Monty Oum

In late 2009, animator Monty Oum was hired by Rooster Teeth Productions after his popular Haloid video caught their attention, with his employment being announced at PAX East 2010. He provides pre-rendered character animation to achieve action scenes or character movements in Red vs. Blue that are unable to be done using just the Halo engine. Season eight of Red vs. Blue is the first season of the series to make extensive use of animation, and Burnie Burns revealed in an interview that he and Oum are in the process of creating a completely animated series with no machinima elements.