Visual effects artist Steve Scott, who spent the past four years at The Post Group, Hollywood, has joined 525 Studios, Santa Monica. His credits span short- and long-form. The latter include his having done some compositing on Titanic and Independence Day while with The Post Group. And during an earlier tour of duty at Venice, Calif.-based Digital Domain, Scott served as a lead compositor on Apollo 13 and True Lies.
In the spot arena, Scott has worked regularly with such notable directors as Bruce Dowad of Bruce Dowad Associates, Hollywood, and Zack Snyder of bicoastal HSI Productions. For Dowad, Scott composited effects on such ads as Mercedes-Benz’s "Don’t Fence Me In" for Lowe & Partners/SMS, New York, and Coca-Cola’s "World Dance" out of Edge Creative, Santa Monica. These two entries helped Dowad earn the coveted Directors Guild of America Award as Best Commercial Director of ’97.
Scott’s recent work for Dowad includes Kodak’s "Amusement Park" for Ogilvy & Mather, New York, and Samuel Adams’ "Loft" and "Office" via Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis. For the aforementioned Snyder, among Scott’s credits are Jeep’s "North Pole" from Bozell, Southfield, Mich., and a Japanese spot for BMW via an ad agency in Germany. Additionally, Scott has handled compositing and effects for the TV series That 70’s Show and 3rd Rock From The Sun.
Scott said he was drawn to 525’s coterie of artists, tools, its management and philosophy. "525 had embraced the fact that the lines between pre and postproduction have blurred, and that the best work is accomplished when we work closely with the creatives and directors from the earliest stages of pre-production," he related.
Prior to The Post Group, Scott spent a little more than a year at Digital Domain. Previously, he was a digital artist at Digital Magic, Santa Monica, where compositing for Star Trek: The New Generation was his chief responsibility.
Headed by CEO Eric Bonniot, 525 Studios specializes in telecine, visual effects design and compositing, and finishing for spots, music videos and features. The company is wholly owned by Virgin Digital Studios (VDS), part of the U.K.-based Virgin Group.
-Millie Takaki
