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Rick Smith
Senior Compositor &
Lead Compositor
She Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements that included: The Hulk / environment / dust and debris.

  • Matte paintings of the mountains and sky were projected onto geometry.

  • I added additional dust from the Element’s Library.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The Hulk / environment / dust and debris.

  • Matte paintings of the mountains and sky were projected onto geometry.

  • I added additional dust from the Element’s Library.

She Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The Hulk / environment / dust and debris.

  • Matte paintings of the mountains and sky were projected onto geometry.

  • I added additional dust from the Element’s Library.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The She-Hulk / environment / and dust.

  • Matte paintings of mountains and sky were projected onto geometry.

  • I added additional dust from the Element’s Library.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law  / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The She-Hulk / environment / and dust.

  • Matte painting of mountains and sky.

  • I added additional dust from Element’s Library.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law  / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The Hulks / environment / and dust.

  • I added additional dust from Element’s Library.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered CG elements of: The Hulks / wall damage. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • Nuke projection to add a medical cabinet to the background.

  • Monitor burn ins.

  • Actors were painted out by another artist.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered CG Hulks. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • Monitor burn ins.

  • Actors were painted out by another artist.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered CG Hulk. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • The real binder and paper that the actor was holding was used in the composite.

  • Monitor burn ins.

  • Actor was painted out by another artist.

She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus

  • Deep rendered CG Hulks. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • The real binder and paper that the actor was holding is used in the composite.

  • Monitor burn ins.

  • Actors were painted out by another artist.

Peacemaker / 2022 / HBO

Peacemaker / 2022 / HBO

  • Deep rendered CG elements of: The eagle / shadow / and tree moss. Composited over the live action background plate.

The Last of Us  / 2023 / HBO

The Last of Us / 2023 / HBO

  • Deep rendered CG elements of: All the characters / ground / fire / smoke / ground dust.

  • The building in the background was projected onto a card in Nuke.

  • I also added additional atmosphere and fire elements from the Element’s Library.

The Last of Us  / 2023 / HBO

The Last of Us / 2023 / HBO

  • Deep rendered CG elements of: All the characters / ground / fire / smoke / ground dust.

  • The building in the background was projected onto a card in Nuke.

  • I also added additional atmosphere and fire elements from the Element’s Library.

The Last of Us  / 2023 / HBO

The Last of Us / 2023 / HBO

  • Deep rendered CG elements composited over a live action plate.

  • Vast majority of the characters in this shot are CG.

  • Other CG elements include: fire / smoke / atmosphere.

  • I added additional atmosphere and fire elements from the Element’s Library.

  • I removed some scaffolding from the side of the house.

  • Rotoscoping was done by another artist.

The Shallows / 2016 / feature film

The Shallows / 2016 / feature film

  • For this film I was the Compositing Supervisor. I created various Nuke templates that other compositors used to create a consistent look. Much of the work required CG integration of: The shark / whale / birds / and water. As well, sky replacements was needed for this project.

  • For this shot, I composited the CG shark into the scene. I matched the depth of field and colour to the plate.

  • I painted out a scuba diver who was creating the wake of the shark’s fin in the original plate.

The Shallows / 2016 / feature film

The Shallows / 2016 / feature film

  • I composited a CG shark into the scene, matching the depth of field and colour to the plate.

Robocop / 2014 / feature film

Robocop / 2014 / feature film

  • CG renders of: The robot hands / and guitar.

  • I used Nuke camera projections to rebuild the ground, knee and stomach.

Halo / 2022 / Paramount Plus series

Halo / 2022 / Paramount Plus series

  • CG renders of: The city / and vehicles.

  • A matte painting of the background landscape was projected onto geometry.

House of the Dragon (Season 2)  / 2024 / HBO series

House of the Dragon (Season 2) / 2024 / HBO series

• CG set extension of the ship (everything above the hull).

• Sky replacement

• Additional smoke and atmosphere added.

• Original plate was sped up by 200% for the first half of the shot, so the dockmen had to be painted out and then the normal speed dockmen had to be reprojected back in their place.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

  • Full CG shot.

Star Trek Discovery / 2020 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2020 / Paramount Plus series

  • CG spaceship.

  • Matte painting of the planet was projected onto geometry.

  • Starfield projected onto geometry.

Star Trek Discovery / 2017 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2017 / Paramount Plus series

  • Matte painting of a space station was projected onto geometry.

  • CG renders of the spaceships that dock at the space station.

  • Starfield projected onto geometry.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Parmount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Parmount Plus series

  • Full CG shot.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus  series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

  • CG renders of: The landscape / asteroids / people / floating ash particulates.

  • I created additional atmosphere by placing smoke elements onto cards in Nuke.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

  • CG renders of vehicles and set extension, composited over a live action plate.

  • I painted out an actor who the client wanted removed.

  • I added atmosphere by placing smoke elements onto cards.

  • I was responsible for the rotoscoping.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

  • CG renders of: The spaceship / buildings / and landscape.

  • I created my own dust and debris particle system in Nuke.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

  • Full CG shot.

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series

  • Full CG shot.

Borderlands / 2024 / Feature Film

Borderlands / 2024 / Feature Film

• Deep composited vehicle, creature, smoke and atmosphere.

• I added additional 2d atmosphere elements.

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

  • CG renders of: The planes / and anti-aircraft flak.

  • Sky projected onto geometry.

Midway / 2019 / Feature Film

Midway / 2019 / Feature Film

  • CG renders of: The ship / water / and anti-aircraft flak.

  • I added additional 2d atmosphere elements that were projected in Nuke.

  • Sky projected onto geometry.

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

  • CG elements of: The ship / water / and anti-aircraft flak.

  • I added additional 2d atmosphere elements that were projected in Nuke.

  • Sky projected onto geometry.

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The ship / planes / explosion / water / and anti-aircraft flak.

  • I added additional smoke and atmosphere elements. Projected in Nuke.

  • Sky projected onto geometry.

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The ship / plane / smoke / water / and anti-aircraft flak.

  • I added additional smoke and atmosphere elements. Projected in Nuke.

  • Sky projected onto geometry.

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

Midway / 2019 / Feature film

  • Deep rendered and composited CG elements of: The ships / plane / water / and anti-aircraft flak.

  • I added additional smoke and atmosphere elements. Projected in Nuke.

  • Sky projected onto geometry.

The Ambush / 2021 / Feature film

The Ambush / 2021 / Feature film

  • CG renders of: The helicopter / missiles / and missile smoke trail. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • CG debris elements added to enhance the real explosion.

The Ambush / 2021 / Feature film

The Ambush / 2021 / Feature film

  • CG renders of: The explosion / and rocket propelled grenade. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • I added additional 2d smoke elements.

  • I rotoscoped the foreground objects.

Warcraft / 2016 / Feature film

Warcraft / 2016 / Feature film

  • Deep rendered elements of Orcs and some of the Knights and horses, composited over the live action plate.

  • CG set extension of the mountains and valley.

  • Matte extraction (keying/roto) of the actors.

  • Additional dust kick up and debris elements projected with cards in Nuke.

  • Another compositor ultimately finished the first shot as I moved onto another show.

Knight and Day / 2010/  Feature film

Knight and Day / 2010/ Feature film

  • CG renders of: The rolling SUV. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • Rotoscoped the foreground vehicle and stuntman.

  • I added additional smoke / debris / and sparks.

Ben Hur / 2016 / Feature film

Ben Hur / 2016 / Feature film

  • CG renders of: The hippodrome / crowd / and dust. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • Sky replacement.

  • Rotoscoped the horses.

Ben Hur / 2016 / Feature film

Ben Hur / 2016 / Feature film

  • CG renders of: The hippodrome / crowd / and dust. Composited over the live action background plate.

  • Sky replacement.

  • Rotoscoped the horses.

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She Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law  / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law  / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
She-Hulk:  Attorney at Law / 2022 / Disney Plus
Peacemaker / 2022 / HBO
The Last of Us  / 2023 / HBO
The Last of Us  / 2023 / HBO
The Last of Us  / 2023 / HBO
The Shallows / 2016 / feature film
The Shallows / 2016 / feature film
Robocop / 2014 / feature film
Halo / 2022 / Paramount Plus series
House of the Dragon (Season 2)  / 2024 / HBO series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2020 / Paramount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2017 / Paramount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Parmount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus  series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series
Star Trek Discovery / 2019 / Paramount Plus series
Borderlands / 2024 / Feature Film
Midway / 2019 / Feature film
Midway / 2019 / Feature Film
Midway / 2019 / Feature film
Midway / 2019 / Feature film
Midway / 2019 / Feature film
Midway / 2019 / Feature film
The Ambush / 2021 / Feature film
The Ambush / 2021 / Feature film
Warcraft / 2016 / Feature film
Knight and Day / 2010/  Feature film
Ben Hur / 2016 / Feature film
Ben Hur / 2016 / Feature film
 

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