Working Instructors

Taran has worked in the games industry for 8 years since 2002, for studios such as Team17 (UK - Worms, Lemmings), and for Behaviour (Montreal - WET, Indiana Jones, MonkeyQuest) and Trapdoor (Montreal - WARP). Since 2010, he then moved into animation for VFX and Full Feature. These places include Mokko Studio (Montreal - Riddick), NeoReel (Montreal - Smurfs 2 Previz), Mikros Image (Montreal - Mune, The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince, Captain Underpants, Sgt Stubby ), MPC (Montreal - Terminator Genesis), Cinesite (Montreal - Charming) and ON Animation Studios (Pre production on Playmobil The movie), Framestore Montreal (Christopher Robin), Reelfx Montreal (Scoob! and Rumble) Currently he's working at MPC Montreal as Animation Supervisor on Transformers : Rise of the Beasts. Taran focuses on the anatomy of the key poses and the acting intentions of the shots shown. Also, he can give feedback on details such as arcs, opposite actions and composition.

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