Imaginary Forces recently rebranded the Science Channel. IF designed and created “the evolution of Morph” from a variety of themed promos and network IDs to logo bugs. Directed by Ronnie Koff.
We recently Quickied an epic spot conveying the last 50 years of Amnesty International’s fight to uphold human rights around the world. Directed by Carlos Lascano and produced by Eallin Motion Art, the project is a lyrical retrospective told in metaphor and executed with a wide range of techniques, including live-action, stop-action, and 2D and 3D animation.
Carlos and Eallin’s Lukas Skalnik told us a bit more about the project and their backgrounds. Read the double interview here.
Dutch freelance motion designer Menno Fokma updated his site with several new projects … all of Menno’s work, new and old is worth checking out: www.mennofokma.nl
Inspired by Team Fortress 2 and Meet Buck, Mac ‘n’ Cheese is an animated short directed and created by four students at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands. This roughly two minute animation took about five months to make, and about a bajillion peanut butter sandwiches.
Synopsis: When you find yourself running scared and […]
Unleash your fingers è il titolo della nuova campagna Samsung per la promozione del nuovo cellulare Galaxy. Il video sembra essere l’evoluzione degli spot HP dove tutto nasceva dalle mani e dall’immaginazione dell’attore. In questo caso gli elementi creati dalle mani e dai movimenti dell’attore, il ballerino JayFunk, sono molto più semplici, ma grazie all’accurato tracking e agli eccezionali movimenti di JayFunk risultà tutto più interessante.
As part of our Content Team, you turn content and information into (e)motion!
You …
…help our community go Ah, NOW I get it!
…love & master the art of web video production
…are an expert in state of the art video production techniques, ranging from simple screen-casting to 3D animation and shooting with HD cameras
…are an expert in video & audio editing in Adobe Premiere & After Effects
…know how to create story boards
…know how to measure the performance of a video, quantitatively and qualitatively
Your tasks:
Pre and post-production of screencasts, video guides, product demonstrations, training videos, TV commercials and TV-style live-event coverage
Coordinate the conversion of learning articles into high quality learning videos
Build & lead a team of freelancers and agencies for video production, cutting, packaging and dubbing
Support & consult your colleagues in video technology & production
Your team:
Our Gibraltar and Hamburg based superstar team of 280 full-time staff and 500 freelancers creates learning communities for ourselves and our customers from all over the world.
PokerStrategy.com our prototype learning community has more than 5 million members and is fully available in 19 languages. Join our quest to revolutionise the way people learn topics such as poker or Forex trading online!
Please email me at kyle.reynolds@pokerstrategy.com with your CV and showreel
Primary Responsibilities:
Direct Reports:
Experience and Skills:
Salary: Competitive remuneration package
Location: London
Application Closing Date: Ongoing recruitment
This is an exciting opportunity to work in the dynamic world of visual effects. If you are interested please apply online.
http://www.moving-picture.com/index….rticle&id=1060
Primary responsibilities:
Develops innovative, believable and beautiful solutions to challenging and complex problems.
Uses an array of commercial and proprietary software tools to produce photorealistic simulations of real-world phenomena.
Produces test and often final renders of FX elements for a shot.
Creates working test composites for review by the supervision team.
Works in partnership with lighters & compositors to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard.
Experience and skills:
Proven experience in feature, commercials or broadcast visual effects production (or plenty of raw talent if you’re a recent graduate), with a showreel to back this up. Experience in live action FX work preferred.
Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to physical simulation in computer graphics.
Good understanding of the entire visual effects process: shooting, layout, matchmoving, modelling, texturing, rigging, animation, FX, lighting and compositing.
A basic understanding of physics: newtonian mechanics is the bread and butter of FX work.
An eye for visual effects work: the ability to analyse an image and determine what needs to be done to improve it, in terms of both aesthetics and believability. The ability to blend art and science in the pursuit of superlative visual effects.
The ability to think clearly and creatively under pressure.
Good proficiency with Autodesk Maya, our primary 3D package.
Strong scripting skills, in MEL, Python or preferably both. C/C++ programming and shell scripting abilities are also valuable.
Working knowledge of Pixar’s PRMan renderer preferred, although experience with other renderers may be considered.
Familiarity with at least one film compositing application (Shake and/or Nuke preferred), and a solid understanding of the compositing process.
Good computer skills, particularly with the UNIX/Linux command line.
Salary: Competitive remuneration package
Location: London
Application Closing Date: Ongoing recruitment
This is an exciting opportunity to work in the dynamic world of visual effects. If you are interested please apply online.
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