjoy your work. If you liked Whiskey, did you see the full piece? I edited down a short version for this reel, but the full story is about 4 minutes long. There is a link at the bottom of the breakdown in the dooblidoo/description area.

[Grunt8696]

@MissLela You're most welcome! Cool, I also use Maya mainly and nut the adobe suite for all of the other stuff. I really like your models and textures but also the animation. Really neat, especially Whiskey :D

[MissLela]

@Grunt8696 Thanks. And yes, Maya mostly for 3D, Adobe for the non-3d stuff (editing, post, textures).

[Grunt8696]

Nice stuff. What are your tools of trade? Do you use Maya?