CHRIS E. PETERSON
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
09/29/08 to Present - Rhythm and Hues - the boX, Playa Vista, California
Generalist
Rhythm and Hues - the boX is a visual effects company that creates effects for television commercials and game cinematics.
• More information will be added when the project is released.
05/07/08 to 09/13/08 - Screaming Death Monkey, Venice, California
Generalist
Screaming Death Monkey is a visual effects house that specializes in post production effects for television, film, and print.
• Created several in-house eyeon Fusion scripts for automating tasks.
• Modeled, textured, animated and lit a sword (going through a character) in Disaster Movie.
• Created elements for a freezing over effect in Disaster Movie.
• Modeled, textured, animated and lit debris for a tornado in Disaster Movie.
• Modeled, textured, rigged, animated and lit several tree root effects for Niptuck.
• Created several sequences of CG bees for the Showtime television show Weeds.
• Modeled, textured, animated and lit a house fly for the Showtime television show Weeds.
• Modeled, textured, animated and lit a stick of gum for an Orbit gum advertisement ( promoting the MTV 2008 Movie Awards).
10/31/07 to 04/25/08 - RADICAL 3D, Venice, California
Generalist
Radical concurrently produced two series for the History Channel, "Dogfights" and "Battle 360". These shows relied heavily on animation and visual effects to re-create the war encounters of veteran pilots and sailors. Every three weeks, each team of 15-20, produced 30-35 minutes of animation per episode.
• Converted and re-textured purchased library models such as the Junyo (Japanese Aircraft Carrier) for Battle 360.
• Rigged several dinosaurs for the pilot episode of Animal Armageddon.
• Animated various shots of other pilot shows.
• Animated and broke out various shots of Battle 360 for the History Channel.
• Composited several shots for Battle 360.
12/07/07 to 12/10/07 - Screaming Death Monkey, Venice, California
Generalist (Freelance).
• Modeled and rigged a crab for the hit ABC television series Pushing Daisies.
• Modeled and textured several aspects of an airplane for the cover of Popular Mechanics magazine (Feb 2008 Issue).
10/15/07 to 10/29/07 - Screaming Death Monkey, Venice, California
Generalist
• Modeled, textured, rigged, lit, and animated a CG bull for the music video Conquest by the White Stripes.
06/07 to 07/07 - Digital Elixir Studio, Tampa, Florida
Generalist
Digital Elixir Studios is primarily a visual effects house that specializes in 3D content for websites and video.
• Was responsible for several shots of a government safety video regarding severe weather conditions.
EDUCATION:
Digital Animation and Visual Effects School
• OAD in Digital Animation and Visual Effects,(Graduated December 20, 2006)
California State University-Chico
• BS in Applied Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics / Animation, (Graduated May 18, 2007)
• Activities and Societies: Deans Honor List
SOFTWARE
PRIMARY SOFTWARE
• Newtek Lightwave, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Eyeon Fusion
SECONDARY SOFTWARE (LIMITED EXPERIENCE)
• Autodesk Maya, Adobe Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, Sony Vegas, Newtek SpeedEdit, 2D3 Boujou
