RiTE Media setup a large in house led volume that renders the background real time while tracking with the camera. They brought itaki on board to handle the integration between foreground and background. We pulled off a number of shots using volumetric fog and lights to marry the them together to make the shots foreground and background belong in the same world.

February 13, 2023 Demos, Films, VFX, Volume

Raymond Carr of Ninja Puppet is making a kids movie where some kids find a crashed spaceship and take it out on some crazy adventures. He asked me to produce a few shots for his feature pilot. He shot the model ship on green and needed it composited into a background photo he had. We blew out the photo into 3D (see below) and produced a bunch of elements to bring the ship to life.

Find out more information check out his Seed&Spark campaign.

February 12, 2023 3D, Films, VFX

We Edited and did VFX for a segment of Dead By Midnight called Hellavangelist written and directed by Hannah Fierman

February 11, 2023 Color, Edit, Films, VFX

Itaki Studios did the VFX for the award winning Devil To Pay

February 11, 2023 Films, VFX

Coloring and conforming the feature Curveball

February 10, 2023 Color, Films

2017 This is a color reel from a number of different films and music videos. All color was done in Black Magic DaVinci Resolve except for some additional effects done in After Effects for Born Pretty and Lost & Found.

0:021:05 from “Curveball” – imdb.com/title/tt3091138/
1:051:27 from “Lost & Found” by Spirits and the Melchizedek Children – vimeo.com/82015661
1:271:45 from “Born Pretty” by Mary O Harrison – vimeo.com/73256880
1:452:15 from “The End Again” – youtube.com/watch?v=lfN96Vw2q7U
2:152:33 from “AICP reel” – Artifact Design – artifactdesign.com/
Music “Where Is My Mind” by Maxence Cyrin – maxencecyrin.net/

Contact
Michael McReynolds – Resolve Colorist – Nuke Compositor
mritaki@gmail.com
404.981.9933
imdb.com/name/nm2514860/

imdb.com/name/nm2514860/

November 25, 2015 Color, Films, Music Videos, Reels, VFX

“Lost and Found”

from the album So Happy, It’s Sad

by The Spirits

Written, Directed, Edited by Carl Janes of FUTURE ANCESTORS

Spirits and the Melchizedek Children are Jason Robert Elliott Chris Case Brian Fielden Joe McNeill Andrew Burnes Ryan Odom Backing vocals by Mlny Parsonz Cello by Matt Jarrard Violin and viola by Ryan Gregory

Cinematography, VFX and Post – Michael McReynolds

Assistant Director – Matt Brohammer

Production Assistant – Dan McDonough

Production Assistant – Daniel Rambacher

“Lost and Found” Produced by Benjamin Price Engineered by Benjamin Price Mix Engineered by Benjamin Price and Jonathan Rhum Mastered by Glenn Schick Recorded and Mixed at Studilaroche in Atlanta GA Mastered at Glenn Schick Mastering in Atlanta GA Filmed in Georgia, USA

Special thanks to Ranger John At Arabia Mountain Copyright SATMC © 2013

September 5, 2014 Color, Films, Music Videos, VFX

I did the editing and color for this short film staring Columbus Short and Tanee McCall-Short. The DP and Director wanted the final film super dark. I finished the film in Davinci Resolve.

Official Website : http://www.openendedfilm.com/

IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3527732/

August 27, 2014 Color, Films

0:00 – 0:12 itaki film leader
0:12 – 1:14 from “The Reconstruction of William Zero” – imdb.com/title/tt1867091
1:14 – 1:33 from “Lost & Found” – vimeo.com/82015661
1:33 – 1:49 from “Shut Eye” – Prerelease
1:49 – 2:04 from “Bait” – imdb.com/title/tt2951034
2:04 – 2:52 from “Ghost of Old Highways” – imdb.com/title/tt2061689 – ghostofoldhighways.com/
2:52 – 3:16 from “V/H/S – Amateur Night” – imdb.com/title/tt2105044

Contact
Michael McReynolds – Nuke Digital Compositor
mritaki (at) gmail.com
404.519.4976
imdb.com/name/nm2514860/

August 27, 2014 3D, Color, Films, Music Videos, Reels, VFX


Face Replacement test using PF Track 5 and rendered out through Maya. No camera projection and using a simple polygon face.

August 27, 2014 Demos, Films

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