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Red vs. Blue: Singularity - Season 17

Date: 2019

Role: Directing, Machinmation, Graphic Design, Compositing, VFX, Editing

"It took two seasons for the Reds and Blues to break the universe, but they’re about to discover that things can always get worse.

The flow of time is in disarray now that Chrovos has been freed from their old prison, and the Reds and Blues are unwittingly trapped, reliving their past memories. Fortunately, there’s still one person in the universe who can do something about it: Donut. Thanks to his quick thinking, Donut manages to trap Chrovos in a temporary cell, but it won’t hold for long. Chrovos’ lackey, Genkins, travels through time with the Reds and Blues and changes the events of their history, creating cracks in an increasingly fragile timeline. If Donut can’t find a way to snap his friends out of it, Chrovos will truly be free and life as we know it will be rewritten."

Once again, I was honored to be given responsibility of directing on Red vs. Blue, being given the task of tying the knot on our sci-fi, god-filled, time-travel trilogy. I had the unique challenge of bringing our main cast of characters back through their own historic timelines, which meant reviving old pipelines for previous halo engines. Between sorting out a production method for each individual engine, finding new ways to present the story using a wide gamut of graphical styles, and showcasing new angles to previously existing storylines, we were able to bring about a favorable conclusion to 'The Shisno Trilogy'.

Main duties included cinematics via machinima, compositing, VFX, fight coreography, and set design.