Kay Delventhal

VFX Production Supervisor for "Sisi" Episodical for RTL / RTL+ (S04, 6 Episodes)

Ai VFX Breakdown: An Ai Powered Visual Effects Detection Pipeline

In the summer of 2023, I began researching whether AI/ML could be used to identify visual effects (VFX) within film scripts. The initial results were promising, leading me to develop a prototype that can detect VFX in both film and episodic scripts. This prototype delivered reliable and promising results. And I continue to improve the system as I use it in my daily… Mehr anzeigen

Ai VFX Breakdown: An Ai Powered Visual Effects Detection Pipeline

In the summer of 2023, I began researching whether AI/ML could be used to identify visual effects (VFX) within film scripts. The initial results were promising, leading me to develop a prototype that can detect VFX in both film and episodic scripts. This prototype delivered reliable and promising results. And I continue to improve the system as I use it in my daily projects.

https://fmx.de/en/program/program-2024/detail/event/28849 Weniger anzeigen

VFX Producer for "Krank" Episodical for ZDF neo (S01, 8 Episodes)

VFX Production Supervisor for "Sisi" Episodical for RTL / RTL+ (S03, 6 Episodes)

VFX Production Supervisor for "Grimm Reality" Episodical (S01 / 8 Episodes)

"Das Boot" SE 4 (Bavaria/Sky) On-Set VFX Supervision

"Auris" (1) (Ziegler/RTL) On-Set VFX Supervision

"BUBA" (BTFseries/Netflix) On-Set VFX Supervision

Full-time coding bootcamp with over 540 hours of python practice. Including numby, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, scikit-learn and many more.

Using common Data Science techniques like Linear and Logistic Regression, KNN, SVM, Naive Bayes, Decision Trees and other well known method.

Introduced to Scrum, Kanban and Amazon AWS and SQL. The personal focus was on machine learning with tensorflow and keras.

VFX Supervisor | Managing Partner

VFX Production Supervisor for the Netflix series "The Barbarians" (S01, 6 Episodes) a Gaumont production.

Story: The famous battle of the Teutoburg Forest, in which Germanic warriors halted the northward advance of the Roman Empire in AD 9.

Teacher for:
Course A: CG pipeline use and setup and animation work-flow
Course B: Introduction into rendering with Maya Arnold and compositing with Nuke

For Launchpad Networks I create concepts, do design and the realization of CG Templates for the "3Dpresenter" Software: www.3dpresenter.tv

Teacher and Consulting-Teacher for: BAC 3rd year, CGA Bachelor Program | BAC 2nd year, CGA Bachelor Program

Teaching: Digital Layout | CG Pipeline | CG Production | Look Dev

Consulting: Curriculum for CGA Bachelor Program and pipeline issues

Visualisation of project "Khobar". Tools used: Max, VRay, AE, Python

"Ford hilft" (Ford helps): Ford promotion film. The task was to create four shots where up to 270 Ford SMAX cars drive around the “Großer Stern” in the centre of Berlin.
The car animation was done via python scripting and manual tweaking. Rendering was done with Arnold/Maya2017.

CG feature film: "Little Dragon Coconut 2" (aka "Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss 2")

My Tasks:
- Research and development for shader conversion from Vray to arnold (Maya)
- Planning of render and compositing pipeline

TV show (HD): "Sandmann-Rahmen" | Stop-Motion on green-screen | Digital backgrounds

My tasks: On-set supervision | Compositing and pipeline supervision | Production planning

http://www.sandmann.de/index.html

CG feature film: "Knight Rusty 2" (aka "Ritter Rost 2")

Lighting: Arnold (Maya)

also: Python scripting (render pipeline tools)
also: Houdini FX (particles)

https://www.ritterrost-welt.de/

TV show: "Sandmann-Rahmen" (24x3', CG, HD, 2nd SE)
- Stop-Motion on green-screen
- Digital backgrounds

My tasks:
- On-set supervision (pre-production)
- Green-screen, lighting and camera tests

http://www.sandmann.de/index.html

PyQt/Python UI scripting for: Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Windows

Houdini 15: Shading (Principled and custom shader for PBR)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3855832/

Studio Pipeline with Kay Delventhal
This 5 day class will provide extensive information about running a studio pipeline with a specific focus on small studios and internet coproductions, which is typical in Central Europe. Small studios and teams having their pipeline already set up, but being in need to coproduce with other studios that also has their pipeline up and running and how to combine it.

on-set vfx supervision

Post-Viz for feature film "Cloud Atlas"

VFX Supervisior - feature film "Labyrinth" by director Tolga Örnek.

http://www.tvtfilm.com

Talk: "How to Approach a CG Production"

Stereoscopic Supervisor - CG Showcase for feature film "Die Raeuber" (aka "The Robbers").

VFX supervision for feature film "Hidden" (aka "In Darkness") by director Agnieszka Holland.

Teaser for animated feature: "School for Vampires" (90sec.)

Tasks: Production planing, crew recruitment, pipeline dev., stereoscopic and creative supervision.

Talk: "Wishful Thinking - Communication in Digital Film Production"

Supervising CGI and compositing of the stopmotion feature film: "Sandmann and the lost Sand of Dreams" [@ Rabbix VFX Studio]

Case study: Technical issues and the artistically side on the feature film “Jasper - and the Journey to the End of the World”

Teaching: Production workflow, pipeline setup and general organization issues of feature productions to last year students.

Teaser development for CG animated feature: "Of Hares and Hedgehogs" (aka “Sängerkrieg der HeideHasen”) - "Best-Received S3D Project" at Cartoon Movie 2010.
- Directing 90'' film teaser for feature film "Of Hares and Hedgehogs"
- S3D Supervision of conversion (stereoscopic conversion 2D->S3D)

Talk: “Jasper - and the Journey to the End of the World” – A Pan European Production and its Challenges

- METAphrenie modeling & shading for TV-Tag: "AUDI"
- BFC compositing for the 2D kids TV series: "MP4orce"

I supervised compositors and worked directly with the director to composite scenes and sequences for the 2D animated TV series: "Mission Odyssey"

Few examples:
Sep02: ”17 Juni” crowed replication, at KOPPFILM Berlin. VFX Supervisor, PAL.
Jul02: ”House of the Dead” effects animation, at ELEKTROFILM Berlin. CGI Artist, 2K.
Mar02: ”Fuehrer Ex" or "Poison Hearts” vfx scenes, for TVT Berlin/Germany, inferno Artist, 2K
Oct01: ”Wella Vivality” and ”Nivea HairCare” TV commercial at DasWerk HH/Germany. flame Artist, PAL.
Sep01: ”Mercedes Sperm” award winning cinema spot Condor Berlin/Germany. CGI Artist, 2K.
Jun01: ”Ignition”… Mehr anzeigen

Few examples:
Sep02: ”17 Juni” crowed replication, at KOPPFILM Berlin. VFX Supervisor, PAL.
Jul02: ”House of the Dead” effects animation, at ELEKTROFILM Berlin. CGI Artist, 2K.
Mar02: ”Fuehrer Ex" or "Poison Hearts” vfx scenes, for TVT Berlin/Germany, inferno Artist, 2K
Oct01: ”Wella Vivality” and ”Nivea HairCare” TV commercial at DasWerk HH/Germany. flame Artist, PAL.
Sep01: ”Mercedes Sperm” award winning cinema spot Condor Berlin/Germany. CGI Artist, 2K.
Jun01: ”Ignition” feature film DasWerk HH/Germany. CGI Artist, 2K
Jan01: ”No Rules” on-air trailer for RTL 2/Germany. flame Artist, PAL (blow-up to 2K).
Aug00: ”Angeldust” 90 min. TV-movie for RTL/Germany at VCC Berlin/Germany. VFX Supervisor, PAL.
Mar00: ”Prüfstand 7” VCC Hamburg feature film. VFX Supervisor, 2K.
Dec99: Audi TT spot, adding CGI elements in live action footage. CGI Artist, PAL.
Sep99: ”Schnee i. d. Neujahrsnacht” UFA Filmproduktion feature film. CGI Artist, 2K.
And many more ... Weniger anzeigen

My working area at ”company b” ranged from TV to feature film, doing cgi- and vfx-design, modeling, fx animation and compositing.

Based on my previous working experience I successfully managed client contacts and production as well as supervision of artists and other production staff. I also was trained to use discreet fire, but actually started to work on flame and inferno.

Supervising production, set design, set modeling and set creation for Virtual Studio as well as customer care, sales consultant (e.g. for BBC Resources). I also helped do build the BCC’s first Virtual Studio setup. During that process I was responsible for a number of TV productions done for the BBC.

At the VAP in Hamburg/Germany where I was part of the world premiere of the Virtual Studio. Computer animation and Virtual Studio production was my field of activity.

I was trained to teach others Alias PowerAnimator and to setup SGI workstations and Irix operating systems. I also started to do my own animation.