My Story

Hello! welcome to my world. I am from San Diego, California and I recently graduated from The Art Institute of California-San Diego, with a Bachelor of Science in Media Arts and Animation. It feels amazing to be done with school and I am excited to start working! My main focuses are story development, editing and post production, and motion graphics. Feel free to peruse about my page and any feedback or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. If you would like to get in contact with me for any reason, shoot me an email at mikejmonte@gmail.com or give me a call at 858.243.0916. Thanks!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Bair


This is the remastered cut of Bair, that my 2D Traditional Animation Studio team created.
I worked as: story development, clean-up, color, editing, and audio.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

New Hire


This is the short film I created with the 2011 3D Production studio team for my college final. Worked on: Lead editor, story development, camera, lighting, and composting flash effects and color correction.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Kirby's Dream Band - King Dedede


This is the video I created for my video game cover band, Kirby's Dream Band. Editing, filming, and motion graphics. I also play keyboard in the band. The recording is courtesy of Voltage Productions. Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Demo Reel

Here is my final demo reel from my education at the Art Institute of California - San Diego

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Eat It


Here's the stop motion film that I made with my group in a stop motion class.

Worked on: Story, Camera, editing, animation, puppet making of "Lucky"

You're A Dumb Game


This is the short film created by the 2011 winter quarter production team.

Worked on: Story, editing, animation, sound

You're A Dumb Game from Mike Montemarano on Vimeo.

VIZIO App Scatter


This is a project I did as an intern at Magnetic Creative for a VIZIO ad. I modeled and lit the buttons while applying the logos as textures that were made by the MAG team.