Senior Lighting Artist lighting environments and optimizing post - process effects for Piranha Games, an action - game studio behind MechWarrior. Collaborating across art and design teams.
About the role
- Previsualization Artist creating cinematic previs sequences for The Third Floor, a visualization studio serving major film and entertainment clients. Animating characters, cameras, creatures, props, and vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Create sequences of shots from storyboards and/or script pages to enhance the story
- Establish character blocking and camera positioning
- Animate camera movement
- Create realistic and compelling character animation following the 12 principles of animation
- Animate creatures, props, and vehicles
- Use motion blur, depth of field, and other effects to create realism
- Clean up and accentuate motion-capture animation
- Maintain high standards of quality and speed
- Understand shot continuity within sequences to guide shot creation
- Work with the previs supervisor and take direction
- Participate in agile creative teams supporting major studio productions
- Potentially work at various production locations for major studio clients
Requirements
- Include a resume, demo reel/portfolio link and demo reel breakdown or detailed written contribution breakdown with the application
- Demo reel and breakdown must include both character and camera layout/animation
- Essential skill: Autodesk Maya
- Adobe After Effects
- Autodesk Motion Builder (a plus)
- PFTrack (a plus)
- Strong sense of composition, color, and animation timing
- Understanding of cinematic language and camera terminology
- Ability to use motion blur, depth of field, and other effects
- Artistic eye for detail and understanding of technical specifications
- Ability to maintain consistent quality and speed
- Ability to understand shot continuity
- Ability to work well on a team and take direction from a supervisor
- Ability to adapt quickly and accept change
- Willingness to travel is a plus
- Must reside in California, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Connecticut, North Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, New York (outside NYC), Colorado, Washington, or Canada for remote positions
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. or Canada; work authorization documents must be current and unexpired
Benefits
- Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Sick Time
- 401k (staff only)
- PTO (staff only)
- Additional Perks & Benefits
- Average of 5 hours of paid overtime a week
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