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Reel 2012

dan — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:22:06 +0000

A collection of my works from the past few years including both projects in freelancing for studios as well as my own projects.

2011 Update

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:26:35 +0000

Finally, work from 2011 has been posted. Feast your taste buds on the freshness.

Dry Bones

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:49:20 +0000

This project was a collaborative effort that spanned countries & time zones with several artists working long hours to finally put this piece out. The passage comes from an Old Testament prophecy, taken from Ezekiel 37. Not only is the text extremely descriptive and visual, lending itself to beautiful imagery, but show that where there is death and exile, hope and life can be found.

Dan DiFelice. Director, Compositor, VFX Director
David Tate. DP, Editor
Michael Rinnan. CG Artist: Tracking, Muscle Dev/Animation
Renato Marques. CG Artist: Skin & Vein Dev/Animation
Justin Burton. CG Artist: Previz
Matt Fezz. Colorist
Salomon Ligthelm. Score/Sound Design
Chris Baden. Talent
Luke Atencio. VO Artist

We shot the piece entirely on the 7d and post work was done in c4d and Nuke. The project started in April with boards & CG dev, we shot in early June outside of Las Vegas, and spent June through October refining the CG as well as the composite, sound design, and color.

Vizio

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:31:00 +0000

I worked on the two 30′s for Vizio’s first broadcast campaign while freelancing at the Mill NYC. I was the lead Nuke artist for the campaign and was responsible for live-action integration in addition to some of the look development for how the glass should interact with the light & environment. I worked directly with the 3d team and the 2d Creative director.

AT&T Coverage is a Beautiful Thing

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:21:45 +0000

This was my first project while working with the Mill NYC. I was responsible for the live-action integration of several of the flower shots, mostly dealing with color, depth of field, and grain. The compositing was done all in Nuke. It was a great team to work on, with Andy Nicholas leading the 3d and West Sarokin leading the 2d front.

Kabar

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:56:01 +0000

The Kabar campaign was a set of 3 commercials that I worked on while freelancing for director Joshua Frankel at Omega Darling. The fellows there created a method of projecting tracking markers onto talent and then by taking 180 degrees in photos they were able to generate a 3d mesh that matched the talent’s biometric figure.
The 3d geo was then animated in Maya to bring the muscles to life. The unwrapped UV was brought into Nuke and then reprojected back onto the the animated fbx sequence all in Nuke. This allowed us to create a natural depth of field and well as realistic tattoo features and tweak up until the end without going back through Maya for a final render.

Desperation Conference

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:55:46 +0000

Hired by New Life Church & Cory Reynolds to create a promo for their 2011 Conference themed around these light boxes. I was ultimately responsible for directing the vfx portion of the piece, compositing, and concept/design.

JRLC Promo

dan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:17:54 +0000

Hired by JRLC to lead the visuals on this promo into a Tron-inspired world. Most of the 3d work (including majority of the scenes and animation) were created in XSI by Justin Burton. Compositing and some of the lighter 3d work in the open was done by myself in AE and C4D respectively. I worked through the edit and the mighty Salomon Ligthelm brought it to life with the sound design.

2d Lead, 3d, Composite, Design – Dan DiFelice
3d Lead – Justin Burton
Sound Design – Salomon Ligthelm

Detroit 2010

dan — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:38:13 +0000

Commissioned by the AG’s National Youth Ministries to create two spots. First was a 30-second opener for their Detroit 2010 National Fine Arts conference. The second was 3d animated spot animated to the sermon from Dr SM Lockridge.

Summer of 66

dan — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:36:25 +0000

45-second piece for Central Christian Church in Arizona to promote their Route 66 program. Animation & VFX work done in After Effects & Mocha.

Music: Albert Hammond Jr – In Transit