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Carrizo Kitfox

2016-01-22T05:18:01Z

Carrizo: Created page

'''Carrizo Kitfox''' (real name '''J. Mateo Baker''', b. 1976) is the character name of a [[Wikipedia:Rohnert Park, California|Rohnert Park, California]]-based audio engineer, 3D-artist, motion capture specialist and software programmer who currently runs the [[Furrywood]] project and website. He had previously founded the [[Furry Basketball Association]], a fantasy basketball league, under the fan name [[Buck Hopper]].

While a graduate student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles starting in 1996, Baker created [[Furrywood]], a Hollywood-like location in [[FurryMUCK]]. He actively participated in the location until his graduation from USC in 1998. He was later employed by [[wikipedia:Visual Concepts|Visual Concepts]], and contributed to a large number of video games made by the company until he moved to the Seattle, WA area to accept a position at [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] in anticipation of the launch of the [[wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]. He later returned to Visual Concepts after the studio was purchased by [[wikipedia:Take-Two Interactive|Take-Two Interactive]] and most of its employees were moved into Take-Two's [[wikipedia:2K Games|2K Games]] subsidiary in 2008. He continues to work for 2K Games in their Motion Capture department.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,62353/ J. Mateo Baker] on MobyGames</ref>.

In 2008, he applied for a patent for a "process for digitizing video over analog component video cables"<ref>[http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080303940 Patent application title: PROCESS FOR DIGITIZING VIDEO OVER ANALOG COMPONENT VIDEO CABLES]</ref>.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Contributor|Carrizo}}
* [http://twitter.com/carrizokitfox Carrizo] on Twitter

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Furrywood

2016-01-22T05:13:33Z

Carrizo: Updated to include return of Furrywood

'''Furrywood''' was a location on [[FurryMUCK]], modeled after a [[Wikipedia:Hollywood|Hollywood]] movie studio. It was created in the summer of 1996 by [[Carrizo Kitfox]], who is the owner and manager of the studio. He also directed nearly all the scenes shot at the studio.

Furrywood was created by [[Carrizo Kitfox|J. Mateo Baker]], the player of Carrizo, who at the time of Furrywood's creation was a graduate student at the [[Wikipedia:University of Southern California|University of Southern California]] [[Wikipedia:USC School of Cinema-Television|School of Cinematic Arts]] in [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]]. Originally intended as a private residence for Carrizo, Furrywood blossomed into a center of [[roleplaying]] at FurryMUCK. Between 1996 and 1998, dozens of scenes were 'shot', with characters playing roles in preplanned, loosely-given 'scripts' and their actions being recorded and replayed using [[Squirrelly|Squirrelly's]] [[movie.muf]] program. In 1997 and 1998, [[Wikipedia:Academy Awards|"Oscars"]] were awarded to the best performers in the previous year, being handed out the same evening as the real Hollywood Oscars.

== Furrywood: The Golden Years ==

Between the summers of 1996 and 1998, Furrywood had a remarkable run as one of the more popular sites on FurryMUCK. It occasionally boasted more visitors than the [[West Corner of The Park (location)|West Corner of The Park]]. Some saw it as one of the best places on FurryMUCK for non-sexual roleplay. During this time, Furrywood attracted many actors, with visitors volunteering to play roles in scenes. Some only did one scene, but others returned many times, playing different roles in different scenes.

Some of Furrywood's first actors were [[Oswald]], [[Patch O' Black]], [[Manilow]], [[Cainam]], [[Fealous]], [[Mistoffelees]], [[Diskmaster]], [[Thumpy]], [[Shades McKatt]], [[Melonny]], [[Mahogany]], [[Syrin]], [[Sian]], and [[Squal]]. Later on, new talent arrived with actors like [[Ronnie]], [[Lanya]], [[Champagne]], [[Genevive Fox|Genevive]], [[Olivia]], [[DarkKitten]], [[RocRolDis]], [[Babs]], [[Setsu.Mi.Sen]], [[Rayjack]], [[CanCoon]], and [[Tyrannix]]. Since the Golden Years, Furrywood has found some even newer talent with [[Belize]], [[Vrkur]], [[Yule]], [[Greycloak]], and [[FoxPaws]]. Many more actors have performed at Furrywood, and some have even assisted in shooting without appearing on camera, like [[Artemus]] and [[Larna]].

=== The Crew of Stage 1 ===
Furrywood has two stages, with Stage 1 being Carrizo's favorite, and Stage 2 built for other directors to try shooting scenes.

Each stage has a 'crew' of spoofed characters designed by J. Mateo Baker, featuring some unique and interesting personalities. Particularly on Stage 1, where nearly all shooting was done, the crew was based on real crew members J. Mateo worked with while studying at USC.

:'''Arri''', a male morphic wolf, is the [[Wikipedia:Cinematographer|cinematographer]]. He enjoyed flirting with actresses and often made passes at some of Furrywood's most famous leading ladies. His name is based on [[Wikipedia:Arriflex|Arriflex]], a company that builds professional film cameras.
:'''Nagra''', a male kangaroo morph, is the [[Wikipedia:Production sound mixer|production mixer]]. He is a constant sourpuss, always grumbling and feeling unappreciated. At the time, J. Mateo was considering a career as a Hollywood production mixer. His name was based on the [[Wikipedia:Nagra|Nagra]], a device that had been used for on-set audio recording. His species was based on the kangaroo logo featured on the carry case for the Nagra J. Mateo used on his own movies.
:'''Senn''', a male maned wolf morph, is the [[Wikipedia:Boom operator (media)|boom operator]]. He is usually very quiet and reserved. As a maned wolf, his long arms are perfect for keeping the microphone out of the shot. His name is based on the [[Wikipedia:Sennheiser|Sennheiser]] 416T, the microphone J. Mateo was using at the time for on-set audio recording.
:'''Janny''', a female zebra morph, is the [[Wikipedia:Assistant director|assistant director]]. She has a very loud voice and yells often. She is based on an assistant director J. Mateo was working with at the time.
:'''Urtha''', a female hippo morph, is the makeup artist. She is very bouncy and constantly cheerful. She was based on a character in the movie [[Cats Don't Dance]].
:'''Squib''', a male squirrel morph, is the [[Wikipedia:Visual effects|visual effects ]] designer. He is very twitchy and can only speak in movie quotes. He is named after the [[Wikipedia:Squib (explosive)|device used in movies]] to make fake blood squirt from a simulated bullet wound.
:'''Merriweather''', a male weasel morph, is the [[Wikipedia:Costume design|costume designer]]. He is openly gay and extremely flamboyant.

The crew of Stage 1 has remained the same since the beginning of Furrywood, with the exception of one character being added in 1998:

:'''Ellis''', a female fox morph, is the [[Wikipedia:Property master|prop vixen]]. Her name is based on the company ''Ellis Mercantile'', a prop shop in [[Wikipedia:Hollywood, California|Hollywood, California]].

== The Return of Furrywood ==

On January 1st, 2016, 20 years after its initial creation, [[Carrizo Kitfox|J. Mateo Baker]] announced a new Furrywood project, centered around a website at http://furrywood.com. This new site promotes narrative storytelling mostly through voice acting and motion capture. It opened featuring 394 recordings made by [[Carrizo Kitfox|J. Mateo Baker]] during numerous Voice Acting Workshop panels at furry conventions.

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Carrizo Kitfox

2016-01-22T05:08:08Z

Carrizo: Changed to reflect no longer involved with the FBA

'''Buck Hopper''' (real name '''J. Mateo Baker''', b. 1976) was the former name of a [[Wikipedia:Rohnert Park, California|Rohnert Park, California]]-based artist, writer and podcaster who had founded and used to run the [[Furry Basketball Association]], a fantasy basketball league.

While a graduate student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles starting in 1996, Baker (as his then character '''Carrizo Kitfox''') created [[Furrywood]], a Hollywood-like location in [[FurryMUCK]]. He actively participated in the location until his graduation from USC in 1998. He was later employed by [[wikipedia:Visual Concepts|Visual Concepts]], and contributed to a large number of video games made by the company until he moved to the Seattle, WA area to accept a position at [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] in anticipation of the launch of the [[wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]. He later returned to Visual Concepts after the studio was purchased by [[wikipedia:Take-Two Interactive|Take-Two Interactive]] and most of its employees were moved into Take-Two's [[wikipedia:2K Games|2K Games]] subsidiary in 2008. He continues to work for 2K Games<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,62353/ J. Mateo Baker] on MobyGames</ref>.

In 2008, he applied for a patent for a "process for digitizing video over analog component video cables"<ref>[http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080303940 Patent application title: PROCESS FOR DIGITIZING VIDEO OVER ANALOG COMPONENT VIDEO CABLES]</ref>.

==Buck Hopper==
'''Buckhalter Andrew "Buck" Hopper''', the former rabbit fursona of Baker, is a superstar point guard in the FBA. Buck is also credited as the producer of the [[The FBA Post Up Podcast]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Contributor|Buck Hopper}}
* [http://gallery.me.com/jmateobaker Photo gallery]
* [http://buckhopper.livejournal.com/ Buck Hopper] on LiveJournal
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buckhopper/ Buck Hopper] on Fur Affinity
* [http://w9.ustream.tv/user/buckhopper Buck Hopper] on Ustream
* [http://twitter.com/buckhopper7 Buck Hopper] on Twitter

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