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COMPOSITOR
  • melissajoyrosen.wix.com/melissa-joy
Professional Summary

Creative, hands-on professional with expertise in composting and rotoscoping, accomplished in motiong pictures and television.

Skills
  • Nuke
  • After Effects
  • Mocha
  • Silhouette
  • Photoshop
  • Final Cut Pro
  • 2D Pipeline
Work History
Compositor , 10/2016 to 01/2017
Stargate Studios – South Pasadena, CA
  • Comp 2D and 3D elements with live action footage, blue/green screen keying, wire removal, set extension, roto (full body articulates, garbage mattes, etc.), integrated practical elements and CG elements into live action shots.
  • Credits: Pure Genius, Grey's Anatomy
Compositor, 09/2016 to 10/2016
Shade VFX – Santa Monica, CA
  • Wire removal, rotoscoping, comp practical and CG elements (blood squibs, etc.) into live action shots, split screen.
  • Credits: Westworld, Annabelle 2, A Series of Unfortunate Events
Compositor, 09/2015 to 01/2016
Stargate Studios – South Pasadena, CA
  • Roto (full body articulates, hair detail, garbage mattes), Created 2D effects (interactive lighting, monitor-glitching, etc.), animated a girl in different stages of turning invisible, Blue/green screen keying, Comp practical elements and CG elements into live action shots, wire removal, set extension (incorporating matte painting into live-action shot), Key actors, objects, and plants off of green screens.
  • Credits: Bunker Hill, 24 Legacy, Agent X, Heroes Reborn, Lab Rats, My Invisible Sister, NCIS, Ten Commandments
Paint/ Finaling Artist, 01/2015 to 07/2015
Stereo D – Burbank, CA
  • Stereo-paint, Created static and dynamic clean plates, worked with element comps, tracking, Roto'd garbage mattes, Fix stretching and broken depth primarily with paint.
  • Fix elements that were falling back or pulling forward so that they were in the correct depth, primarily with paint.
  • Credits: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant Man, Jurassic World, Mad Max, San Andreas, Terminator Genisys
Compositing Lead, 01/2014 to 2014
Studio X – San Francisco, CA
  • Ensure artists have the necessary elements for their shots, and help artists with any difficulties they might have.
  • Rotoscoped full body articulates of main character and her shadow, roto'd elements to be comp'd with CG effects and addition live-action footage, track and key footage, composite CG elements with live-action footage, wire and harness removal for multiple shots, composited live-action footage with CG elements and background.
  • Credits: Approaching the Unknown, Selection
Compositor and Roto Artist, 01/2014
StudioX – San Francisco, CA
  • Rotoscoped full body articulates of characters, tracked and roto'd windows and chimneys, key and roto plants to be comp'd over a matte painting, composited matte painting with original footage and roto'd mattes using camera projection, created and animate 2D effects (window cracking effect, camera shake, etc), comp'd CG elements with live-action footage.
  • Credits: The Architect, Market Street
Compositing Supervisor, 09/2013 to 01/2014
Studio X – San Francisco, CA
  • Ensured continuity between matching shots and shots within a sequence, helped artists with any difficulties they might have, and prepare reviews for clients.
  • Keyed green screens, driving comps, comp'd CG particle effects, created clean plates, color correcting, created illusion of movement in still liquid
  • Credits: The Labyrinth (a series of short films)
Education
MFA: Animation and Visual Effects, 2014
Academy of Art University - San Francisco
  • Focus in Compositing 
  • Member of Visual Effects Club
BFA: Illustration, 2010
University of Hartford - Hartford Art School - West Hartford, CT
  • Focus in Children's Book Illustration 
  • Minor in Ceramics and Art History
  • Graduated Cum Laude
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Stargate Studios
  • Shade VFX
  • Stereo D
  • Studio X
  • StudioX

School Attended

  • Academy of Art University
  • University of Hartford - Hartford Art School

Job Titles Held:

  • Compositor
  • Paint/ Finaling Artist
  • Compositing Lead
  • Compositor and Roto Artist
  • Compositing Supervisor

Degrees

  • MFA : Animation and Visual Effects , 2014
    BFA : Illustration , 2010

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