https://oliverzeller.com Oliver Zeller Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:54:15 +0000 https://oliverzeller.com en https://oliverzeller.com/Penelope-S1-Netflix Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:15:05 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Penelope-S1-Netflix <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5145fb64857f109c6be3e0b267e8ac0c81798a6c15126500a12c6f608ddf1d31/Penelope-Still-1_1080HD.jpg" data-mid="202081613" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5145fb64857f109c6be3e0b267e8ac0c81798a6c15126500a12c6f608ddf1d31/Penelope-Still-1_1080HD.jpg" /> PENELOPE SEASON 1&nbsp;| PRODUCTION VFX SUPERVISOR &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎ Official selection at Sundance, SXSW 2024. Nominated for 2 Gotham TV Awards.&nbsp; Penelope is a Duplass Brothers Production directed by Mel Eslyn. Provided on-set supervision in Washington State &amp; consultation on key vfx shots. 8 episode season 1 premiered on Netflix in the U.S. September 24, 2024.&nbsp; https://oliverzeller.com/Creep-Tapes-S1-Shudder-AMC Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:54:15 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Creep-Tapes-S1-Shudder-AMC <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a016d55cb3ec8f87279dd0db695af853ae3684c98e0676f051132cd703afb9e2/sub-buzz-20942-1514142131-15.jpg" data-mid="218118278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a016d55cb3ec8f87279dd0db695af853ae3684c98e0676f051132cd703afb9e2/sub-buzz-20942-1514142131-15.jpg" /> CREEP TAPES SEASON 1&nbsp;| VISUAL EFFECTS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;︎ The series based on The Creep films by Duplass Bros. Productions, premieres November 15th, 2024 on Shudder and AMC+. Provided independent vfx compositing.&nbsp; https://oliverzeller.com/The-Drop-Hulu-Original Fri, 15 Apr 2022 21:54:45 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/The-Drop-Hulu-Original THE DROP | VFX SUPERVISOR/PRODUCER + PRINCIPAL COMPOSITOR/3D ARTIST&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ In this Hulu Original “cringe comedy, a seemingly happy married couple confronts a test of their marriage when one of them drops a baby while at a destination wedding at a tropical island.” Directed by Sarah Adina Smith, cinematography by Shaheen Seth, executive produced by the Duplass Brothers, starring Anna Konkle &amp; Jermaine Fowler, the film premiered at the Tribeca Festival, June 11, 2022 and debuted on Hulu, January 13, 2023. Trailer.Completed vfx shots include the namesake ‘drop’. A unique challenge that required months of frame by frame paint work to change the baby drop from a swing motion to a sliding fall motion. Retimed and transformed, the baby falls from&nbsp; the protagonist’s arms with extensive paint extensions of the background and protagonist’s chest, arms, chin, and long flowing hair as her head turns - all without a clean plate of the protagonist not holding the baby.Other shots include: A 100% CGI crash zoom shot on Air Force One above Terragen rendered clouds personally realized. Wedding cake splatter augmentation via 3d composites from&nbsp; greenscreen&nbsp; shoots using custom baked cakes and an air blow gun. 3D rendered license plate replacement. Numerous screen and building signage replacements, texting graphic design elements and video call effects, muzzle flash, beautification paint-outs including a boom shadow over an actor’s face, digital makeup, etc. plus creative on an octopus/crab fight that was cut early in post-production.VFX CREDITS VFX Supervisor/Producer/Artist - Oliver ZellerPost Producer - Alex RegaladoVFX Artist - Lisa Marie EricksonVFX Cinematographer - G M D THREEAdtl. VFX&nbsp; Paint Artist - Richard BlakeAdtl. Matchmove Artist - Matt Merkovich Adtl. VFX paint work by Rhinestone VFX VFX BREAKDOWN CREDITS Baby Drop - Compositors: Oliver Zeller, Lisa Marie Erickson Cake Splatter - Compositors: Oliver Zeller, Lisa Marie Erickson. SFX: G M D THREE Air Force One - 3D CGI/Compositor: Oliver Zeller Clinic Sign Change - Compositor: Oliver Zeller. Roto/Paint: Rhinestone VFX License Plate - 3D/Compositors: Oliver Zeller, Lisa M. Erickson. Matchmove: Matt Merkovich. https://oliverzeller.com/Birds-of-Paradise-Amazon-Original Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:07:18 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Birds-of-Paradise-Amazon-Original https://oliverzeller.com/Buster-s-Mal-Heart Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:01:23 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Buster-s-Mal-Heart BUSTER’S MAL HEART | VFX SUPERVISOR/PRODUCER + PRINCIPAL COMPOSITOR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ “A troubled man (Oscar, Emmy winner Rami Malek) on the run recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state, in the enigmatic, elliptical and moving second feature from director Sarah Adina Smith."Oversaw 50 vfx shots and personally composited over three dozen shots. On set for ocean shoot.&nbsp;Shots included existential fx animations, sign replacement, tv screen inserts, sky replacements &amp; snow addition, feature &amp; crew reflection/shadow removal, security footage treatments, smoke cloud manipulation, localized performance re-timing, etc. World premiere Toronto International Film Festival 2016. Official selection at Tribeca Film Festival 2017, AFI Festival 2016. Limited theatrical release April 28th, 2017. Available on-demand May 26th, 2017. VFX CREDITS VFX Supervisor/Producer/Artist - Oliver ZellerRoto Artist - Lisa Marie Erickson Flame Artist - John J. Budion [Shot 9 in VFX Teaser] Storm Sequence VFX by PFX [Shot 8 in VFX Teaser] PFX Supervisor - Frantisek Stepanek Producer - Jiri Mika Compositor - Tomas Snizek Matte Painters - Tomas Havelka, Anna Gurjeva https://oliverzeller.com/The-Midnight-Swim Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:20:42 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/The-Midnight-Swim THE MIDNIGHT SWIM | VFX SUPERVISOR/PRODUCER + PRINCIPAL COMPOSITOR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ "Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom, though many have tried. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home to settle her affairs. They find themselves unable to let go of their mother and become drawn into the mysteries of the lake."Winner AFI Fest, Starz Denver Film Festival and Sun Valley Film Festival. Written &amp; directed by Sarah Adina Smith, The Midnight Swim had a limited theatrical release, June 26th, 2015. A new limited edition DVD with special features was released in 2022.&nbsp; VFX COMMENTARY&nbsp; Personally composited, rotoscoped and tracked five complex day to night shots filmed by D.P. Shaheen Seth, that total over four minutes. The desire to blend a naturalistic, yet magical night sky that intensifies throughout the film, combined with unsalvageable night footage, led to a vfx approach. Filming constraints forced a shoot in bright sunlight, which necessitated partial water replacement and extensive rotoscoping of hotspots on actress Lindsay Burdge's hair, shoulders and arms as she moves toward and away from the unsteady camera, with ultimately her face even fully in frame. Vector based stars featuring the Pleiades "Seven Sisters" cluster were added, allowing for physically correct motion blur matched to the camera's rolling shutter on shots that included a continuous 90 second hand-held take. VFX RECOGNITION “A stunning shot of the lake, a pier, a woman and a canopy of stars is a poetic refrain.” - The New York Times “I loved the night time shots of the dock... the starlit sky above the dark still lake looks fantastic” - Nerdly “...look at that moonlight, this is one beautiful image, it reminds me of Camille Pissarro‘s beautiful night paintings. This image is the reason you go to see Midnight Swim, and honestly it is reason enough." https://oliverzeller.com/Holidays Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:53:36 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Holidays HOLIDAYS - MOTHER’S DAY | VFX SUPERVISOR + 3D ARTIST/COMPOSITOR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ World premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2016. “ From some of the brightest minds in the darkest genre, Holidays is a horror anthology unlike any other. With an ingenious structure, each segment of the film takes its inspiration from a different holiday, exploring the bizarre, grim and ghoulish sides of our favorite festivities.” Provided vfx including a 3D animated eagle circling overhead, a snake in its talons, for the Mother’s Day segment where “A young woman is plagued by a condition in which she gets pregnant after every sexual encounter”. https://oliverzeller.com/Jeep-Museum-Concept-1 Tue, 17 May 2022 20:07:59 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Jeep-Museum-Concept-1 <img width="1953" height="1098" width_o="1953" height_o="1098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ecefc77ff61c721487ee02fd3ea116df61294bf73344b248c94737e0ecce06b/Concept_0608_Diagram_Exterior_02B.jpg" data-mid="142895726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ecefc77ff61c721487ee02fd3ea116df61294bf73344b248c94737e0ecce06b/Concept_0608_Diagram_Exterior_02B.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1044" width_o="1920" height_o="1044" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05d7f65c5cb35b2a7ccaa1f2cd93c87c0dd905072f6d096f08683985094b31c9/Concept_WallCar01D.jpg" data-mid="143049961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05d7f65c5cb35b2a7ccaa1f2cd93c87c0dd905072f6d096f08683985094b31c9/Concept_WallCar01D.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed35b7f7f6aa5a398bfbad339ebb49d3c171c1c2a9ce0a25d52ea7b2efc18418/Concept_0608_InteriorLightingTest_03B.jpg" data-mid="143049909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed35b7f7f6aa5a398bfbad339ebb49d3c171c1c2a9ce0a25d52ea7b2efc18418/Concept_0608_InteriorLightingTest_03B.jpg" /> <img width="1953" height="1098" width_o="1953" height_o="1098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99d469468341eb3ff75301d10581713fa376e726fc30cd487aa27d64e3a36f8b/Concept_0608_Diagram_LobbyLevel_02.jpg" data-mid="142897880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99d469468341eb3ff75301d10581713fa376e726fc30cd487aa27d64e3a36f8b/Concept_0608_Diagram_LobbyLevel_02.jpg" /><img width="1953" height="1098" width_o="1953" height_o="1098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72e412550d47ccbc6d5b13114ee78adf9fbf168dd88a9ac266624187eaf2b6f9/Concept_0608_Diagram_LowerLevel_01.jpg" data-mid="142897883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72e412550d47ccbc6d5b13114ee78adf9fbf168dd88a9ac266624187eaf2b6f9/Concept_0608_Diagram_LowerLevel_01.jpg" /><img width="1873" height="1052" width_o="1873" height_o="1052" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/138593d73867810a9f89e096e62fb3466e7c1b359a004b440a6ee249d10f5271/DunesRoughTest01.jpg" data-mid="142897899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/138593d73867810a9f89e096e62fb3466e7c1b359a004b440a6ee249d10f5271/DunesRoughTest01.jpg" /> JEEP MUSEUM CONCEPT | ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER For a Jeep Museum &amp; Experience in Toledo, Ohio, Fiat Chrysler sought an unconventional design. Working with Mandrake they favored a twist form half split into seven partitions resembling the iconic Jeep grille. How could this shape then be turned into functional architecture? That was the problem I was asked to solve in a little over a week.A pyramidal base integrated into the landscape sought to offset an overly brutish footprint on level ground. Combined with Bi-fold garage doors this further heightened the inherent kinetic architecture. The main twist form at ground level reduced usable floor space by two thirds. Subsequently, the main entrance thoroughfare was offset to one side, allowing&nbsp; the otherwise intersected twist form to continue beneath ground level, accentuating the inherently adventurous shape. This also created an opportunity to dramatically anchor a Jeep vehicle to the wall, as if riding a wave. A bridge crosswalk provides a better view of the spectacle ahead and leads to a second floor cafe. Despite the height of the structure, its unique kinetic form necessitates less obstructed views, leading to sizable second floor bridge platforms on either end, and extensive space underground that included an 80 seat theater, a VR simulator and a futuristic interactive garage where drivers could take attendees into the surrounding terraformed biomes.Envisioned with a Reddish ochre pantina, using corten steel or red limestone and situated atop a light grey concrete base ; the architecture attains a down to earth, timeless quality. The color of corten steel likewise recalls 'Harvard Red', among the first of five civilian Jeep colors in 1946. An interior, complemented by black &amp; wood accents and bronzed stainless steel, features thin linear lights and windows that further add to the building's dynamism. Client: Fiat ChryslerAgency: Mandrake Agency C.D.: Vladimir Jedlicka https://oliverzeller.com/The-Woman-in-the-Window-Netflix Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:50:50 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/The-Woman-in-the-Window-Netflix <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb9c6a24acf6c844969cc79dc5a4d58aa3b20418ee96c479b20df0c0a41f636c/BasementConcept_RawRender01.jpg" data-mid="139485682" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb9c6a24acf6c844969cc79dc5a4d58aa3b20418ee96c479b20df0c0a41f636c/BasementConcept_RawRender01.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51d0111e768249e2d4f41888d5244c28c59d148268717f68b24837bafacd0ea8/WITW_RoofQRTest04.JPG" data-mid="139486706" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51d0111e768249e2d4f41888d5244c28c59d148268717f68b24837bafacd0ea8/WITW_RoofQRTest04.JPG" /><img width="1920" height="1723" width_o="1920" height_o="1723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49d68f695453061b5cc4c2d0d5f5f6019182ee2adfa8222e34d15f1d39b058c8/RussellHouseTwoViews.jpg" data-mid="148011509" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49d68f695453061b5cc4c2d0d5f5f6019182ee2adfa8222e34d15f1d39b058c8/RussellHouseTwoViews.jpg" /> THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW | ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Worked ~ three weeks in the art department for Supervising Art Director Deborah Jensen and&nbsp; Production Designer Kevin Thompson on 20th Century’s&nbsp; Joe Wright directed film The Woman in the Window, handling 3d builds of the brownstone rooftop, basement, Anna House and early plans for an initial skylight design. https://oliverzeller.com/Prince-of-Persia-Disney Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:52:10 +0000 Oliver Zeller https://oliverzeller.com/Prince-of-Persia-Disney <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7596c2759d1803799578998908713a7f864ff6e823a8dad26ec8bda8b4355227/AlamutPalaceFront_1080px2_wKey5.jpg" data-mid="141294075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7596c2759d1803799578998908713a7f864ff6e823a8dad26ec8bda8b4355227/AlamutPalaceFront_1080px2_wKey5.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2da867380841310d2882950760bc5a6fb7bae77d1e03270d70f2166a3ee701c5/AlamutPalaceGardens_1080px_wKey2.jpg" data-mid="141294100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2da867380841310d2882950760bc5a6fb7bae77d1e03270d70f2166a3ee701c5/AlamutPalaceGardens_1080px_wKey2.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea516cc27e9be7bdd2e056e01be06bdb068aec84638236417573ce937bde7ab0/AlamutTamsloht_1080px.jpg" data-mid="141294232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea516cc27e9be7bdd2e056e01be06bdb068aec84638236417573ce937bde7ab0/AlamutTamsloht_1080px.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d81dbf3b692a403c92c505bd8bfc746e566b694b1c32a617590df2e362af5a37/AlamutStreetScene02.jpg" data-mid="141294412" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d81dbf3b692a403c92c505bd8bfc746e566b694b1c32a617590df2e362af5a37/AlamutStreetScene02.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e42e381e7b629661eb8ed62347d3134ae2b20ad844af2d7b7baa8fd14260d7a/NasafStreetModuleStudies.jpg" data-mid="141294426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e42e381e7b629661eb8ed62347d3134ae2b20ad844af2d7b7baa8fd14260d7a/NasafStreetModuleStudies.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13003d8455244ff61a7e02fea3625fc2e6b400170cdd12523cc5457da9c29e87/AlamutUrbanElementsSample2_1080px.jpg" data-mid="141294420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13003d8455244ff61a7e02fea3625fc2e6b400170cdd12523cc5457da9c29e87/AlamutUrbanElementsSample2_1080px.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42bdc84efca0bd95e8d22c9ab1108eee197be53e72f8cc380f4410930e99ad0a/PrinceofPersiaAlamut01_1080px.jpg" data-mid="141294526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42bdc84efca0bd95e8d22c9ab1108eee197be53e72f8cc380f4410930e99ad0a/PrinceofPersiaAlamut01_1080px.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db4c0022fc86392962a96b1cc56f12092b1ba3064fe2cb5a40a220b83d7c9ae4/PrinceofPersiaAlamut02_1080px.jpg" data-mid="141294520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db4c0022fc86392962a96b1cc56f12092b1ba3064fe2cb5a40a220b83d7c9ae4/PrinceofPersiaAlamut02_1080px.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c374e2492c18611cd55b499a77482db95ae03384352b2bc91e7c3889e1b68d8e/PrinceofPersiaAlamut03_1080px.jpg" data-mid="141294521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c374e2492c18611cd55b499a77482db95ae03384352b2bc91e7c3889e1b68d8e/PrinceofPersiaAlamut03_1080px.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6999e042bc835019c8af0ac3e77b4cd658d1986f25fc2bb060c693601eff33c/PrinceofPersiaTemple01.jpg" data-mid="141957833" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6999e042bc835019c8af0ac3e77b4cd658d1986f25fc2bb060c693601eff33c/PrinceofPersiaTemple01.jpg" /> DISNEY’S PRINCE OF PERSIA | SR. DIGITAL SET DESIGNER&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎In 2008 I went to Morocco for four months to work in the art department for Disney’s 2010 film Prince of Persia, based on Jordan Mechner’s classic videogame, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell with production design by Wolf Kroeger. As Sr. Digital Set Designer, I primarily worked on the city of Alamut, later realized by visual effects firm MPC. This work included designing digital extensions from the palace to a key temple based on concept art by Julian Caldow, producing urban guidelines and studies of Alamut and building a library of basic urban architectural elements for MPC. These elements were used by fellow digital set designer Bogdan Strugar to create modular buildings which MPC used to populate the city plan as developed by VFX Art Director Tino Schaedler. Also realized a digital recreation and previz of Alamut’s constructed sets at Tameslouht, primarily based on plans by Art Director Leslie Tomkins.