That is *staggering.* You should have gotten above-the-title credit for that shit. Amazing work, and a lot of it.

Tell me more about your scanlines, and also blue Muppets on bluescreen.

So under the terms of your contract, are these clips allowed to be released publicly?  Because this actually is a publicly-viewable forum, membership is only required for posting.

... true enough, but it is likely not to be searched for, and it wont be on the overall searches that people do for the video itself on Vimeo.

... technically ... I never actually signed a contract when they brought be back for Captain America, and then Muppets then Underworld, it was kind of a "we liked you before, just come in and start working" so ... If I wanted to be an ass about it I would just shrug and say oh well.

But I figure with the password and "limited access" I'm doing pretty well for not getting myself in trouble.

http://magazine.creativecow.net/article … he-muppets
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-mup … e-curtain/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244984/q … eedom.html

Last edited by Seth_Brower (2012-01-07 22:36:57)

See Trey now you got the paranoid part of my brain going, and I'm debating whether I should just yank it.

Sigh...

Fair enough - in my experience, it's always been a very specific contractual thing as to when artists are allowed to add shots to their reels - usually because the studio mandates it.  At best it isn't until the movie debuts, often it isn't until it's released on video.   But of course I haven't worked with every company, some may not have that requirement.  Or if they just never get around to making you sign a contract at all, then rock on. 

Cute story from my Tippett days, I got a reel from an animator who specifically said in his cover letter:  "I'm not supposed to release these clips yet, but I thought you'd find them interesting."  Well yes, is IS interesting that you'd actually tell us, your next prospective employer, that you are openly ignoring the terms of your contract with your previous employer.  I mean, jeezus, at least don't say that. 

If editorial gave you the shots...then, yeah. I'd say the implication is "reels are okay."

Also, I've always had to pester studios to gve me finals to show off. You're apparently lucky, or easy to like, or something.

Well ahh shucks, thanks.

It still, now a good 4 months or so post delivery, one of my favorite shows to have worked on. Not as much for the individual shots, though there were some fun ones, there were also some doozies.

But for the overall spot in my brain that I can now bookmark in my memory as "having worked on a Muppet movie". No matter how old I get, or what other high profile projects I work on down the years, that will stand out.

I've been pestering my last employer for about four months now for my Captain America, Thor and Harry Potter shots. I have the bluray rips since I bought them, but I need my Silhouette project files which they've told everyone we can have. Since it was all 3D conversion roto, there's nothing impressive about just looking at the shots unless you already know what 3D conversion roto looks like. At this point, I might just end up grabbing everything myself since I might be back out there in two weeks

Seth, your Muppets work is impressive... most impressive. I'm glad I got to run into you last June and chat for awhile. At the time I hadn't thought about how much work was involved in the film, but I later read the FX Guide article on it and had to see it on the big screen. I had a lot of fun watching it and was repeatedly impressed with the seamless effect shots throughout