VFX for Dovecote Records Music Video

Hello

We’re a young production company based in LA- we just finished shooting a music video for Hooray for Earth’s single True Loves (Dovecote Records) and we were wondering if someone could come on board the project as a cg artist.

A bit about us- our last project, a music video for Baths’ track Lovely Bloodflow was ranked #3 on IFC’s best music videos of 2010 and we’ve made into Pitchforks Top Videos of the Year for the last two years in a row. Here’s a link to our Baths vid: http://vimeo.com/14396311. Some of our other work can be seen on our site http://www.youngreplicant.com.

The effect we’re looking for is a spherical portal of thick black smoke that materializes from thin air-perhaps with FumeFX. The smoke will need to be comped into a total of 7 shots. The video is a surreal sci-fi adventure about a guy searching through his own mindscape for a fading memory. It takes visual and thematic cues from Tarkovsky’s Solaris and a polish sci-fi cult film called On the Silver Globe. I’ve attached a zip file with some screen shots from the rough cut to give you a better idea of the project.

Our deadline is fast approaching (February 14th) so work would have to begin soon. We’re operating on a less than micro budget – we have 300 USD allocated towards special effects. Despite these limitations everyone on the team is passionate about the project and we’re driven to create a fantastic piece of work. The video is slated to get a lot of exposure as the band releases their debut album in May- this is definitely a chance to get you’re work seen by a wide audience, be apart of something artistic and unique, and build a relationship with an up and coming team.

Let us know if you’re interested!

Best,
Alex + Joe
Young Replicant

Basic Question: 50fps feel like slow-motion

just shot some other test-footage today on 50fps and found out that it is playing half the speed as it really happened.

So inside nuke’s project settings I wrote: 50fps

But nothing changed.

Writing it out at 50fps works on speed but the quality suddenly became worse.

Hope one has a quick hint for me… didn’t find an answer on google or so.

Thank you in advance! 🙂

DemoReel 2010 december

Hi friends,

A collection of my new works. hope u guys like it . critics pleaseeeeee .. . . .. .

http://www.vimeo.com/17144530

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Digital Domain Vancouver seeks Compositor

Compositor Job Description
Location: Vancouver, BC

Summary:
The digital Compositor takes multiple diverse elements, however they were created, and blends them together artistically into a seamless, photorealistic image. Skillfully makes it appear as if the elements were all part of the same scene utilizing various compositing techniques to accomplish the task.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Integrate cg elements and matte paintings into live action plates
  • Match color, lighting and exposure of stock elements to rendered or photographed elements
  • Matte extractions from blue/green screen photography
  • Clean and efficient script organization
  • Present work clearly in dailies and walkthroughs and respond to supervisor in a timely fashion
  • Transform and warp elements as needed
  • 2D/3D camera tracking and stabilization
  • Grain and degrain as necessary
  • Plate speed up/slow down manipulation
  • Matte edge processing and integration
  • QC black levels, grain, color, mattes
  • Paint fixes and rotoscoping

Education, Experience and Skills Required:

  • 4 years of node based compositing software experience (Nuke, Shake, Fusion)
  • Experience with Keylight, Primatte or Ultimatte
  • Knowledge of projection mapping
  • Maya knowledge a plus
  • Sound aesthetic with good understanding of color, contrast and lighting design
  • Knowledge of film resolution and aspect ratios
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Team player with great attitude
  • Dependable and flexible
  • Takes direction well
  • Exercises close attention to detail

To apply for this position please submit an application at www.digitaldomain.com/careers/ select Vancouver as location.

Office clerk/Assistant

9K9 is seeking a full time staff position for an office clerk/assistant.

Candidate will be responsible for helping with the day to day running of the office.
Should have 2 years experience and worked in a production environment.

Duties include general office upkeep, interacting with other departments, light phones and scheduling events for CEO.

Applicants with experience in bookkeeping, accounts payable, and employee management is a plus.

Studio is located in West Los Angeles.

Please send resumes to: jobs@9k9.com

cockroaches

http://vimeo.com/19488499

http://vimeo.com/19276600

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all comments are welcome :radar:

RED MYSTERIUM-X .R3D / NUKE

Hallo.

Recently i’ve got some greenscreen shots to composite, shot on RED ONE with new MX sensor. Since REDCINE-X is capable of simple .R3D trimming and NUKE can work with .R3Ds, i am just wondering what would be the most effective/correct way to handle them, and pull a good key from it. Do i have to decide and develop my RAWs to desired look first and than key somehow, or what would be the best way to do it ? LIN/LOG ? Output will be HD Rec.709, or sRGB wor web. What kind of lookup shall i use ?
Do you guys have some workflow advise for me ? Thanx a lot, Klasmen.

VFX Artist Required for Short Film

Hi,
We currently have a short film in post production and have 1 shot that requires some VFX work done. We are looking for someone who is working on their showreel and keen to collaborate with aspiring filmmakers, ideally you will have access to the required computer/software. We are based in Auckland, NZ.

The VFX needed is a shot of a suburban street that we require to have some light surface water/flooding. We attempted to shoot it practically on set but ended up not having access to enough water for the look we wanted.

The film is shot at 4K resolution but intented to be finished at 2K so a fair amount of detail in the animation will be required although a good amount of it will be out of focus.

If you are interested or would like more information please feel free to throw me an email and I can send you some pictures/graphics etc. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Matt Johnston
korshis_possum@yahoo.co.nz

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