Farhad Hoss - Demo Reel Shot Breakdown

00:08-00:30 Aero Bubbles, commercial work
Modeling of the characters and some of the machinery and props, rigging of the molding machine. 
Dynamics for flying chocolate chunks and shading of the chocolate mine

00:30-00:53 Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, commercial work
I was responsible for everything in the project. Modeling, animating, texturing and shading.
MEL scripting for the colored cubes in the beginning and placement of the suitcases to form the city.
nCloth simulations for forming of the bull and office furniture.

00:53-01:11 Alchemy World, animation for company demo reel
Modeling of owl, blue bird, squirrel, girl, boy, alien, vehicles and some of the buildings and props.
Animation for bird, squirrel, boy, alien, vehicles and spaceship.
Particle effects for spaceship.
All the shadings/color transition and compositings.

01:13-01:15 Hearth and Stroke Foundation, commercial work
Scene setup, animation of the hummingbird, shading, rendering and compositing(Maya, AfterEffects)

01:15-01:20 Neopets, commercial work
All the character models, shadings and compositing (Maya, AfterEffects)

01:20-01:25 Alchemy Studio Tour
Character modeling and animation(Maya, AfterEffects)


Dynamics and Simulations

01:28-01:30 MTV Canada channel bumper
Fluid Simulation for the head on fire

01:30-01:41 Wind Mobile, commercial work
nParticle simulations and MEL scripting for the whole project

01:41-01:47 Neutrogena Feather, commercial work
Modeling and shading, hair simulation for the feather animation

01:47-01:53 Balloon, personal project
cloth(Maya)simulation for the balloon shell, water and smoke(RealFlow) simulations, rendering(MentalRay)

01:53-01:57 Moosehead Beer, commercial work
Liquid simulation (Realflow)

01:57-02:05 Tetley Infusions, commercial work
Fluid simulation for forming the pomegranate

02:05-02:13 India Tourism, commercial work
Particle and hair simulations for the leaves

02:13-02:22 Soho Phoenix, company logo
Particle effects and MEL scripting(Maya)
The particles get their color values from an image file(here just a red & white image) while an expression 
gradually changes RGB values per particle to the colors defined by another image, in this case, the Soho Logo.

02:22-02:25 Fanta, commercial work
Particle effects(Maya)

02:25-02:33 personal project
MEL scripting, particles get their position from a texture

02:33-02:36 Sunlight, commercial work
Cloth simulation, Modeling and shading of the t-shirt

02:36-02:46 Volcano, created for feature length documentary "Exodus Decoded"
Particle effects for the smoke and lava, Ocean animation (Maya)

02:46-02:58 Underwater, "Exodus Decoded"
Particle effects for landslide(Maya)

02:58-03:10 Locusts, "Exodus Decoded"
Particle based crowd simulation(Maya)


Stills
03:24-03:27 Iguana, personal project
Modeling, texture painting, lighting and rendering(ZBrush)

03:27-03:30 Man, personal project
Modeling, shading and hair(Maya), texturing(Photoshop), rendering(MentalRay)

03:30-03:34 Sword, personal project, Published in "EXPOSE 2: Finest Digital Art In The Known Universe"
Everything is done in Maya, textures are created in Photoshop

03:34-03:37 Caveman, personal project
Modeling and shading(Maya), texturing(Photoshop), rendering(MentalRay)