Mara Soriano
Director / Story Artist
Vancouver, BC
iano.marasor@gmail.com
SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES:
ORGANIZED, GOAL-ORIENTED, PEOPLE PERSON
Story and Illustration: Toonboom Storyboard Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro
Production: Flix, Shotgrid Software, Google Sheets/Docs
with basic knowledge of: Autodesk Maya, Blender, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD
English, French, Tagalog
Most recent experience...
— PROJECT NAME
Unannounced Feature
Bardel Entertainment
— ROLE
Head of Story
— DATE
July 2022 -
Present
- Co-ordinate directly with supervising directors, tech leads, production team and clients to ensure sequences are completed on time and according to executive directives.
- Work closely with the directors and make creative decisions regarding editing and story points- all in line with my own vision and the goals of the production and supervising director.
- Supervise and mentor a team of 9 artists; delegate, give notes, redline drawings and approve sequences.
- Thumbnail, storyboard, restage and revise sequences as necessary.
- Created an extensive Google Spreadsheet to keep track of story team progress.
- Utilizes Toonboom Storyboard Pro and Shotgrid Software.
— PROJECT NAME
Princess Power
Atomic Studios
— ROLE
Assistant
Storyboard Director/
Lock Director
— DATE
April 2021 -
July 2022
- Co-ordinated directly with supervising director, other story directors, tech leads, production team and clients to ensure sequences are revised on time and according to executive directives.
- Worked closely with the editing team to direct 2nd Pass and Lock Animatics- made creative decisions regarding editing and story points- all in line with my own vision and the goals of the production and supervising director.
- Supervised and mentored a team of 3 revisionists; delegated, gave notes, redlined drawings and approved sequences.
- Thumbed, storyboarded, restaged and revised sequences as necessary.
- Created an extensive Google Spreadsheet to keep track of revisions team progress.
- Utilized Toonboom Storyboard Pro and Shotgrid Software.
— PROJECT NAME
Octonauts, CGI
Mainframe Entertainment
— ROLE
Revisionist Supervisor
— DATE
December 2019 -
April 2021
- Co-ordinated directly with director, story supervisor, editors and clients to revise scenes and sequences according to notes.
- Supervised and mentored rotating team of Revisionists; delegated and approved sequences.
- Actively participated in client meetings to discuss revision notes.-- Would occasionally storyboard episodes and restage sequences as necessary.
- Utilized Toonboom Storyboard Pro.
— PROJECT NAME
Barbie Princess Adventure
Feature-length, CGI
Mainframe Entertainment
— ROLE
Senior Story Artist
— DATE
May 2019 -
December 2019
- Co-ordinated directly with director and story supervisor
- Would take pages of script and storyboard them while working with the vision of the director and the clients.
- Pitched sequences and made any required revisions as necessary.
- Utilized Adobe Photoshop and Flix.
— SENIOR STORY
ARTIST ROLES
Starbeam – CGI – Kickstart Ent. – 07 2018 – 04 2019
Last Kids on Earth – 2D – Atomic Cartoons – Freelance – One Episode, 2018
Luna, Chip and Inkie – 2D – Mainframe Ent. – Pilot, 2018
— STORY ARTIST ROLES
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures – CGI – Mainframe Ent. – 02. 2018 – 07. 2018
Spy Kids: Mission Critical – CGI – Mainframe Ent. 06.2016- 02.2018
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