PROJECT MIDNIGHT: Infinite Yin Yang 360
Virtual Reality animation featuring a 360 yin yang spiral, original binaural beats music and hypnotic countdown. The music starts at 8Hz (Alpha Waves) and drops down into 4Hz (Theta Waves). Listen with headphones for full effect.
Director: Reynier Molenaar
VR Production/Animation: Pixelmutt VFX
Music and Voice: Reynier
STRAIN: Film Festivals
From award-winning film director Reynier Molenaar (Replay/2007), comes an eerie look at the last days of mankind. STRAIN follows two survivors of the zombie apocalypse who must travel across an eerily abandoned Los Angeles in order to save their lives — and their humanity.
AWARDS:
WINNER: EXPO FILM AWARD @ LATINO COMICS EXPO: BROWNSVILLE – Brownsville, Texas – 2018
WINNER: BEST HORROR FILM @ OFFICIAL LATINO SHORTS FEST – New York, NY – 2017
SEMIFINALIST: BEST SHORT @ SHAPE: AT&T FILM AWARDS – Warner …
Film Favs 2018
Films I watched (again) and dug in 2018 — in no particular order:
Imperial Dreams – directed by Malik Booth
Dope – directed by Rick Famuyiwa
Sicario – directed by Denis Villeneuve
The Shape of Water – directed by Guillermo del Toro
50/50 – directed by Jonathan Levine
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – directed by Martin McDonagh
The Gift – directed by Joel Edgerton
Last Flag Flying – directed by Richard Linklater
Arrival – directed by Denis Villeneuve
Only The Brave – directed by Joseph Kosinski
Brawl In Cell Block …
PROJECT MIDNIGHT: Pixelmutt Vortex
I made this trippy animation for a special project I’m directing. Stare at the center and ask yourself “how far down the rabbit hole will Reynier take me?”
Design and Animation by: Reynier Molenaar aka
360 VFX Soundstage
Here’s a 360 shot that I nabbed right before a fun vfx shoot with green screen for a music video. The calm before the storm!
VFX by: Pixelmutt aka Reynier
ANT-MAN: Promo Pre-Viz
360 Pre-Viz made by director Reynier Molenaar to illustrate visual effects and set construction for an IMAX Ant-Man promo.
Director: Reynier Molenaar
VFX/Design: Pixelmutt aka Reynier
BALLOON ECLIPSE
Concept Renders by director Reynier Molenaar for an IMAX feature film involving hot-air balloons in flight during the American Solar Eclipse. Got to work again with my ballooning and production team from Disney / IMAX – Oz Color (Award-Winning Spot). Fun project, looking forward to shooting more with these guys in the near future!!
Directed by: Reynier Molenaar
Designed by: Reynier Molenaar aka Pixelmutt
Producers: Scott Spencer, Keith Sam
Client:
ANGELS: Test Stills
I shot these test stills for my short film, ANGELS. Self-portrait, Itzel and Xochitl.
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Directed by: Reynier Molenaar
Cinematography by: Reynier
ANGELS: Xochitl Time-Lapse
I shot this time-lapse portrait of Xochitl for my short film, ANGELS.
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Directed by: Reynier Molenaar
Cinematography by: Reynier
CALARTS: Alumni Guest Speaker
Last night was awesome!! I got to present some of my film work to alumni from my alma mater, CalArts! It was an honor to be a guest speaker and I had a blast meeting so many talented CalArtians!!
Special thanks to Rageshwar Goldberg and Karolyn Heimes for organizing such a wonderful event!
Photos by: John Charter
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