Hasta La Motion!

LAIKA/House is currently qualifying and looking for Look Dev Artists for freelance work. It can vary from one day to several months depending on the project. Individuals will be required to work on-site, during normal business hours, and will be paid as W2 employees. Potentially five (5) months of work.

• Develop the surface materials, textures and UVs for characters props and environments.
• Under the supervision of the CG Manager/Sr. Technical Director, establish and follow the look of multiple design projects simultaneously.
• Partner with the modeling, lighting, and effects teams on all issues to troubleshoot creative and technical issues.
• Meet schedules and deadlines as established by the CG Manager/Sr. Technical Director.
• Other duties as assigned.

Send Reel and availability to recruiting@laika.com

LUMA PICTURES, located in Venice Beach, CA. is looking for an IO Coordinator to add to our talented team for a number of high profile upcoming projects. We pride ourselves on providing a challenging work environment with plenty of room to stretch your wings and grow.

RESPONSIBILITIES
– Manage receipts and deliveries via FTP, hard drives and couriers
– Convert large volumes of media to various formats, codecs, resolutions
– Log incoming and outgoing files
– Track editorial issues such as shot lengths, handles, scan requests

QUALIFICATIONS
– Strong work ethic
– Meticulous attention to detail
– Exceptional organizational skills
– Comfortable with spreadsheets
– Ability to take direction positively, work well within a team and thrive under the pressure of tight deadlines

PLUSES
– Understand basic compositing and editorial concepts (After Effects / Final Cut / Avid)
– Basic command line knowledge
– Familiarity with various media file formats/codecs

SUBMISSIONS
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 jobs11@luma-pictures.com. Please make the email subject "ATTN: Recruiting – IO Coord." 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:

ATTN: Recruiting – IO COORD
Luma Pictures
1424 2nd St.
Santa Monica, CA 90401

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

Position Summary:

We are currently looking for experienced TDs with a background or interest in Crowd simulation, procedural animation or motion capture to join our Crowd team. The successful applicants will use ALICE, MPC’s proprietary Maya-based crowd layout and simulation toolset, to populate cities, choreograph battles, wrangle herds and generally inject multitudinous life into a number of exciting upcoming feature films.

Crowd TDs must be flexible and adapt to many different requirements within the same system, including bipedes or multipeds, winged or finned, humans, animals or fantastical creatures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Produce realistic animation: ranging from several individuals to several thousand autonomous agents, using standard Maya techniques in conjunction with a sophisticated simulation framework
• Have a solid understanding of the crowd pipeline from start to finish
• Ability to help setup the basic pipeline needs for the show and address of other departments such as Lighting
• Participate in dailies and desk rounds, and willingness to take direction as well as work independently to address feedback and problem solve
• Deliver on schedule and meet deadlines, and work under pressure if required
• Ability to communicate effectively with Leads, and work collaboratively as part of a team
• Work alongside the HOD & Leads to define the needs for the show and identify any additions or modifications to our existing tool-set or pipeline
• Write tools & workflows to automate new processes or to facilitate other departments/ more junior artists
• Assist more junior artists with any issues they are having, offer advice as to how best interpret feedback and solve more complex problems
• Provide in detail bug reports & feature requests to the HOD & RND when appropriate

Requirements:

• Broad working knowledge of 3D and 2D generalist skills, including aspects of modelling, layout, animation, scripting, lighting, FX and compositing, and an ability to work closely with people in related disciplines
• Previous CG production experience in feature films, broadcast or games
• Intermediate-Advanced level user of Maya, or similar 3D package
• Mel and/or Python scripting ability is invaluable, C++, Lua or similar programming experience advantageous
• Good eye for realistic movement, behaviour and layout both in individuals and crowds
• Familiarity with simulation techniques and technology, not just in crowds but also cloth, physics & fluids
• Familiarity with at least one film compositing application (Shake and/or Nuke preferred), and a good understanding of the compositing process
• Good computer skills, particularly with the UNIX/Linux command line
• Familiarity with MASSIVE or other crowd simulation packages would be beneficial, but not essential
• Experience with development of intelligent particle/crowd/flocking systems is an advantage
• A general understanding of the whole visual effects pipeline and familiarity with standard 3D and 2D tools is also very beneficial
• Completion of University and/or at least 3 years relevant experience

Details:

• Location: Vancouver, Canada
• Start Date: November 2011 onwards
• Duration: Project Based

If this position sounds of interest then please apply via our website.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Position Summary:

MPC Vancouver are looking for experienced film VFX Compositors to join our team in 2011.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Tackling the compositing of shots effectively
• Briefing junior compositors when the dividing of shots into tasks (e.g. roto-scoping) is required
• Delivering final shots that are creatively and technically excellent

Requirements:

• Experience with Nuke is essential
• Experience of working in a Linux environment
• Good understanding of photography and film, and how the interactions of light, lenses and film emulsions make up the image
• Some understanding of the whole digital film pipeline, from scanner to film recorder
• 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
• Completion of University (or equivalent) and/or at least 5 years of relevant experience

Details:

• Location: Vancouver, Canada
• Start Date: Various
• Duration: Project based

If this position sounds of interest then please apply via our website.

We look forward to hearing from you!