"Rumble" Previsualization Show Reel

In 2018, I got a call to see if I would be interested in working on an animated film about Monster Wrestling. I thought to myself, "Giant kaiju-style monsters wrestling? Sign me up!" I started in 2018 and finished at the height of the Pandemic in 2020. The film debuted on Paramount+ in December of 2021. Previs Artist Andrew Titcomb impressively wrote an entire Previs Pipeline that worked on top of the Reel FX toolset for the show all while doing some great shot work. He "built the plane" while we were taking off and flying. We managed to render the Rough Layout (RLO) in Arnold which was a first time using that renderer for me. I had a split team between the "local" Paramount artists and the Montreal based Reel FX ones as well as more department leadership in Dallas, TX. The team did a fantastic job, and I finally got some time to put together a proper show reel that puts their talents on display. The top image is the Previs while the bottom image is the Final Shot. Even a few years out, the work holds up, and I am proud of our efforts in Previs and Layout. I am also happy to recognize the artists' individual contributions here as a sample of their fine work.
You can stream the movie on Paramount+. To the team who went to bat for me and the show, I extend to you all my gratitude.
Paramount
Previs Lead -- Christopher Batty
Previs Artists -- Cortney Armitage, Joshua Cordes, Dan Pilgrim, Long-Hai Pham, David Pritchard, Andrew Titcomb, Daniel Zamora
Central & Previs Production Supervisor -- Lea Kocurek
Production Coordinator -- Christopher Stepniewski
Previs Rigger -- Jason Osipa
Reel FX
Layout Supervisor -- Joe Johnston
Layout Leads - Christin Marineau, Lucas Michalski Peres
Layout Artists -- Dan West, Thomas de Maleingreau, Sean Christopher Monteagudo, Rod Douglas, Étienne Carrière-Roberge
Layout A.P.M. -- Linda Manouan
Layout Match Lead -- Shane Wapskineh
Environment Lead -- Kenan Proffitt
Layout Coordinator -- Isabelle Dubois
Also, special recognition goes to Director Hamish Grieve, Producers Mark Bakshi and Brad Booker, Associate Producer Debra Boyle Barlow, Line Producer Joanna Cox Ferguson, and Editor Matt Landon.
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