KEYFRAME CREATING FX FOR 'WAREHOUSE 13'
Warehouse 13 follows two Secret Service agents who are relocated to South Dakota after saving the life of the President. Their mission is to find, collect and preserve mysterious artifacts and bring them to the massive, top-secret government storage facility.
Keyframe is performing all visual effects work, including on-set supervision, with co-founder Clint Green serving as VFX supervisor and fellow co-founder and Darren Cranford acting as director of visual effects. The studio’s challenge is to bring these objects to life visually in a way that will make the audience believe.
3DS Max is being used for 3D and animation, and Combustion is handling compositing and 2D effects. Each episode averages 120 effects shots, which range from monitor composites to full CG sets and animated objects. Boujou is used for tracking and Flame for pyro work. An in-house TD is on staff for writing 3D code and updates to the proprietary pipeline.