After years of procrastination I finally updated my reel. This is a compilation of work I've done over the past few year featuring spots where I was most likely the editor, lead compositor, mograph artist and VFX nerd.
**** THIS IS A VR EXPERIENCE SO MAKE SURE TO LOOK AROUND IF YOU’RE ON MOBILE ****
To help Macy’s create a digital avenue for their annual Flower Show – one that would immerse a broader audience and convey the story behind the show – we created a 360VR experience for the show’s website!
Journey To Paradisios Credit List
Production Company: Piranha
Creative Director: Rob Sabatini
Technical Director: Mike Florio
Producer: Maryann Voskamp
Editor: Max Poussier
Sound Design & Sound Mix: The Imagination House
Lead Compositor: Mike Florio
Motion Graphics Artists: Mike Florio, Thomas Oh, Jan Tomkins
3D Artists: Marie Bonsergent, Taha Alkan, Serge Pikhotskiy
Director: Terence Nance
Executive Producer: Kishori Rajan
Art Director: Danny Princz
Lead VFX Artist: Mike Florio and Danny Princz
VFX Artists: Dave Weinstock and Andre Sam
Character Animator: Kun-I Chang
Grade: The Mill
Produced by: Exposed
I was responsible for the matchmoving, 3d camera tracking, 3d character VFX and certain composites. I also worked on Look Dev and lead the charge on pipeline and workflow
Show Synopsis:
Writer/director/producer Terence Nance is the mastermind behind this project, a "show about the beauty and ugliness of contemporary American life," he says. Using a fluid, stream-of-conscience approach, Nance explores cultural idioms such as patriarchy, white supremacy and sensuality via numerous interconnected vignettes, all of which showcase an ensemble cast -- including Nance -- of emerging and established talent. Nance and his collaborators weave together such themes as ancestral trauma, history, death, romance and more, creating a television show like nothing seen before.
Occupying five blocks along McKinney street, the new Houston Center engages visitors and users by activating the streetscape on both sides of the street. Intuitively and visually connecting the building podium levels to the street, Houston Center creates “a sense of place” in its heart, the central plaza.
Kilograph tapped me to help bring the planes to life and working hard with John and his team I was able to create and animate all the planes on earth (ones from space were done by the incredible team at Kilograph) as well as do all the roto, paintwork and camera matching for all the 3d assets.
Creative Director: John Wilyat
Director: John Wilyat
Producer: Josh Neiman
Associate Producer: Shannon Sweeney
Art Director: Denzil Maher
Lead 3d Artist: John Wilyat
3d Artists: Brett Jones, Mike Florio and Luis Tornel
On Site Videographers: John Wilyat and Brett Jones
Editor/Colorist: John Wilyat
Compositor: Mike Florio
Motion Graphics Artist: Mike Florio
Match Moving: Mike Florio
Audio by: Musicbed
Produced by: Kilograph
*** Turn your head phones down, very loud music ***
ACTIVE MEASURES chronicles the most successful espionage operation in Russian history, the American presidential election of 2016. Filmmaker Jack Bryan exposes a 30-year history of covert political warfare devised by Vladmir Putin to disrupt, and ultimately control world events. In the process, the filmmakers follow a trail of money, real estate, mob connections, and on the record confessions to expose an insidious plot that leads directly back to The White House. With democracy hanging in the balance, ACTIVE MEASURES is essential viewing. Unraveling the true depth and scope of "the Russia story" as we have come to know it, this film a jarring reminder that some conspiracies hide in plain sight.
Director: Jack Bryan
Produced by: Jack Bryan, Marley Clements, Laura DuBois
Director of Photography: Neil Barret
Editor: Andrew Napier
Color by: Juan Salvo
Designed by: BigStar
Motion Graphics Artist: Mike Florio
For three decades, the Javits Center has served as a showcase for iconic brands and a launch pad for new ideas. With an upcoming expansion, the Javits Center will be able to provide dynamic new spaces for meetings, receptions and major events, including a rooftop terrace with sweeping views of the Hudson River, enabling the facility to attract a new generation of customers to the Empire State and increase jobs for New Yorkers.
Creative Director: Rob Wing
Director: Rob Wing
Production Coordinator: Lindsay Grystar
Associate Productor: Betsy Stapel
Art Director: Hao La
Lead 3d Artist: Hao La
3d Artists: Joe Vivino and Jason Gautier
Greenscreen Director: Mike Florio
1st Assistant Director: Rob Wing
On Site Videographers: Hao La, Rob Wing, Mike Florio
Editor: Mike Florio
Compositor: Mike Florio
Grade: Gavin Rosenberg
Sound Designer: Sono Sanctus
Produced by: Neoscape
Special Thanks: Jessie Miekle
So a friend of mine hit me up to help the FrameIO make a cool promo video for the Dreamstation Giveaway! I was responsible for some of the tracking and roto work needed to replace all the screens. Even though I didn't win this was a super fun project to work on.
I was fortunate enough to be brought on to an independent feature film called Vitality directed by Joel Mitchell. As the film is still in circuit I won't spoil anything about the film. He had a vision for several VFX shots and one of these was several eye replacement shots. It was alot of fun and I can't wait to share everything else I worked on when the film has it's full release!
Director: Joel Mitchell
Producer: Carlos Ibarra
Edited By: Reid Carrescia
Special Thanks: Anthony Farina
A little while back I was approached to help with this project but it wasn't exactly what I expected. I was tasked with digital cleanup for Alicia Keys and Maxwell. As apprehensive as I was to start painting up Alicia Keys' face it was a fun project and a special thanks to Josh Gross (the director) for hooking me up with the gig.
Director: Josh Gross
VFX Artist: Mike Florio
The below was originally posted by Kilograph [link here]
The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is the world’s largest consumer tech trade show. It showcases advancements in technologies which affect people as consumers, citizens, and individuals. CES began in 1967 and this week marks its 20th show. This year, Kilograph had the chance to be a part of it. I was brought on board soon after. As most of this is still under NDA I am limited by what I can show at the point. To respect Kilograph's trust and wishes all shown media is from their public blog
On January 9th, Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford Motors, took to the stage to give Ford’s keynote speech. He spoke about the concept of “The Living City,” and how we can use transportation — something that historically defined our cities and is now seen as a barrier to community — to “take back the streets” for living and connectivity. Ford is looking to the future where a cloud platform could control transportation across an ecosystem of driverless vehicles, bike share programs, and city services all in an inclusive manner where, according to Hackett, “the benefits of community can be experienced by more people, across many backgrounds.”
While Hackett spoke, the expansive 122 foot LED screen behind him began to come alive with The Living City and this animation revealed the evolution of the “City Of Tomorrow.” A blue background morphed into an outline complete with sky and clouds, and from there a fully rendered collage-style environment was revealed. Experts from the Ford team provided examples of how these new data networks would help promote an interconnected community of people: promoting safety, decreasing congestion, and increasing freedom.
Kilograph was honored to be part of a diverse team of creative individuals and visionary companies, all of whom came together to create the stories for this keynote. In conjunction with Ford, Civic Entertainment Group, Experimental Design, and creative director Alex McDowell, Kilograph provided digital set design, animation, and data visualization. We used a combination of 2D and 3D animation to create the collage style Living City, and were collaborators in establishing both the look and styling of the City. Experimental Design, together with Toy Robot Productions, directed the animation. They also produced the green screen videography, composited, edited, and created graphics, sound design, and watch out programming for the project.
In addition to the Living City collaboration, Kilograph was contracted by Ford and Imagination Labs to create a unique animation for the immersive experience that was the Ford Stand. The graphic we created was placed on a twenty foot tall, 118 foot wide LED screen. This was integrated into the environment through use of a road set, traffic signs, Ford’s Smart Bench, live performers, and autonomous cars.
We were thrilled to collaborate with these visionary thinkers on a project with such an important and timely mission: “If you can change the street you can change the world” – Jim Hackett
The Kilograph team members who worked on this project were:
Keely Colcleugh
Sheena Garcia
Henrique Kobylko
Chris Kiser
Nathaniel Capaccio
Luis Tornell
Juan Carlos Ramos
Fredy Castellanos
Kung-Wei “Jerry” Chen
Shannon Sweeney
LaCurtis Sumlin
Gerard Fernandez
Mike Florio
Diana Suarez
Neoscape collaborated with RXR Realty to develop a repositioning campaign for this midtown Manhattan property. To communicate a message of transformation, our team created a series of assets with a modern, minimal look and feel that refer back to the building's new glass base, bright new entrances, and the "jewel" that will be the atrium. The cinematography is subtle, yet precise, focusing on angles that are analogous to the building's new identity. Gentle, methodical camera moves were used to create a mood that is modern and clean.
237 Park Credit List
Production Company: Neoscape
Creative Director: Rodrigo Lopez
Art Director: Hao La
Producer: Lisa Hill
Editor: Mike Florio
Sound Design & Sound Mix: Killer Tracks
3D Lead Artists: Hao La
Lead Compositor: Mike Florio
Compositor: Casey Shenery
My friend Chad was directing a film and the second he asked me to help I was in. Basically I had never worked on a horror or thriller project before so I was in it to win it. I helped shoot for several days and handled most of the vfx work and supervision.
The 2 biggest shots I'll share are the "face paint and track" and the "icky bug shot" ... you have been warned
This was the official synopsis:
A film, in the wilderness gothic tradition, set in a crumbling estate, where strange visions and paranoia afflict its occupants. A passage from Edith Wharton's short story 'Afterward' might serve as character description for the largest set piece in the film, the house; '...She would never know what had become of him -- no one would ever know. But the house knew; the library in which she spent her long, lonely evenings knew. For it was here that the last scene had been enacted, here that the stranger had come, and spoken the word which had caused Boyne to rise and follow him. The floor she trod had felt his tread; the books on the shelves had seen his face; and there were moments when the intense consciousness of the old, dusky walls seemed about to break out into some audible revelation of their secret. But the revelation never came, and she knew it would never come. Lyng was not one of the garrulous old houses that betray the secrets entrusted to them. Its very legend proved that it had always been the mute accomplice, the incorruptible custodian of the mysteries it had surprised. And Mary Boyne, sitting face to face with its portentous silence, felt the futility of seeking to break it by any human means...It was the house itself that possessed the ghost-seeing faculty, that communed visually but secretly with its own past; if one could only get into close enough communion with the house, one might surprise its secret, and acquire the ghost sight on one's own account.'
Director: Chad Gardella aka Jesus
Director of Photography: Gavin Rosenberg
Unit Production Manager: Teal Gardella
VFX Supervisor: Mike Florio
Executive Producers: John Sarefield and Tom White
AC: Gil Choi, Kelsey Johnson, Chris Kaczmarzyk
Grip: Ulrike Gruber, Jay Glucksman, Alex Seefried, Trevor Clifford, Joe Quartararo
VFX: Mike Florio, Julien Desroches
THE HOBO MENACE is a warning shot fired across America's bow. With the economy in shambles, an ominous shadow looms on our horizon….THE HOBO.
So before it's too late, join Little Billy and his older brother Timmy. Using a new secret weapon they will teach you how to defend your town from itinerant rail riders.
Take heed, the life that you save…could be your own.
Starring:
Charlie Ochs - Dean Gross - Richard Brundage - Rob Rives
Kathryn Kane - Jenn Chien - Jeff Nugent
Editor: Hans Viperstein
VFX/Post Cleanup - Mike Florio
Alexander Court is a new trophy office development in the core of Washington D.C.'s central business district. An unforgettable statement building, Alexander Court is designed to maximize efficiency for tenants. With over 1,000 linear feet of window line per floor, it is an ideal floor plate for today's modern workplace.
Designed by the world-renowned firm of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in collaboration with Fox Architects, Alexander Court offers frontage along four major thoroughfares, including an entrance on K Street, and an expansive lobby fronting L and 20th Street featuring an iconic twelve-story atrium.
Alexander Court is envisioned by Rockrose Development, an all-encompassing property owner, developer and manager with over 40 years of experience delivering visionary projects in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Creative Director: Rodrigo Lopez
Director: Ryan Cohen
Production Coordinator: Haley Wilich
Associate Productor: Chelsea Saunders
Art Directors: Hao La, Ali Lindquist
Designers: Rita Ferreira
Lead 3d Artist: Hao La
3d Artists: Joe Vivino and Jason Gautier
Greenscreen Director: Mike Florio
Camera Assistant: Chris Davis
1st Assistant Director: Dave Parmenter
On Site Videographers: Rodrigo Lopez, Ryan Cohen
Editor: Vassili Shields
Compositor: Mike Florio
Grade: Hao La, Rob Wing, Mike Florio
Sound Designer: Neoscape
Produced by: Neoscape
Special Thanks: Aislynn Sherry, Betsy K, Jay Garrison
How do you compress one hundred years of history into a minute. That's what our client asked of us, as part of the marketing package for 230 Park Ave, the Helmsley Building, an icon of the New York skyline. Built in 1929, part of the golden age of Manhattan skyscrapers, the Chrysler Building and Empire state would be complete in the years following.
230 Park Credit List
Production Company: Neoscape
Creative Director: Rodrigo Lopez
Associate Creative Director: Peter Drew
Art Director: Mike Florio
Producer: Alyson Pietrafitta
Editor: Mike Florio
Sound Design & Sound Mix: Killer Tracks
3D Lead Artists: Peter Drew
3D Artists: Sunny Lee
Lead Compositor: Mike Florio
