Protose Film | Symbiote FX

For my final year project I collaborated with Film Students to produce a live-action short centred on a parasitic meat creature that infects and takes control of a cook during a ‘50s live commercial. My choice was informed by prior experience with procedural organic growth systems, which aligned with the brief's FX requirements.

Two shots were developed: SH0170 (Cooking Shot), in which the creature's tendrils grab the cook's hand, and SH0140 (Plating Shot), in which the creature crawls across a plate.

Both were produced in SideFX Houdini using a procedural VEX-based system with VDB meshing worflows adapted from Rebelway's VEX Course.