About tracking markers in green backgrounds (and Animal Crossing)

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A few days ago, while playing Nintendo Switch’s Animal Crossing, I made a joke on Twitter that I had been able to create a VFX shooting studio inside the game with its green chromakey background and tracking markers. From there came a debate about why those backgrounds are used in movies and the possible complications they could have. I will …

Dinosaurs & Pirates

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After spending a fantastic time in Goobye Kansas and the Christmas holidays I was working for Important Looking Pirates, also in Stockholm. During my time there I have been helping with the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which will be released in the summer. After a year in the north I think I will return to Spain to rest a …

Tangram Solutions interviews me

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During my work in Sweden, Miguel Gómez of Tangram Solutions gave me an interview about my career. The interview is in spanish, but I’m going to try to do an english translation. You can find the original interview here: https://tangramsolutions.es/entrevista-edu-leon-jimenez-fido-vfx/   Before we begin, thank you for answering our questions Edu. Thank you for your interest and for giving me …

Hello Stockholm, Goodbye Kansas

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Since some months ago I moved to Stockholm to work in Goodbye Kansas: This is a studio as result of the merge of Fido, Bläck, Infinite Entertatinment and other companies. They work making visual effects for cinema, commercials, motion graphics, videogames and much more. With professionals of different but closer guilds in the same space it makes a very creative …

Puma Deo – Griezmann Hotline

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Last month I worked with the fantastic people of Sauvage.tv making this new commercial for Puma deodorant products. My work was to compose the stadium sequence: The original footage was on a studio and we needed to bring it some life. [vimeo width=”600″ height=”500″]https://vimeo.com/193234955[/vimeo] Side by side comparison: [vimeo width=”600″ height=”500″]https://vimeo.com/193265280[/vimeo]   And after a final color grading, this is the …

Trixter & Captain America: Civil War

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Last month I travel to Munich to work in Trixter Film‘s compositing deptartment with Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. It was an intense and a great experience to work with so talented people. Also I was sad to leave whien we finish the project. I hope I can back soon! Meanwhile I’m at Barcelona again working in little projects as …

Follow me!

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Since some months ago I’m working as freelancer with some projects at the same time. I’m looking for new challenges for next month, but anyways you can check if I’m available looking on my profile on Linked In. Also I just sign up on Instagram with the account @eleonvfx (UPDATE: Not anymore. The actual instagram that I’m using is @ekaiadesign) I will …

Star Wars VS Spanish Football Team

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Last week I worked as a Nuke compositor in the advertisement of the announcement of the Star Wars new film, The Force Awakens, made by Movistar with the Spanish National Football Team. In the plot, one of the football balls is in fact the little droid BB8 that is pranking the players. [youtube width=”600″ height=”344″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb_2e2Ylmkc[/youtube] There is a recording of the …