For this national ad campaign, I was asked to create a seamless transition effect where a camera pan smoothly changes the scene from the customer's garage to inside an AutoZone store.

Normally done with an expensive motion control camera system, I created the same effect by rotoscoping the actor and tracking slow pans of the AutoZone store and garage.

HealthSouth is America's largest rehabilitation company. In these two commercials, the formerly wheelchair bound character rolls into the frame and stands up on his own.

I was able to animate the wheelchair character by assembling a computer model. I then directed and filmed an actor wearing tracking dots as they performed the action. After tracking the movement of the actor, I applied the tracking data to the model to create the finished commercials.

This campaign won a Telly Award in 2010.

In this commercial, the visual effect called for Jerome Bettis' house to be completely covered with credit cards.

The most difficult shot was the crane shot at the end of the commercial. To make the effect work, I placed tracking dots at different depths in the scene. I used 3D tracking software to analyze the various tracking points to recreate the camera's motion in 3D modeling software. I then modeled Visa card-covered panels that were composited over the exterior of Jerome Bettis' actual home.

The concept for this commercial required two types of special effects. The storyboard specified that it was to be a black and white commercial with highlighted items in color. To accomplish this effect, I rotoscoped the featured items and desaturated everything else.

The second effect was the creation of the "spooky" skies. I created the effect from timelapse footage of clouds shot during the day and images of dead trees. The elements were composited together to create the final look.

This commercial won a Telly Award in 2008.

In this commercial, the customer is frustrated by a typical bank's high-turnover rate of investment advisors. This is shown by different advisors literally rotating in and out of the frame.

To make this come together, the actors were shot separately on green screen. Each actor was pivoted into and out of the frame by stage hands standing off camera. The advisors were edited together and composited behind the desk to complete the effect.

This commercial won a Telly Award in 2006.

In this video highlighing accomplished Carnegie Mellon alumni, I designed a spinning carousel of images that stops to reveal the featured alumni.

For each alum, I created a short motion graphic sequence that quickly communicates their major accomplishment.

This video won a CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Award in 2008.

During summers in college, it was my job to edit and composite all "CBS Cares" network public service announcements. To create each PSA, I edited the actors' best takes and composited them over various background plates. Title graphics were provided by CBS Los Angeles.

Every year CBS produced over 50 PSAs. The video contains two examples.