JAMES KNIGHT and his partner Scott Owen are nothing but CROOKS! THEIFS! SCAM ARTISTS! RIP-OFF ARTISTS.
On Jan 8, we were scheduled to do a 2 day mocap shoot at UVS1 (Universal Studios Virtual Stage), for the Grammy's: Called WE ARE MUSIC. The total cost of the shoot was $61,000. That was to include 2 days of stage rental. full body, face and finger capture, (1 actor), scanning, rig set up, 200 seconds of "clean/retargeted data:" delivered in Maya, with 1 character rig baked on and 2 days of Kraft Services for 15 people. James and Scott were given a 50% deposit the balance to be paid upon final delivery.
WE WERE SCAMMED! On Jan 8 we arrived at the studio. Scott and and 1 employee were there. James did not arrive until around 1pm. They told us several employees called in sick (Another Lie). I was told that we would be able to start when James arrived. (Another Lie). James spent the next 45 minutes calling people to come in and help.. What he was really doing was trying to get people in to actually run the motion capture system becasue he and Scott counld not. They coulld not even calibrate their own volume. I got into an argument with James. He said he was going to give us a discount on the "clean up", but he had to charge us the stage rental because he had to pay it Universal. He only rents the space from Universal. He DOES NOT EVEN OWN THE MOCAP SYSTEM! IT IS NOT HIS! HE CAN"T EVEN RUN IT! He had told us he was the Motion Capture Producer on Avitar when we came in to tour the facility. He gave me a link to an article where he is quoted as saying this as well. http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/01/interview-avatar-mocap-producer-james-knight/. HE IS A SCAM ARTIST. This article is nothing but LIES. We waited until 3:45pm. At that point I told James we cancelling this job and I want a refund immediately. By the way Kraft Services, which we paid for..NEVER arrived.
Long Story Short: We never received a refund. We have sued Knight Vision and James Knight for the entire cost, plus damages and attorney fees. Los Angeles Superior Court: Judge Nudell
I spoke to Candice Alger the Owner of Giant Studios and she confirmed Jame's published intervew was full of "non-truths" he was not a Motion Capture Producer or Supervisior at Giant, and he did not build their company/
Knight Vision Studios / James Knight / Scott Owen/ are SCAMMERS.
1).100% LIE About their work Experience
2). Not Partners with Universal Studios
3) Do Not Own Their motion capture system and can not run it themselves.
4). They DID NOT work on Avitar, King Kong, Reel Steel, Spiderman CALL GIANT STUDIOS AND CALL SONY STUDIOS TO VERIFY
James Knight and his KNIGHT VISION STUDIOS are nothing more then THIEFS! CROOKS! LIARS! SCAM ARTIST
I hired James (Knight Vision Studio) to do a 30 Second Television Commercial MoCap Spot.
The 3 day shoot was done at Raleigh Studios, sound stage 6. James said he would should the mocap with 60 cameras, and track 3 actors in the mocap volume with props. On the day of the shoot, James only had 16 cameras on set. He first told us that was by design. As soon as we began tacking the 3 actors, we saw the data was 100% Gargbage. Instead of tracking at 120 frames per second, James was tracking at 40 frames per second. His Data was WORTHLESS! He suggested shooting each actor seperately and stiching them together in MAYA! At that point I knew he was nothing mor then a FRAUD. He told us he was the Motion Caputure Supervisior on AVATAR or almost 5 years. I knew he was trying to SCAM Me. That was not a solution. A actualy mocap supervisor would have known that. We brought in the Best Practices Laboratory at Raleigh. This is where Knight Vision is located at Raleigh. James contiuned to lie by saying he could fix everything in Maya. Raleigh studios sent in a vfx supervisor on lot within 20 minutes, James was told to issue us a 100% refund. He did. That was a 50% deposit of the total cost of the Job. Raleigh executives came into sound stage 6 and told the owner David, of the BPL, that James Knight and Knight Vision Studios were no longer allowed on the Lot.
While we packed up our, so did James. What we also found out the 16 mocap cameras were not owned by Knight Vision Studios. They were the property of the Best Practical Laboratory.
We completed the shoot at another studio 1 week later, which cost us a 10% performance penalty.
James is a SNAKE OIL SALESMEN. HE DOES NOT OWN A MOCAP SYSTEM. HE DID NOT WORK AS A MOTION CAPTURE SUPERVISIOR OR PRODUCER ON AVATAR (as he says or interviews that are online). GIANT STUDIOS AND LIGHT STORM WILL VERIFY THIS. HIS DEMO REEL IS FILLED WITH JOBS THAT KNIGHT VISION NEVER WORKED ON OR WAS FIRED FROM.
GIANT STUIOS WILL VERIFY THIS AND SO WILL WARNER BROTHERS.
James Knight is FRAUD. He has been kicked out of Raligh Studios, Marvel Studios, Warner Brothers Studios, Fox Studios and Sony Studios. ALL can be Verified by each studio.
He is a SCAMMER: He lies about his experience, and then goes out and tries to hires independent contractors to complete the job.
I worked for James for awhile at KVS, about a week after working for him, he started to have finanacial problem and could not pay us, we kept on waiting and realized the money is rolling deeper and deeper, 2 of their financial guy both quit the company, they would not return any phone call when asking when to get paid, they would not pay for any late fees nor wiring money, the video that he puts up on his page is bogus, KnightVision Studio did not work on any of these movies, James used to work for Giant Studios and those are all Giant studios titles, he hires people that worked on those titles and claim them to be their company working titles which is a FRAUD, he affiliation with BAFTA and VES are all bogus cause he basically had no experience when working on avatar besides making sure the shots are delivered on time. Be careful !
If I could give James H Knight a negative star I would. Go "rip off report dot com" and search for James Knight. This site will not allow me to post a link otherwise I would. There are over a dozen detailed complaints, most recent from October 2014.
He's a talent less scam artist who talks a big game. Run, do not walk, away from him and his lousy business.
Another gut to watch out for is a man named Irfan Merchant. He claims to know EVERYONE in the business but operates an embarrassing "virtual" stage in the valley. This is another scam artist with no talent who talks big - watch out for both.
Knight Vision Studios Reviews
JAMES KNIGHT and his partner Scott Owen are nothing but CROOKS! THEIFS! SCAM ARTISTS! RIP-OFF ARTISTS.
On Jan 8, we were scheduled to do a 2 day mocap shoot at UVS1 (Universal Studios Virtual Stage), for the Grammy's: Called WE ARE MUSIC. The total cost of the shoot was $61,000. That was to include 2 days of stage rental. full body, face and finger capture, (1 actor), scanning, rig set up, 200 seconds of "clean/retargeted data:" delivered in Maya, with 1 character rig baked on and 2 days of Kraft Services for 15 people. James and Scott were given a 50% deposit the balance to be paid upon final delivery.
WE WERE SCAMMED! On Jan 8 we arrived at the studio. Scott and and 1 employee were there. James did not arrive until around 1pm. They told us several employees called in sick (Another Lie). I was told that we would be able to start when James arrived. (Another Lie). James spent the next 45 minutes calling people to come in and help.. What he was really doing was trying to get people in to actually run the motion capture system becasue he and Scott counld not. They coulld not even calibrate their own volume. I got into an argument with James. He said he was going to give us a discount on the "clean up", but he had to charge us the stage rental because he had to pay it Universal. He only rents the space from Universal. He DOES NOT EVEN OWN THE MOCAP SYSTEM! IT IS NOT HIS! HE CAN"T EVEN RUN IT! He had told us he was the Motion Capture Producer on Avitar when we came in to tour the facility. He gave me a link to an article where he is quoted as saying this as well. http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/01/interview-avatar-mocap-producer-james-knight/. HE IS A SCAM ARTIST. This article is nothing but LIES. We waited until 3:45pm. At that point I told James we cancelling this job and I want a refund immediately. By the way Kraft Services, which we paid for..NEVER arrived.
Long Story Short: We never received a refund. We have sued Knight Vision and James Knight for the entire cost, plus damages and attorney fees. Los Angeles Superior Court: Judge Nudell
I spoke to Candice Alger the Owner of Giant Studios and she confirmed Jame's published intervew was full of "non-truths" he was not a Motion Capture Producer or Supervisior at Giant, and he did not build their company/
Knight Vision Studios / James Knight / Scott Owen/ are SCAMMERS.
1).100% LIE About their work Experience
2). Not Partners with Universal Studios
3) Do Not Own Their motion capture system and can not run it themselves.
4). They DID NOT work on Avitar, King Kong, Reel Steel, Spiderman CALL GIANT STUDIOS AND CALL SONY STUDIOS TO VERIFY
BEWARE! BEWARE! BEWARE!
James Knight and his KNIGHT VISION STUDIOS are nothing more then THIEFS! CROOKS! LIARS! SCAM ARTIST
I hired James (Knight Vision Studio) to do a 30 Second Television Commercial MoCap Spot.
The 3 day shoot was done at Raleigh Studios, sound stage 6. James said he would should the mocap with 60 cameras, and track 3 actors in the mocap volume with props. On the day of the shoot, James only had 16 cameras on set. He first told us that was by design. As soon as we began tacking the 3 actors, we saw the data was 100% Gargbage. Instead of tracking at 120 frames per second, James was tracking at 40 frames per second. His Data was WORTHLESS! He suggested shooting each actor seperately and stiching them together in MAYA! At that point I knew he was nothing mor then a FRAUD. He told us he was the Motion Caputure Supervisior on AVATAR or almost 5 years. I knew he was trying to SCAM Me. That was not a solution. A actualy mocap supervisor would have known that. We brought in the Best Practices Laboratory at Raleigh. This is where Knight Vision is located at Raleigh. James contiuned to lie by saying he could fix everything in Maya. Raleigh studios sent in a vfx supervisor on lot within 20 minutes, James was told to issue us a 100% refund. He did. That was a 50% deposit of the total cost of the Job. Raleigh executives came into sound stage 6 and told the owner David, of the BPL, that James Knight and Knight Vision Studios were no longer allowed on the Lot.
While we packed up our, so did James. What we also found out the 16 mocap cameras were not owned by Knight Vision Studios. They were the property of the Best Practical Laboratory.
We completed the shoot at another studio 1 week later, which cost us a 10% performance penalty.
James is a SNAKE OIL SALESMEN. HE DOES NOT OWN A MOCAP SYSTEM. HE DID NOT WORK AS A MOTION CAPTURE SUPERVISIOR OR PRODUCER ON AVATAR (as he says or interviews that are online). GIANT STUDIOS AND LIGHT STORM WILL VERIFY THIS. HIS DEMO REEL IS FILLED WITH JOBS THAT KNIGHT VISION NEVER WORKED ON OR WAS FIRED FROM.
GIANT STUIOS WILL VERIFY THIS AND SO WILL WARNER BROTHERS.
James Knight is FRAUD. He has been kicked out of Raligh Studios, Marvel Studios, Warner Brothers Studios, Fox Studios and Sony Studios. ALL can be Verified by each studio.
He is a SCAMMER: He lies about his experience, and then goes out and tries to hires independent contractors to complete the job.
I worked for James for awhile at KVS, about a week after working for him, he started to have finanacial problem and could not pay us, we kept on waiting and realized the money is rolling deeper and deeper, 2 of their financial guy both quit the company, they would not return any phone call when asking when to get paid, they would not pay for any late fees nor wiring money, the video that he puts up on his page is bogus, KnightVision Studio did not work on any of these movies, James used to work for Giant Studios and those are all Giant studios titles, he hires people that worked on those titles and claim them to be their company working titles which is a FRAUD, he affiliation with BAFTA and VES are all bogus cause he basically had no experience when working on avatar besides making sure the shots are delivered on time. Be careful !
Knight Vision is now BluStreak Media
If I could give James H Knight a negative star I would. Go "rip off report dot com" and search for James Knight. This site will not allow me to post a link otherwise I would. There are over a dozen detailed complaints, most recent from October 2014.
He's a talent less scam artist who talks a big game. Run, do not walk, away from him and his lousy business.
Another gut to watch out for is a man named Irfan Merchant. He claims to know EVERYONE in the business but operates an embarrassing "virtual" stage in the valley. This is another scam artist with no talent who talks big - watch out for both.