Hasta La Motion!

LUMA PICTURES, located in sunny Venice Beach, CA is on the lookout for all roto/paint artists to fill a few choice spots on an upcoming, high profile production. Luma has a great work environment with many opportunities to grow while having fun along the way.

RESPONSIBILITIES include performing tasks such as 2D tracking, matte extraction, rig removal/paint fixes, 3d camera projections, clean plate creation, grain matching, and spline based roto creation.

QUALIFICATIONS: Artist should have at least one year of experience working on feature films or HD Teleproductions. Artists must know Nuke, Shake, Combustion, and/or Motor. Los Angeles residents preferred.

SUBMISSIONS: Artists must submit show reel demonstrating their ability to produce tightly tracked rotos with motion blur as well as an ability to remove unwanted elements from a shot while preserving the original material. Artists must be able to take direction and work in a team focused environment. Good communication skills are a must. If you think you fit the bill and want a quick response, email your resume, a link to your online reel/portfolio and a shot breakdown to jobs10@luma-pictures.com. Please make the email subject "ATTN: Recruiting – Roto/Paint". Do not attach images or movie files to your email because they will get filtered out. If you prefer to send hard copies, you can submit a resume, reel, shot breakdown and cover letter to:

Attention: Recruiting – Roto/Paint
Luma Pictures
248 Westminster Ave
Venice, CA 90291

Submitted materials will not be returned and no phone calls please.

I’ve been tasked with creating blood spray for a video game and I’m wondering what y’all think the best option would be for this. It’s a realistic styled game, but they’ve requested over the top blood spray. To be specific I’m looking for a blood spray from a semi-auto rifle. Any help would be much appreciated. I have access to Maya, RealFlow and Houdini. I’ve worked in RealFlow for this so far. What I’ve got doesn’t look like I want it to exactly. I’ve taken a ball of settled particles, and then shot it out with 3 different wind daemons from behind it. One pointed straight at its back, one point at a 45 degree up and one pointed at a 45 degree down. I’ve also tried shooting a rigid body at that same ball of particles, but that didn’t look great either. Any suggestions of other ways to do this that might get more of what I’m looking for?

Double Negative is a full-service VFX facility capable of handling projects from initial design through on-set supervision and production to post-production. All key post-production technologies are available in-house to allow for maximum flexibility. Our R&D Department is constantly developing groundbreaking software to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of global VFX.

We are currently in production on John Carter Of Mars, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Captain America: The First Avenger.

We are looking for talented people to join our team!

Job Title: Runner
Department: Front Of House
Location: Singapore
Reports To: Facilities Manager

Key Purpose of the Job:

Assisting all employees with queries and helping to resolve any problems
Dispatching and delivering documents both in house and out of house
Managing stocks and supplies, arranging orders, dealing with reception
Assisting the office manager with the smooth running of our offices

Needs to Do

Dispatching and collecting items on request both in house and out of house; delivering post, faxes and other items to staff
Taking initiative to manage stocks and supplies, arranging orders where necessary; ensuring refreshments, stationary, general office equipment and loos are well stocked
Keeping reception, rest areas and offices clean tidy and well presented
Reception duties – including dealing with switch board calls, welcoming clients, providing refreshments for meetings and clients, booking meeting rooms, cars and couriers
Providing support to producers and managers, assisting producers with documents’ presentation where necessary, including adding images to layout, laminating, binding, scanning, photocopying
Dealing with banking and dispatching of post

Needs to Know

Have good customer service skills
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet and Email
Have a professional and friendly phone manner

Needs to be

Friendly!
Enthusiastic
Pro-active
Use Initiative
Enjoy helping people
Hard worker

Measures of Performance

Fast delivery
Continuous improvement
Ability to arrange and organise pro-actively and using own initiative

If you are interested please apply online at www.dneg.com/jobs

We look forward to hearing from you!

Double Negative is a full-service VFX facility capable of handling projects from initial design through on-set supervision and production to post-production. All key post-production technologies are available in-house to allow for maximum flexibility. Our R&D Department is constantly developing groundbreaking software to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of global VFX.

We are currently in production on John Carter Of Mars, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Captain America: The First Avenger.

We are looking for talented people to join our team!

Job Title: Animator
Department: 3D
Location: Singapore
Reports To: Head of Animation

Key Purpose of the Job

An Animator is responsible for expediting high quality character/creature animation for feature films.

Needs to Do

Work closely with the animation lead/supervisor to create believable animation with convincing performances and motion
Be aware of project schedules and be capable of delivering work to deadlines
Must communicate well and be willing to take notes and direction
Must work well in a team

Needs to Know

3+ years CG experience, ideally within feature films
Ability to perform visual and analytical problem solving in 3-dimensional space, including the ability to accurately interpret 3D layouts and analyse 3D form
Ability to problem solve and predict potential problems with assigned tasks
Thorough knowledge of Maya

Needs to be

Well versed in the principles of animation
Ability to work well in a team environment
Highly motivated
Adaptable
Must communicate well and be able to take notes and direction

Measures of Performance

Must achieve set quota per week/month

If you are interested please apply online at www.dneg.com/jobs

We look forward to hearing from you!

The Mission is a high-end VFX/animation studio located in Venice.

Current works of the The Mission, include the Chevy Silverado 2010 Super Bowl spot, along with Hershey’s CG Factory, and the T-Mobile 4G campaign.

Seeking experienced freelance Smoke Artist for various short-term contracts:

– minimum 3-5 years Smoke experience for large commercial campaigns, and/or feature film work
– ability to take direction and structure working practices, often with multiple tasks and compressed deadlines required
– eye for detail, strong communication skills, and problem solving skills are a must
– must be local LA resident

Please include in the subject line of the email "Smoke." All correspondences without that subject line will be removed without review.

Please send resume as a PDF only, rate, availability and demo reel to:

recruiting@themissionstudio.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE