Kids WB "Snowjam" Seasonal On-Air Promo
Flame Artist / Compositor

Duties: Composite Christina Aguilera and make falling snow (create 3D particle efx, track and composite 2D Christina in a moving 3D environment).
Director of Animation / 3D Artist: Brian Oliver
  © The WB TV Network, Inc.

Making The Call: Big Waves of the North Pacific
Director, DP, Producer, Editor, Compositor, Mixer

With giant surf sessions at five locations, including one in the middle of the ocean, this action-science DVD explains how "rideable" 60 foot waves occur. "Revolutionary animations" (Flint composites) show how swell energy interacts with the topography of the ocean floor to focus and magnify 15 foot waves into 75 foot monsters. The world's best big wave surfers make it look easy. (more)

3D Artist: Ky Pugh
Compositing Facility: Shuffle, Inc.
Surf science: Sean Collins and Surfline

© 2003 Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.

20th Century Fox's Kiss of Death
Flame Artist / Compositor

Create and composite TV-ok clothing
(ie. waitress shorts) for the feature film "Kiss of Death" starring Nicholas Cage.   © 20th Century Fox, Inc.

ARRAYA
DP / Editor / Flame Artist

Original visual effects/camerawork. Flame compositing. Music video live projections for the band Arraya.

© Fran Battaglia

Swell.com Big Screen Trailer
Director / Editor / Compositor

Swell.com's first commercial spot for AMC's "Adrenaline Theater" opened in AMC theaters nationwide during Summer 2000. Flint compositing.
Compositing Facility: Shuffle, Inc. © Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.

Premiere Magazine's Women in Hollywood Awards
DP / Sound / Gaffer

Various interviews celebrating honorees Glenn Close, Goldie Hawn, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Laurie MacDonald.

© Tom Hanks/Premiere Magazine

Eyes Adrift
Cameraman

Bud from Sublime, Crist from Nirvana, and Kurt from Meat Puppets.


© Fran Battaglia / Eyes Adrift

WB's Thanksgiving Day Promo
Hal Artist. Duties: Rotoscope (separate the characters from their original backgrounds).

This controversial on-air network promo won a Pro-Max Award in 1999.
Fun stuff created by a fun crew at The WB TV Network.
Senior Compositor: Brian Oliver
 © The WB TV Network, Inc.

Volcom
Flint Artist / Off-line Editor

A demo-only "spec" spot featuring Bruce Irons.
Director / Cinematographer: Brian Bleak.
Sound Design: Ash & Spencer
Offline Facility: Shuffle, Inc. © Brian Bleak/Volcom, Inc.

Airwalk
Director / Editor / Compositor

A demo-only "spec" spot featuring Tony Hawk.
Includes Flame paint, graphics, smoke/particle effects.
Cinematographer: Evan Stone
Compositing Facility: Shuffle, Inc.    © Evan Stone/Jon Spencer

Konami
Junior Flint Artist

Senior Compositor: Mark Mock
3D Animation: Paul Bruggeman / Shuffle, Inc.
Production Comany / Post Facility: Shuffle, Inc.
  © Konami Sports/Shuffle, inc.

Duran Duran
Editor
Stage projections for 1993 World Tour. Assembled with Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bonn backstage during rehearsal, film shoots and press nights in an airplane hanger at Santa Monica Airport. 11 songs, 6 days, 100 hours.
Custom edit system: Bexel

© Elizabeth Hurley/Duran Duran, still from "View to a Kill"

The Cortes Bank - 100 miles west of San Diego
Cameraman

Surfer: Mike Parsons
Wave: 66 feet
Date: January 19, 2001

© Battaglia/Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.

ARRAYA
Art Director

Graphic concept / paint / composite.
CD cover experiment for the band Arraya.

© Fran Battaglia

Sublime Documentary
Co-Editor
"Stories, Tales, Lies & Exaggerations." Director / Co-Editor: Josh Fischel
Remote Post: Avid Media Composer


© Skunk/Cornerstone R.A.S.

1st-4th Annual Surfer Magazine Video Awards
Avid Editor, Flint graphics

Big screen projections at over-the-top, standing-room-only live events.

© Jack McCoy, still from "Occumentary"

ASP WORLD TOUR TV PRODUCTION with DynoComm Sports
Cameraman, On-line Editor

WCT Pro Surf Tour multi-camera event recording and post-production for international broadcast (Fox, Espn, Espn2). Locations include Indo's G-Land (left), Hawaii's Banzai Pipeline and Australia. Insane 'combat' production.

© Fran Battaglia / DynoComm Sports/ ASP / Quiksilver

Al DiMeola EPK Production
Producer/Editor

An electronic press kit (EPK) tv / magazine program with guitar virtuoso Al DiMeola for the air travel industry.

© Al DiMeola/America West Airlines, Inc.

Earth, Wind & Fire
On-line Editor

Duties: Manage and post EDL conform, sync and mix DAT sweetened audio, and composite 3D with live elements for an interactive concert videodisc.
3D Animation: Yancy Lindquist, Brian Oliver, and John Race

© Earth, Wind & Fire / Snow Lion

Carnival Cruises
Camera Assistant, Grip, Super 8mm

A new boat promo hosted by Carnival's President on a seven-day tour of the Caribbean.

© Carnival Cruises, Inc.

Kids WB single shot examples
Hal Artist / Rotoscope / Paintbox / Compositor
Rotoscope Superman, make a bat, restore action (re-paint fingers), and composite for an on-air promo. © The WB TV Network, Inc.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Hal Artist / Compositor

Duties: Keep fog, remove firetruck.
  © WB TV Network, Inc.

Kids WB single shot examples
Hal Artist / Rotoscope / Paintbox

Duties: Remove the dynamite along with background (restore Bugs face, Taz etc covered by original dynamite sparks)
  © The WB TV Network, Inc.

Kids WB single shot examples
Hal Artist / Paintbox

Duties: Paint the ant in black for the Men in Black cartoon.
  © The WB TV Network, Inc.

Quiksilver's "Surfers of Fortune" surf film
On-line Editor

Features a boatful of raw talents in remote Indo on blazing super 16mm, including surfing legend Kelly Slater. Slats mentioned this as his all-time favorite surf movie in a Water Magazine interview. Directed and Created by Brian Bleak.
  © Pavilion Films / Quiksilver, Inc.

Paintbox Experiments

Original digital paint.
(left) "Cloudbreak" on Discreet Flint, (right) "Wine glass" on Quantel Hal.

© Fran Battaglia

Rob Machado, Banzai Pipeline
Cameraman

© Battaglia/Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc

Making A Wave: 3D Particle Animation Experiment
3D wave on Discreet Flame using 3D particles, lights and camera.

© Fran Battaglia

Award-winning Producer since 1989.