Man of few vegetables.
Russell Masters started as a runner at Omnicon Video in 1984.
He thought it was all glitz and glamour, so he spent two years in the studio and on location assisting in all facets of productions from painting studio floors, scaling lighting grids, through to camera operating.
Although much fun was had on the production side, the flashing timecode displays of post production mesmerised him into a sense of armchair cumfort.
Russell ventured headlong into the on-line editing environment. From Tape Assist/Junior Editor to Senior Editor.
His regular clients included David Denneen, Peter Cherry, Jeff Darling, Ross Nichols, Bruce Hunt, Graeme Burfoot, Tony Williams and many others. Due to the 'full service' nature of the Omnicon facility, and the effects-heavy work they were producing, offline, telecine, paintbox and 3D were all everyday facets of the job.
From pressing buttons to wiggling a pen - Russell moved to Videolab in 1993 as senior compositor on the first Quantel Henry system in Sydney.
By 1997 Videolab had grown quickly in all areas including telecine, 3D, design and compositing, and it soon became clear that the role of visual effects supervisor was becoming more necessary for pre-production, shoot supervision and overall post integration. Russell's move into this role helped create an environment that drew clients from Australia and internationally to this world class facility.
In 2001, Russell was unleashed upon the world as a freelance Visual Effects Supervisor. During that time he worked internationally on campaigns including Philadelphia Cream Cheese (Germany), Discovery Channel (US), FedEx (Japan), Carapelli Olive Oil, Jennie-O-Turkey Stores, and locally for Qantas, Panasonic, Ford, Holden and Carlton United Breweries.
His vast experience and his long term relationships with directors, clients & artists combined with the ability to supervise a project from pre-production right through to delivery of the masters that enables Russell to consistently produce world class work in a professional and easy going environment.
Russell's memory of restaurant's, their phone numbers and details about their wine lists are the greatest of any living VFX supervisor in Pyrmont.
Scotty Wilcox and Russell Masters are the Managing Partners of [safetyinnumbers]
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