Hey, my name is Thijs Smeele
I am passionate about using new technologies to tell mind blowing stories. And i mean that in the broadest form of the word. My stories can be found on the big screen, but also in theater or immersive media.
Currently I am studying at the Netherlands Film Academy. Am am in my third year. I have worked on several films at several positions. Both creating stories/styles and following orders.
I have experience working on high pressure movie sets and volumes. As well as experience as VFX supervisor on student films.
My main tool is Unreal Engine. I use this program as a hub for a lot of other programs such as Houdini, Blender and Nuke.
If you want to see what I have been op to, take a look around on this website.
And this is what I have been up to
The greenscreen studio; Lighting and the Unreal Scene sampling
The plan During the post of the fiction and documentary films I decided to work on another personal project. For the past couple of personal projects I worked on a commuter. For this one, I wanted to make something with my hands. On the academy we have a dedicated greenscreen studio. The studio contains some DMX lighting, but the controller
The lake; Unreal project
The project As a part of my collage we had to make a short video in teams. Personally, as you might know, I have quite some experience in working with the Unreal Engine. In short, we had the task to create a little story with the theme; another world. The video may be a maximum of 5 minutes and have
Documentary: “De wolken zij roze”
The documentary For a schoolproject I worked as a VFX supervisor on the documentary “De Wolken Zijn Roze”, which translates to The Clouds Are Pink. The film is about people who have to deal with depression. Not their own depression, but that of people they love. The film contains 6 minutes of full CG animation. We had to make all