Conference
The State of VFX
VFX for Features
ON SITE
Meidinger-Saal
Tuesday, April 25, 15:45
The Marsupial, The Myth, The Legend
What sort of animal bounces, fights, steals ice cream, eats flowers, AND debunks conspiracy theories? A German anarchist kangaroo, obviously! Following 2020's VES-nominated hit The Kangaroo Chronicles, TRIXTER brought the cheeky marsupial to life again for The Kangaroo Conspiracy (2022). Learn how this project really pushed the TRIXTER animation pipeline further— moving from motion capture to performance capture, to developing a facial capture pipeline during a lockdown, to pumping out an astounding 434 shots as a mid-size vendor.
Michael Dohne, Compositing Supervisor, TRIXTER
Michael is a senior Compositing- and VFX-Supervisor with over 25 years of experience creating stunning visual effects for feature films and TV series.
After earning his masters degree in Visual Effects at university, he dedicated himself to the field of VFX. Throughout his career, Michael has worked with several leading visual effects studios.
Some of his best known work includes Black Panther, Star Trek, Ms. Marvel, Harry Potter and the X-Men franchise. His expertise includes leading teams, supervision, pipeline development and creating iconic imagery.
Michael enjoys pushing the boundaries further for incredible visual effects.
Claudius Urban, Head of Animation Department, TRIXTER
Since his training in 3D at the prestigious Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Claudius has traveled all over the world, honing his craft in animation. He has worked with several major visual effects houses, experiencing different pipelines, approaches, cultures and working environments. Throughout this time he created iconic sequences for film and television: Iron Man’s self-assembling suit, the Troll ramming head-first into a stone wall in Hobbit 3, the disturbing and memorable birth of Doomsday in Batman vs. Superman and the impressive one-minute climactic battle shot of Koba running amuck on a tank in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
From overseeing the animation team to pipeline, previsualization and motion capture acting, Claudius Urban’s role as animation HOD is extremely wide-ranging. He thrives on every challenge.