Animation Supervisor / Lead animator / Previs artist / Co-VFX supervisor / cg supervisor
Even vehicles need clever animation. I love studying movement, in these cases below, that of mechanical and physical machines. A hovering helicopter has its subtleties that make it feel real in a movie scene. A metal drone disconnects from its compartment with a certain sequence of small moves before it can accelerate in a way the design allows.
There are many unseen details to the perception of reality of Lightjets and Motorcycles, to a swaying then collapsing Eiffel tower, or an Accelerator Suit, which assembles itself from smaller, mechanical, self propelled pieces. A scenario which is difficult to be convincing.
Many of these situation can be helped with simulations, and often the final result is a combination of creative animation and technical simulation.
In the end it’s all about telling the story through gravity, inertia, drag and resistance, that of air or that of water.