Shot Breakdown – Christian Kratzert

This is a complete breakdown of all the shots that are shown in my ANIMATION REEL 2026 .

Featured in this Reel ...

The Witcher : Season 42025
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire2024
The Flash2023
White House Down2013
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver2024
Bumblebee2018
The Meg2018
The Shallows2016
The Joy of Fatherhood2014

All shots were fully keyframed from blocking through the final pass. In some shots, performance capture was used only for initial staging and timing.

Animation Techniques / Workflows :

  Performance Staging + Classic Keyframe Animation
Staging (PC) ➜  Blocking (Keyframe Animation) ➜ Final (Keyframe Animation)
Performance Capture used only for rough staging / timing.
No facial or finger animation.
(Final animation often diverges significantly from the original staging.)

  Full Keyframe Animation
100% Keyframe Animation ( Staging ➜ Blocking ➜ Final)

   Cooperative Shot
Cooperative Animation with a fellow Animation Artist ( Advanced Blocking ➜ Final)

  The Chain Segments were animated via Ragdoll Dynamics

Animator : Christian Kratzert

OGRE | CHAIN AXE

"The Witcher 4
Ogre Creature | Facials | Chain | Axe

Role: Senior Animator

Full Keyframe Animation :

OGRE | CHAIN AXE

"The Witcher 4
Ogre Creature | Facials | Chain | Axe

Role: Senior Animator

PC Staging + Keyframe Animation :

OGRE | CHAIN AXE

"The Witcher 4" (ADV. BLOCKING+ FINAL PASS)
Ogre Creature | Facials | Chain | Axe
Cooperative Animation with
Animation Artist HAMED BEHROUZI
He did the main part on that shot: Concept → Blocking
I worked on the Advanced Blocking + Final Pass

Role: Senior Animator

Cooperative Shot :

Full Keyframe Animation :

OGRE | CHAIN AXE

"The Witcher 4
Ogre Creature | Facials | Chain | Axe

Role: Senior Animator

PC Staging + Keyframe Animation :

OGRE | CHAIN AXE

"The Witcher 4
Ogre Creature | Facials | Chain | Axe

Role: Senior Animator

PC Staging + Keyframe Animation :

WARTDOGS | CAMERA

"Godzilla x Kong"
WartDog Creatures | Camera

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

KONG | GODZILLA | CAM

"Godzilla x Kong"
Godzilla | Kong | Face | Body | Camera

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

KONG | SKARKING | CAM

"Godzilla x Kong"
Kong | Skarking | Face | Body | Camera
Self recorded references (Skarking Acting)

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

KONG | CAMERA

"Godzilla x Kong"
Kong | Skarking | Face | Body | Camera

Self recorded references (Skarking Acting)

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

MOTHRA | CAMERA

"Godzilla x Kong"
Flying Creature | Body | Facials | Camera
Mothra Take-off close and wide

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

KONG | CAMERA

"Godzilla x Kong"
Kong | Face | Body | Camera
Kong crashing into pyramid wide and close

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

POLICE CAR | HERO DEBRIS

"The Flash"
Police Car | destroyed car geometry | Herodebris (wheel, axle, doors...)

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision EU

Full Keyframe Animation :

PLANES | DESTRUCTION | CAMERA

"White House Down"
Animation + Rigging (Planes | Camera)

Animated all planes , hero destruction , turbines , rigged and animated destruction of hull, camera

Hull animation done in 3dsmax using joints and noises

Role: Senior Animator / Anim. Supervision DE

From Scratch Animation :

BUMBLEBEE

"Bumblebee"
Bumblebee Body | Facials
Cooperative Animation with
Animation Artist CHRISTOPH SCHINKO
He did the main part on that shot: Concept → Blocking
I worked on the Advanced Blocking + Final Pass