Dan Trinh

Designed the production pipeline for 30+ artists and entered data to track weekly production progress. Coordinated, scheduled, and documented production meetings across 10+ departments. Communicated feedback between upper management and artists with utmost confidentiality.

• Conceptualized an original story idea for an animated short film and developed the production pipeline across 10+ departments with 100+ assets from pre-production to post production • Assisted production supervisor with production outlines, planning, and review on 30+ individual artists’ work to supervise and track progress on a weekly basis • Keyframe animated on over 30 shots including bipedal characters and mechanical animations • Managed content throughout production identifying key deliverable, successes, failures, and how to use resources effectively and efficiently • Communicated feedback on assets, animations, and collaborated with artists in Maya, Photoshop, AfterEffects, and Premiere to ensure assets meet production deadlines • Edited together thumbnails into 2D animatic, then translated into 3D animatic, and rendered shots into final edit using AfterEffects and Premiere

Set up motion capture lab to direct and record acting performances for in game character animations. Acted in full body motion capture suit, and cleaned up movement data for character animations. This $5 million project was delivered on time and within budget. Project received numerous awards including 1st place in the Innovations in DoD Gaming Award

• Animated in a 7-member animation team as a keyframe character animator for a bipedal character • Seamlessly integrated shots with peer animations to produce an award winning animation short story • Reviewed peer animations using animation fundamentals including body mechanics and composition