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I am a Visual Effects Supervisor and Producer for Commercial, Television, Feature-Film, Special Event/Installation. Available for production and consultation. I am also a Post-Production Supervisor overseeing all aspects of post.
I’ve recently worked at the following studios: Special Branch, Trollbäck + Company, Superfad, Digital Kitchen, EyeballNYC, Riot, Buck, Manic, Freestyle Collective, Transistor Studios, Big Star Motion Design, 20Twenty, Psyop, Charlex
Credits and Employment History
ERIC ALBA / visual effects + post
310.628.1249
http://www.ericalba.org
:::::EXPERIENCE
1993-2007 Freelance Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer + Post-Production Supervisor (see credit list)
Visual Effects Supervisor duties:
- Script analysis/breakdown, bidding, scheduling, budgeting, vendor/crew recruitment.
- Design concept/look of visual effects/animation needs.
- Determine with director and producer(s) best physical and digital approach to shot(s).
- Create Storyboard, Animatics & Pre-visualization.
- On-set supervision, plate producing, pre-visualization/composite.
- Work with editor(s) to lock visual effects plate counts.
- Supervise Scan & Record
- Post supervise visual effects/animation through final delivery.
Visual Effects Producer duties:
- Script analysis/breakdown, bidding, scheduling, budgeting.
- Prepare documentation visual effects needs.
- Solicit & review bids from vendors to determine first-pass budgets.
- Compare visual effects as scripts/cuts are updated. Communicate potential changes and flag budget concerns to producers.
- Shot/cost tracking, invoicing.
- Asset management/trafficking
- Manage Project Database
- Coordinating artists and crew.
- Line Produce Shooting VFX Unit
- Quality control of contracted deliverables.
Post-Production Supervisor duties:
- Hire Vendors and staff for post-production.
- Breakdown and Estimate scripts for budgets
- Spot Music and Sound FX.
- Supervise Editors & Cuts through Lock of EDLs.
- 2nd Unit Producing and Directing of Inserts/Elements
- Secure Licensing for Stock Footage, Music.
- Supervise On-line Conform, Titling.
- Supervise Color-Correction
- Supervise ADR/VO/Mix/Dub/Layback.
- Quality control of all versions, domestic and foreign deliverables and dubs.
2006 - 2007 Freelance Producer at: Special Branch, Trollback + Co. Superfad, Digital Kitchen, Psyop, Eyeball NYC, Buck, Freestyle Collective, Transistor Studios, Big Star Motion Design
Bid, Schedule, Line Produce Live-Action Shoots, Post-Producer for various Commercials, Broadcast and Location/Installation/Interactive Graphics. Manage Clients and Artists in large motion-graphics and live-action projects under tight deadlines. Recruit and Manage Human, Hardware and Software Resources. Ensure timely delivery of project deliverables to Client.
2005-2006 Charlex
Facility Producer: Breakdown, Bid, Schedule, Track projects for Agency/Client. Coordinate Design, CG, Flame/Smoke and Vendor elements to ensure timely delivery of all deliverables.
2005-2006 Anatomical Travelogue
Visual Effects and Animation Producer: Manage CG animation and compositing teams for Television and Print projects.
2003-2005 Sea Studios Foundation for National Geographic Television & Film
Post-Production and Visual Effects Supervisor for Mini-Series "Strange Days on Planet Earth": Manage all aspects of HD/720p post-production, including budgeting, scheduling, editing, sound, music, mixing, visual effects, and color-correction of a 4-hour mini-series. Create and deliver final deliverables to network and distributor.
Pre-Production:
- Breakdown scripts for post-production work, potential visual effects and animation.
- Create & maintain schedule & budget of all post-production milestones.
- Develop & document post-production pipeline with various HD/SD & film formats.
- Design of visual effects, animation and graphics with Episode Producers.
- Build Storyboard Animatics for visual effects and animation sequences.
- Solicit & review bids from vendors to determine first-pass visual effects/animation budgets.
- Develop Cinematography, Sound, Edit Style Reels for Series
- Created Shoot & field-recording technical guide.
- Planned and Executed Facility build-out including recruitment and hire of department staff.
- Determine, purchase & install/upgrade machine room & edit suite equipment.
Production:
- Review: HD down-conversion, VariCam frame-rate conversion, format-conversion to digital dailies.
- Supervise TeleCine of original and stock film elements.
- Compare/Contrast visual effects as drafts of scripts are updated. Determine potential changes and communicate budgetary concerns to producers.
- Create in-house temp composites and animatics as production plates arrive for vendors.
- Supervise/Approve vendor pre-visualization of visual effects & animation.
- Maintain schedule & budget of milestones as script drafts or production dates change.
Post-Production:
- Spot Music and Sound fx with Series Producer and Sound Designers.
- Supervise Editors & Cuts through Lock of EDLs.
- Supervise On-line Conform, Titling.
- Supervise Visual Effects and Animation & Show Graphics package.
- Supervise Color-Correction (DaVinci 2K).
- Supervise Mix/Dub with Exec Producer and Series Producers, Layback to masters.
- Quality control of all domestic and foreign deliverables and dubs.
Wrap:
- Create Music Cue sheets.
- Coordinate Equipment Return.
- Archiving and storage of media.
- Backup of EDLs, OMFs, Targa Sequences, Databases.
- Final inventory log of all media/assets/paperwork.
2001 Silicon Illusions
Facility Visual Effects Supervisor: Breakdown, design, supervise visual effects of feature, television & corporate projects through final delivery. Manage 30 artists & facility hardware and software expansion.
1999-2001 Imagineasia
Head of 3D Production, Producer: Built 100 seat 3d/compositing facility with 60-proc render farm. Developed production pipeline & training pipeline. Manage all aspects of 3d studio, staff of 100 and it's productions (internal and external). Recruitment, scheduling, budgeting, purchasing, post-supervision.
1999 Xaos, Inc, 1997-1998 Paramount Studios Digital Design , 1995-1997 Northwest Imaging and FX
Facility Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer: Bid, design, schedule, budget, on-set supervision, post and final delivery of effects on feature, television and commercials projects. Primary contact to client for interaction with internal artists.
1997-1999 Digital Anvil
Facility Visual Effects Producer & Game Art Production Manager:
- Visual Effects Producer duties: Build 30 seat facility for feature-film visual effects. Recruit/Manage 25+ VFX artists for feature film "Wing Commander". Schedule staff and vendors. Evaluate and purchase equipment and training needs of artists and facility. Produce Main Title sequence for feature.
- Game Art Production Manager duties: Manage internal team of 15 artists and outside vendors across several game projects. Interpret design and pre-production materials to a clear picture of project scope and associated task breakdowns. Develop and manage efficient art production process and pipeline. Ensure timely deliver of art content into the production pipeline.
1993-1995 Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 & Star Trek: Voyager
Visual Effects Associate: Support VFX supervisors and producers & post department. Assist stage supervision, compositing and online delivery. Track all visual effects elements and models. Purchase equipment. Coordinated VFX resources for studio licensing/marketing.
:::::RELATED SKILLS
Camera: Panasonic AJ-HDC27 VariCam (720p DVCPRO HD) • Sony Cine-Alta (HDCAM) • Panavision • Arri • Moviecam • Mitchell • Fries • Photosonic
VTR/DDR/Editor/Switcher: Axial (Editor) • Grass Valley Group (Editor(s), Switcher(s) • Panasonic (D5, DVCPro HD, 25/50), Sony (HDCAM, D1, D2, DigiBeta) • Ampex (Editor) • Abekas • Accom
Software:
Proficient in: Microsoft Excel/Word/Project • Filemaker Pro • FastTrack Schedule • Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator• Macromedia Dreamweaver • Apple Final Cut Pro/Aperture
Knowledgeable in: Final Cut Pro • Avid • Apple Shake • Eyeon Fusion • Smoke/Inferno/Flame/Toxic • Adobe After Effects/Photoshop/Illustrator • Digital Fusion • Autodesk Maya • Softimage XSI • Macromedia Flash • HTML • JavaScript • Perl • PHP • SQL Database
:::::HONORS
- 2006 Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Graphic & Artistic Design: "Strange Days on Planet Earth"
- 2004 Panda Award for Best Series at Wildscreen Festival: "Strange Days on Planet Earth"
2004 Natural History Museum ONE PLANET AWARD: "One Degree Factor" ("Strange Days on Planet Earth")
- 2001 Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary: "Dolphins"
- 1995 Emmy Award certificate: Outstanding visual effects in a television series: "Star Trek: Voyager" (Pilot)
- 1994 Emmy Award certificate: Outstanding visual effects in a television series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (Finale)
:::::CREDITS
FEATURE FILM
Inside Man / Universal (Directed by Spike Lee) - Animation Supervisor/Producer
Avatar Exile / Cinemancer (Singapore) (Directed by Jian Hong Kuo)- VFX Producer @ Silicon Illusions
Second Time Around / Milkway Image (Hong Kong) (Directed by Jeff Lau Chun Wai) - Post Supervisor
Wing Commander / No Prisoners, Digital Anvil (Directed by Chris Roberts) - VFX Producer @ Digital Anvil
Star Trek: Generations / Paramount (Directed by David Carson) - VFX Associate
Dolphins (IMAX 70mm) / MacGillivray Freeman Films (Directed by Greg MacGillivray) - VFX Producer @ XAOS
Sharks (IMAX 70mm) / Nova/WGBH, Howard Hall Prod. (Directed by Howard Hall) - VfX Producer @ XAOS
PROMO
Downy "One Step Closer" - On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor
American Express - Producer @ Superfad
Prilosec "Burnie" - Producer @ Digital Kitchen
John Frieda "We See You" - On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor
NBA/ABC "Will You Watch" - Producer @ Eyeball NYC
Hartford Insurance - Producer @ Eyeball NYC
Mountain Dew Japan - Producer @ Eyeball NYC
Comedy Central "Last Laugh 06" Promo - Producer @ Buck
TV Land "Hairstyles", "Footwear" - Producer @ Buck
IFC/EMUSIC "Grahics Package" - Producer @ Freestyle Collective
MTV Tr3s "Network Package" - Producer @ Transistor Studios
Fear Net "Network Package" - Line Producer @ Big Star Motion Design
ESPN "Summer X-Games 12 Promos" (Ground Zero) - Producer @ Psyop
David Blaine "Drowned Alive" Graphics package (David Blaine) - Producer @ Charlex
Cingular "Dropped Calls" (BBDO) - Producer @ Charlex
Dr. Scholl’s "Vavoom" (Euro RSCG MVBMS Worldwide) - Producer @ Charlex
Johnson & Johnson "KY Watch Carefully Valentine’ Theatrical (McCann Erickson NY) - Producer @ Charlex
Konica End Tag Redesign (Cronin & Co. Inc.) - Producer @ Charlex
Cingular "American Idol" (BBDO) - Producer @ Charlex
Masterfoods "M&M Red Carpet Tips", "Kaleidoscope NASCAR" (BBDO) - Producer @ Charlex
Amp’d Mobile "Bus", "Family Reunion" (Taxi NYC) - Producer @ Charlex
Nokia "Life" (darkGrey) - Producer @ Charlex
Lowe’s End Tag Redesign (BBDO) - Producer @ Charlex
Office Depot "Holiday" (BBDO) - Producer @ Charlex
Sprint "Gingerbread Men" (TBWA/Chiat Day) - Producer @ Charlex
Dunkin Donuts "Brewed Fresh", "Ground Fresh" (Hill Holliday) - Producer @ Charlex
Gillette "FIFA" (McCann Erickson NY) - Producer @ Charlex
Lindsay Lohan "Confessions Of A Broken Heart" (Directed by Lindsay Lohan) - Visual Effects Plate Producer
Olivia f/Lloyd Banks "Twist It" (Directed by 50 Cent) - Visual Effects Plate Supervisor
Motley Crue "If I Die Tomorrow" (Directed by P.R. Brown) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Playboy "Summer of Spice" (Directed by Jeff Orgill) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Mariah Carey "Boy, I Need You" (Directed by Joseph Kahn) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Stone Sour "Bother" (Directed by Gregory Dark) - Visual Effects Supervisor
P.O.D. "Satellite" (Directed by Marcos Siega) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Citroën "Elyse", "Tornado" (Directed by Basil Schlegel) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Snoop Dogg "Undercova Brother" (Directed by Gregory Dark) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Greenday "Minority" (Directed by Evan Bernard) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Lit "Miserable" (Directed by Evan Bernard) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Timbaland and Magoo "Luv 2 Luv Ya" (Directed by Darren Grant) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Michelle "Hang Time" (Directed by Frank Sacramento) - Visual Effects Supervisor
TELEVISION SERIES / M.O.W.
The Sopranos - On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor
Strange Days on Planet Earth - Post Production & Visual Effects Supervisor
Sliders (Season 2) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Burning Zone - Visual Effects Supervisor
Doctor Who (FOX M.O.W.), Generation X (FOX M.O.W.) - Visual Effects Supervisor
Sabrina the Teen Witch (M.O.W. Pilot) - Visual Effects Supervisor
American Gothic, X-Files, Highlander, Strange Luck, M.A.N.T.I.S. - Visual Effects Supervisor @ NWFX
Ramayana (Animated Pilot)- Producer
Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Visual Effects Associate
GAME
"Starlancer", "Conquest", "Loose Cannon" & "Freelancer" - Art Manager @ Digital Anvil
Industry Qualifications
Starting as a tape operator in analog/digital video post-production and continuing to learn the growing format landscape, I am intimately familiar with the video chain from photography thru mastering.
I have plied 13 years of on-set visual effects supervision to my craft as a “prep to finish” supervisor.
In 2006, I was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Graphic and Artistic Design”. I served as Post-Production Supervisor and Visual Effects Supervisor of a 4 hour (HD/720p VariCam) science documentary mini-series entitled “Strange Days on Planet Earth“. Co-produced by National Geographic, Vulcan Productions and Sea Studios Foundation for PBS.
I continue to seek and work on creative projects with interesting technical approaches and challenges.
Industry Awards
- 2006 Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Graphic & Artistic Design: "Strange Days on Planet Earth"
- 2004 Panda Award for Best Series at Wildscreen Festival: "Strange Days on Planet Earth"
2004 Natural History Museum ONE PLANET AWARD: "One Degree Factor" ("Strange Days on Planet Earth")
- 2001 Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary: "Dolphins"
- 1995 Emmy Award certificate: Outstanding visual effects in a television series: "Star Trek: Voyager" (Pilot)
- 1994 Emmy Award certificate: Outstanding visual effects in a television series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (Finale)
Technical Equipment
Working Knowledge of:
Camera: Panasonic AJ-HDC27 VariCam (720p DVCPRO HD) • Sony Cine-Alta (HDCAM) • Panavision • Arri • Moviecam • Mitchell • Fries • Photosonic
VTR/DDR/Editor/Switcher: Axial (Editor) • Grass Valley Group (Editor(s), Switcher(s) • Panasonic (D5, DVCPro HD, 25/50), Sony (HDCAM, D1, D2, DigiBeta) • Ampex (Editor) • Abekas • Accom
Software:
Proficient in: Microsoft Excel/Word/Project • Filemaker Pro • FastTrack Schedule • Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator• Macromedia Dreamweaver • Apple Final Cut Pro/Aperture
Knowledgeable in: Final Cut Pro • Avid • Apple Shake • Eyeon Fusion • Smoke/Inferno/Flame/Toxic • Adobe After Effects/Photoshop/Illustrator • Digital Fusion • Autodesk Maya • Softimage XSI • Macromedia Flash • HTML • JavaScript • Perl • PHP • SQL Database
Other Skills/Additional Information
Services provided:
Script & Storyboard Breakdown, Schedule, Budget, Prep - Collaborate with Director and Creative Heads to Design visual effects shots along with its technical approach. Provide estimate of resources, schedule and budget.
On-Set Supervision, Unit Directing - Work with 1st and 2nd Units “on the day” to capture performance and plates for designed shots. My On-set vfx supervision duties include:
Prep: Design CG Pre-visualization for motion-control/live-action photography.
Plate Data: Surveying of Location/Set for 2D tracking or 3D matchmove.
Lighting and Camera Supervision: Complex blue/green screen photography.
Plate Production: Motion-control photography.
Plate Production: Panoramic Photography for 2D/3D environments.
Element Production: Model, miniature, pyro and organic element photography.
Post Supervision - Duties include:
Supervise Tele-cine, Picture Editorial, Spot-Session, ADR, Sound Design, Mix, Graphics, Conform, Color Correct, Mastering, Up/Down Conversion Dubs.
Work In
New York
Florida
California - Southern
Licenses & Permits
Work Permit (Russia)
Work Permit (Canada)
Basic Driving (PLG)