Academic · MA Digital Effects · Final Major Project

Traveller — Rigging, FX & Compositing

As project producer and VFX artist, I helped deliver a seven-shot live-action and CGI sequence through capture, asset work, tracking, KineFX rigging, FX and compositing.

Client
Bournemouth University · Group project

Year
2022

Tools
Houdini · Nuke · PFTrack · KeenTools · Mari · RealityCapture

The brief

Produce a complete VFX narrative that blends a photographed location, a mechanical house, destruction and live-action performance.

My role

Project producer and VFX artist: photogrammetry, modelling, texturing, tracking, KineFX rigging, FX, lighting, rendering and compositing for shot five within the seven-shot team project.

Outcome

A collaborative final major project combining Nuke compositing, Houdini CGI and destruction work across a connected seven-shot sequence.

01 · Final major project

A walking house grounded in live action

Traveller follows an individual and an extraordinary house equipped with six mechanical legs. The story was planned across seven shots, with each shot contributing a specific part of the journey.

My producer role sat alongside hands-on work across capture, asset development, tracking, rigging, effects, lighting and the final composite for shot five.

02 · Breakdown

Capture, rigging and destruction

The house was developed as a trackable, textured asset and rigged procedurally with Houdini KineFX. The leg system needed to feel mechanical while supporting the weight and character of the building.

Destruction research explored how the house could interact with the photographed environment. Tracking, effects and compositing were planned together so the final action remained believable.