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artistically, while still maintaining the type of balance in life that keeps us happy.
Two Door is a conscious company that treats both its clients and artists with the love and respect you would expect of a family. We believe that to create inspired work you must work in an inspired environment and we make it our utmost priority to achieve that through open communication, honesty, a healthy dose of fun and a commitment to what works.
Not to get too sappy here, but this is one happy team. Two Door is a mix of family and friends committed to excellence on all levels. Our collective goal is to ensure that each member has the opportunity to stretch themselves as far as they can grow
The Two Door .execs
DIEGO.TORROIJA
A lover of all things visual and a natural MacGyver-type personality, Diego utilizes his extensive background and knowledge in everything from 3D animation to motion capture, motion graphics, editing, lighting and photography to help our clients produce whatever effect they can dream up. The more difficult the challenge, the more excited he gets. Two Door owes its existence to his passion and dedication for Visual Effects. diego@twodoorfx.com
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HOLLY.TORROIJA
The self proclaimed “Momma” of Two Door, Holly oversees every aspect of operations. From budgeting, to producing, to marketing, to writing the copy you’re reading right now, Holly uses her extensive experience in Hollywood, to keep Two Door headed on a positive and professional track. She feels her most important function however, is in providing the listening needed to create the type of environment Two Door’s artists can thrive in. She also wants you to know that she feels only slightly awkward writing about herself in third person. holly@twodoorfx.com
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Opening their doors in Orlando about three years ago, Holly and Diego Torroija set out to make their Two Door FX the go-to VFX shop in the area. Since then they have racked up an impressive client roster that includes Google, Adams Golf, Mizuno, Wilson Tennis, Disney IDEAS and furniture outfitter Rooms to Go. Diego Torroija is a veteran of the LA game-development industry who wanted to expand his 3D animation, motion capture and compositing skills in different media. He even went back to school at the local Full Sail to hone his 3D animation skills.
Today Two Door FX (www.twodoorfx.com) remains on the small side - with seven full time employees - but aims large and can draw from a roster of about 20 top freelancers when needed. Two Door projects range from commercials to a new feature film - RoboDoc, written and produced by Doug Gordon and Gordon-Tynes Productions - for which they just finished 60 visual effects shots.
Lauren DeBellas is the Torroijas' production manager and she walked into Two Door shortly after they opened. "Advertising agencies tend to hire us indirectly," DeBellas says, "through a production company." Besides VFX and animation, Two Door also offers motion graphics, motion capture, on-set VFX supervision and previsualization, as well as their own brand of morphing. As production manager, DeBellas sees the project all the way through, covering initial client meetings, estimates, the relaying of comments between clients and artists, approvals and invoicing.
She says Two Door's bids usually end up as an all-inclusive package deal rather than an hourly fee. DeBellas relies on a strong relationship of trust with clients and simply asks them how much they have budgeted for effects. And, if a client's eyes are bigger than their budget, "we can come up with really creative ways to make something look cool" at an affordable price. "We like to stay true to our pricing structure for our own sake," DeBellas adds, "and we don't want to cheapen the industry for anybody." Still, Two Door is "always open to providing options to the client. If they're not happy with the cost, then we are totally open to talking about, 'Okay, how can we make this work for you?' I just want them to be happy from the start."
The Two Door team wants "to deliver what the client wants and then above and beyond that" and DeBellas will sit down with Diego and the artists and figure how best to allocate man-hours to provide a better, more impactful shot that they might like even more - without necessarily charging more. Clients will also be given options, in the estimate phase as well as the approval phase, to choose between shots that differ in sophistication. If, in the early going, the team comes up with a killer approach to a project, they will present it to the client and explain how its implementation would affect the pipeline and billable hours.
At Two Door, Diego Torroija acts as art director and VFX supervisor working with the team of artists. The shop relies mostly on Maya and 3DS Max for 3D work; for compositing Two Door primarily uses After Effects or Combustion and choosing between such programs does not affect the bid.