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Position: Administrative Assistant, International Digital Production

Department: International Digital Production

Position Summary:

The Administrative Assistant, International Digital Production performs administrative tasks for the International Production Management department of Rhythm & Hues Studios-Los Angeles. The Administrative Assistant reports to the Managers, International Digital Production. The Administrative Assistant will also be expected to act as “ambassador” between the US and International facilities, helping to bridge gaps in communication. This is a freelance position, working a swing shift with the average workday beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Responsibilities:

• Schedule and maintain weekly on-line video conference schedule, fielding requests from Los Angeles, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kuala Lumpur studio locations.
• Assist video conference users in equipment training, trouble shooting and scheduling.
• Assist with travel coordination between the U.S. and International facilities.
• Diligent email monitoring and follow-up.
• Schedule International-specific meetings, take and distribute notes when necessary.
• Facilitate requests between International Production Management and the International studios.
• General office and administrative coordination.
• Organize and maintain confidential documentations and files.
• Assist with special projects as needed.

Desired Skills:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently on assigned projects as well as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail.
• MS Word, Excel. Database experience.
• College experience preferred.

Submission Requirements:

Please email a cover letter and resume to recruitment@rhythm.com with the subject line: "re: IPM Administrative Assistant"

If you have to be away from home, this is the place to be!

Factory VFX, located in the heart of New Orleans is now accepting resumes for the following positions:

3D-Stereo Compositors
Primary responsibilities and skill-sets:

• Perform all tasks associated with the compositing process: incorporating roto, matte extraction, layering of elements, color correction, 2D and 3D tracking.
• Integrate cg elements and matte paintings into live action or CG Animated plates.
• Take creative direction from leads and/or stereographer.
• Present work clearly in dailies and respond to supervisors in a timely fashion.
• Work with other 3D Artists to convert 2D media into high quality Stereoscopic 3D in a timely manner.

• Must have thorough knowledge and ability to use After Effects or node based compositing system, as well as Photoshop.
• Familiar with Rotoscoping, particularly Silhouette and Mocha Pro.
• Excellent understanding of stereography.
• Ability to understand and interpret the creative requirements in order to create an accurate representation of stereoscopy.
• Ability to take direction and structure working practice so that design changes can be efficiently made.
• Desire to learn from others and to take on increasingly challenging shots.
• Must have excellent communication skills.
• Must be able to accurately view 3D images.
• 2-4+ years of previous experience in VFX compositing, 6+ months of stereo conversion experience.

Compositors
Primary responsibilities and skill-sets:

• Able to composite shots effectively.
• Good understanding of color, photography, film, and light.
• Experience with digital film pipelines.
• Ability to take direction and implement needed design changes.
• Desire to learn from and teach others to expand skill-sets.
• Previous rotoscoping/painting experience a plus.
• Able to composite shots effectively.
• Node based or After Effects compositing ideal.
• Stereoscopic expertise a plus.
• 2-4 years of previous experience in feature film compositing required.

Rotoscope/Paint Artist
Primary responsibilities and skill-sets:

• Frame by frame rotoscoping to live-action plate elements.
• The ability to create photo-real clean plates and track them onto live action plates.
• Ability to effectively hand-paint on live action plates when needed.
• An understanding of HD and Film grain and how to replicate it on clean plates.
• Solid tracking skills in a 3D or 2D tracking package. Knowledge how to export and use this data in a compositing package.
• A creative and proactive attitude to the task at hand.
• To organize their time, collaborate, and effectively communicate with their supervisors and colleagues.
• To stay positive and creative in the chaos of the production environment.
• An understanding of movement essential.
• Must have some technical understanding of a 3d software package.
• Must have a great eye for detail.
• Experience in Silhouette Fx critical, After Effects, and node based compositing, a plus.
• Stereoscopic expertise a plus.

Senior Match-Movers
Primary responsibilities and skill-sets:

• Must be able to reproduce exact camera moves within a computer environment.
• Understanding of photography and the effects of different lenses on perspectives.
• Artist, animator or camera operator experience is a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of Maya.
• Must have the ability to work under tight deadlines, and possess excellent problem solving skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills including strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience in gathering information on location for Match movers.
• Maintains an expert level of knowledge about current developments in match-move tools for computer graphics, especially in areas that relate to the film industry.
• Must have a willingness to improve skills, be detail-oriented and to work efficiently within a production environment.
• Stereoscopic expertise a plus.

Please contact Liz Crawford @ lizc@factoryvfx.com with your resume and a link to your online demo reel.

Thank you. Factory VFX is an E.O.E.

Now in their 38th year, the Annie Awards honor excellence in 26 categories in the field of animation and are presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. The awards will be presented on Saturday February 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Among the fearsome beasts that Perseus encounters on his perilous journey to defeat Hades in Clash of the Titans are giant scorpion-like creatures known as Scorpiochs. Six of these creatures take part in one of the film’s main battle scenes – a 15-foot fighter, two 30-foot fighters, two 40-foot travellers and a 60-foot mother.The battle evolved from being three separate battles to one huge six-minute-long fight sequence, consisting of 97 shots involving photorealistic CG creatures interacting in a highly complex fight scene.

Miles is an Emmy and VES award-winning character animator whose long credit list includes Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Golden Compass and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as well as numerous television and commercials projects. As animation supervisor on Hallmark’s DINOTOPIA, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects and a VES Award for Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program.

“We’re very proud of Quentin’s nomination for the Annie Awards’ first ever Character Animation in a Live-Action Production award,” said Antony Hunt, managing director of Cinesite. “He’s one of the industry’s leading character animators and his work on the Scorpioch battle sequence was outstanding.”

About Cinesite

With one of the largest and most comprehensive facilities in Europe, Cinesite’s visual effects team has the capacity and creativity to produce all manner of effects, both digital and physical, for feature films and broadcast projects of all scales. Their award-winning team of highly talented visual effects artists take filmmakers’ ideas and turn them into spectacular cinematic reality.

Cinesite is currently working on Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Warner Bros.), John Carter of Mars (Disney/Pixar), Battle: Los Angeles (Sony/Columbia), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney/Bruckheimer) and X-Men: First Class (Twentieth Century Fox).

For more information please visit www.cinesite.com.

I’m trying to figure out a way of creating a ‘disable’ check box for a BackdropNode that will then disable all the nodes it contains.

I then want to set the disable check box as a user knob for a gizmo.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

Josh

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