Joseph Rosensteel

Shot Film/Description Software Used Responsible For
1 American Horror Story: Freak Show 
The twins sing on stage. Nuke, Mocha Tracking, and warping, both performances together to create a single character.
2 HBO’s Julia. Season 2 Episode 5. David Hyde Pierce performing the role of identical twins playing piano. Nuke Replaced Stunt performer in red sweater position and tilted torso toward camera. Replaced BG head with foreground head from another take. BG eyes from digi double blended to cover eyeglasses.
3 Oz: The Great and Powerful 
Winged baboons falling ill to the mist. Nuke, Arnold, Katana Compositing, and lighting assistance for render optimization
4 Oz: The Great and Powerful 
River Fairies attacking legs and lookdev. Arnold, Katana, Nuke Creating the look for the river fairies in closeup and compositing
5 Runaways 
Karolina is at a party. Nuke Picking up the look set by Kevin Yuille with UV unwrapped geo that blends a color noise into her regular skin, and modulates twinkling particles.
6 Runaways 
Karolina is at a party. Nuke Extreme close-up on the CG arms with a time echo effect matching the defocus, and intensity of the twinkling lights to plate LED lights.
7 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 
Plasma-lightning wraps around the doctor. Nuke Compositing the plasma-lightning effects for electro and electro's internal glow.
8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 
Electro blasts the doctor. Nuke Compositing the plasma-lightning effects for electro and electro's internal glow.
9 The Watchmen 
Closeup of Doc Manhattan Renderman, Katana, Shake Lighting & Compositing.
10 The Watchmen 
Doc Manhattan destroys gangsters Renderman, Katana Lighting all assets including shredded mobsters and energy. Composited only Doc Manhattan.
11 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Gunmen shatter side mirror. Nuke Breakdown from Scanline of the passes that went into the composite of the shot. Integrating the reflected passes of shattered glass and matching appropriate defocus levels of glass while keeping reflection in focus. Supplementary 2D elements.
12 Smurfs 2 
Smurfs on Storks over Notre Dame. Arnold, Katana, Nuke Lighting and Compositing of characters over projected plate.
13 Smurfs 2 
Smurfs on storks through Notre Dame arches. Arnold, Katana, Nuke Lighting and compositing of characters over retimed plate.
14 The Orville 
Kaylons enter resistance base. Nuke Integrating CG Kaylon heads with the plate photography
15 The Orville 
Kaylons blast humans. Nuke Integrating CG Kaylon heads, and adding particle blasts.
16 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
BMW falls off building on a tether. Nuke Breakdown from Scanline of the passes that went into the composite of the shot. Matched CG car to look of original plate car. Clean up on the street. Created Nuke particles for shattered safety glass bits. Added dust hit on building.
17 9-1-1 
Destroyed W Hotel in Hollywood. Nuke Compositing CG building, paint, ladder matte painting, debris, and dust.
18 The Smurfs 
Smurfs dancing on coffee table Renderman, Katana, Katana2D Lighting & Compositing.
19 Zookeeper 
Closeup for lion jaw replacement, warping Renderman, Katana, Katana2D Lighting & Compositing.
20 Zookeeper 
Bear jaw and neck replacement, warping Renderman, Katana, Katana2D Lighting & Compositing.
21 Happy Gilmore 2
Adam Sandler on a ladder in a sand pit. NaN Added everything behind the M and the ATV. Matched dark grass to dark plate grass in that area and pulled crowd tile performances.
22 Happy Gilmore 2
Bad Bunny as a caddy on a turntable. Nuke Added crowd on screen right and the BG extension of trees behind the M.
23 American Horror Story: Freak Show 
Clown with missing jaw. Nuke Painting, warping, and integrating CG jaw replacement.
24 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 
Electro trapped in the lab harness. Nuke Compositing the internal matting and layers for the subsurface FX.
25 The Watchmen 
Doc Manhattan kills Rorschach Renderman, Katana, Shake Lighting & Compositing.
26 The Watchmen 
Doc Manhattan in profile in ruins of Manhattan with Lori Renderman, Katana, Shake Lighting & Compositing.
27 The Watchmen 
Closeup of Doc Manhattan in ruins facing camera Renderman, Katana, Shake Lighting & Compositing.
28 The Watchmen 
Closeup of Doc Manhattan turning to camera, ruins in BG Renderman, Katana, Shake Lighting & Compositing.
29 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 
Closeup on Electro's feet, descending to the floor. Nuke Compositing layers, animated keys, and internal FX passes with faked floor reflection.
30 The Smurfs 
Waterfall portal opens, Brainy gets up off of rock by cauldron Arnold, Katana, Katana2D Lighting, Compositing, and look development work for FX assets.
31 American Horror Story: Freak Show 
Twins stop singing. Nuke Compositing both performances of Sarah Paulson with fake lighting and shadow.