Dhaval Soni
Address : C – 105, Shakti Sadan, 163 – Lamington Road, Mumbai – 400007. India.
Telephone : +91 986 996 0079
E-mail : keyframeguy@gmail.com
Website : http://www.keyframeguy.com
LinkedIn : http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dhaval-soni/1a/2a1/703
Personal Statement
To bring characters to life through animation while continually challenging my artistic abilities, and create compelling performances while affecting the audience on an emotional level.
Work
Aug 2012 – Mar 2013 Rockstar Games Dedicated Unit at Technicolor
Full time Animator, using Autodesk Motion Builder
Tasks have included generating animation for cutscenes for AAA Titles.
Feb 2008 – Nov 2011 Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
Full time Lead Animator, using Autodesk Maya
Tasks have included, managing team and supervising shots of team members, coordinating with director, animating character hero shots, cycles, background work and fixing.
Nov 2007 – Jan 2008 BIG Animation Pvt. Ltd.
Full time Animator, using Autodesk Maya
Created animation tests for various shows pilots.
Projects
Grand Theft Auto 5 Rockstar Games (2013)
Kulveera Turner Brothers (Cartoon Network, Snap Toons) (2008)
Fido Dido Shorts Graphiti Multimedia & Honest Entertainment (2010-2011)
Popcorn
Wakeboard
Billboard
Jungle Dream
Beach
Meditation
Fishing
Date Night
Golf
Alien
Beehive
Doodling
Soup
Krish, Trish & Baltiboy Childrens’ Film Society of India (2008-2010)
Episode 01
Episode 02
World of OO Graphiti Multimedia & Honest Entertainment (2008-2009)
Commercials Worked on –
Fido Dido 7Up Refreshing Machine
Virgin Mobile
Moltifoam
Indian Beach Cricket League
Motilal Oswal
RadioCity 91.1 FM
Godrej Locks
Education
Certificate in Animation Technology (G-CAT) Graphiti School of Animation (2007)
Bachelor of Mass Media (B.M.M) R.D. National College (2006)
Higher School Certificate (H.S.C) Kishinchand Chellaram College (2003)
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) St. Xavier’s Boys’ Academy (2001)
Hobbies & Personal
When not animating, I love thinking of ideas and concepts to create stories and eventually script a screenplay. It is a new found interest that I’m looking to develop. I also love tearing apart frames from films to study composition and framing. I’m an avid reader and I love reading sci-fi and thrillers apart from graphic novels.
Testimonials
Savio Fernandes
Modeling Supervisor, Graphiti Multimedia Pvt Ltd
“Dhaval is a hard working and committed animator, who brings new and innovative ideas to the table all the time. He is ever-ready to do something new and challenging everyday.”
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Adesh Bharadwaj
Deputy General Manager, Graphiti School of Animation
“Extremely committed to his work and an excellent animator. Dhaval is a fast learner and has a good sense of timing for animation. I was teaching him when at Graphiti and I should say he was one of my best students. A no nonsense and straight forward individual, Dhaval will always play an important role in whatever team he is in. Proud to have had him as a student.”
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