stop motion tests

need lots more practice...

WIP

Sequence of animation :

some shots of puppet:  clay maquette, latex version with armature inside

recent shots (today) of replacement head (neutral)

(trying to make eyelids...)

Frame by Frame and generations of media

I have Premiere Elements 15.  I have been loading in old projects to add some effects in as practice for a larger project I am working on.  I added in an animated roof monster (frame by frame drawn and tracked in Photoshop Elements 15) and in the cemetery sequence I added in a hand tracked gravestone and one second of a ghost.  Fun to revisit an old project from MassArt film class and use it for learning the best way to navigate around effects in Premiere.  It stars my cousin which is also fun to see her and remember our fun romp around with a Super 8mm  silent film camera and Easter Sunday back in 1998.  This version is many generations down.  Super 8mm which then I up rezed to 16mm film with an optical printer, then projected onto a wall and videotaped on a Hi8 Video Camera, which was then put into a DVD burner and saved to a DVD and then imported again into my current computer.  It is gross resolution, and the contrast is ugly but it made it easy to superimpose some images that were not too hard to match to the footage.  They stick out because of course they are higher resolution but I tried to break them down a bit to match.  

If you are the one person watching this besides me,  I am open to comments and critique.  I had a good time hand tracking it.  Gave myself a "tracking layer" where I just traced a few branches and shadows in blue in photoshop which I just linked to the image layer of the angel gravestone and then another for the ghost lady.    

The Wizard of Erin

Finished the "Wizard of Erin" picture book on August 3rd 2018 for BRING YOUR OWN IMPROV Improv Group self published by BYOI.  Free for you to look at on Shutterfly through the link.  Click the book title above

If you screengrab my work and use for something else Liam Neeson will find you and make you buy him a beer.  But please note it was five years of my free time to make this in between working on movies. I only use it as a Photoshop compositing portfolio and coffee table book.

If you decide to purchase one please drop me a line at jessicaltherrien@gmail.com.  If you want to hire me to work on your project you can also email me. 

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Artwork of old

Going through the past years of work photos I came across this funny little Demo of Stop Motion Animation. 

back in the saddle

I am looking for global experience.  

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Application Reel for Further Training

Nuke Composite | Explosion | Robot |

ZeroVfx | 10 day training course

Feb 29th - March 11th Participated in a two week training at Boston's ZeroVFX.

(4) assignments in Roto included

1. Walking Actor's Head  - Linear, hand tracking
2. Bouncing Balls              -  Non - Linear, hand tracking
3. Talking Puppet (Fur)   -  Linear with tracking markers
4. Biker's helmet while riding  - non - linear combination hand tracking and point tracking    

Training Instructor SihloutteFX -  Joshua Hey - CQ Roto/Team Leader
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(3) assignments in Paint included

1. Remove orange markers on Green Screen in Driving Car Plate
2. Paint out stadium workers and steam in a Static Shot
3. Paint out logo on actor's wardrobe in Static Shot

Training Instructor NUKE - Robert Liscomb - 2D

First assignment from Digital Tutors completed

I am only responsible for the compositing work.  The assets were provided from Digital Tutors and the work was done using Nuke 9.0 v6 Non Commercial.

Positions held in 2014

Disney's "The Finest Hours" - Tentative October 9th, 2015 release

     This is Jessica's third time as an On Set Visual Effects Department PA. Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin T. Hahn (Moving Picture Company London)

STORYLINE: "The Finest Hours" is a true story of a 1952 U.S. Coast Guard rescue. In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel. "The Finest Hours" is the story of their heroic mission, which is still considered the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history.

     Jessica is currently training to further her career in VFX as a compositor (Nuke and Flame) to eventually become a Visual Effects Supervisor with her strong skillset gathered from past department head and coordinator positions.  

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Jessica L. Therrien

"The Assault" - airing on Lifetime television 2013-2014 

STORYLINE: After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice.

     This was Jessica's first time as a Wardrobe Supervisor having previously been in other positions in Wardrobe Departments.  Costume Designer Alanna Keenan (IATSE 481)


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