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My work on Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks can be seen in the intro cinematic. This intro followed a similar production pipeline as we established with the Mortal Kombat Deception intro cinema. Even though this intro cinema was shorter than the Deception intro, it was about the same amount of work, if not more, due to the number of characters and stunts.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Lead and mentor animators; schedule, assign, and critique animations
• Review story boards and create shot lists for motion capture shoots
• Meet regularly with Cinema Director and Mortal Kombat team leads for reviews and final approval of scenes
• Create animation pipeline and file names including directory structure
• Direct motion capture shoots and create props to allow easier capture of motions
• Create motion setup files for each character after each motion capture session
• Apply motion capture data to character models and help finalize FBX animations
• Invent custom MotionBuilder rigs for extra limbs that required animating
• Help render and composite a few of the scenes

Here is the finished intro cinematic to the game.

In order to keep track and communicate clearly the location of each character with respect to the camera and environment, I met with the cinema director and created this top-down view perspective. This movie was efficient for production because any team member could easily reference the position of any character or camera.