MICHAEL KOCH
3D CHARACTER REAL- TIME SET UP
Michael Koch is a motion capture supervisor and Motionbuilder operator specializing in video and film production technologies. In 1997 he graduated from the university of applied science Cologne with a diploma in Motion Capture Systems technology basics and comparison with the aid of the systems parameters.
He has experience with Remote Heads (Hot Head II, HotShot) for television and film productions, Railcams (in cooperation with CTC-London) and work with camera cranes. He has expertise in motion capture and 3D animation, Vicon8 - optical mocap system with 10 Mcams, Vicon Bodybuilder, Kaydara Filmbox (now Motionbuilder), Maya, character animation, science projects with real-time motioncapture systems, and TV productions and live events.
From 1998 to 2000 he was Motion Capture operator and administrator for Optical systems, electromagnetic systems and data gloves.
Since 1999 he has worked as a production engineer for live broadcast with wireless camera systems and in 2000/01 he was technical director of the Vista Motion Capture Studio in Cologne. Since 2001 he has been freelancing as motion capture supervisor, Motionbuilder operator and broadcast engineer.