Hasta La Motion!

Aug 09

Channel 4 Street Summer promo

Posted in: britain, Channel 4, england, General, live action, Motion Control, police, Riots, stereotype, street culture, Street Summer, uk, vandalism, youth culture

Update: MPC’s behind-the-scene ‘making of’. Fascinating stuff!

Given the recent riots and looting that’s been plaguing England, I cannot help but post this “Street Summer” promo by Channel 4. MPC London is responsible for the flawless VFX, which is fascinating to watch if you can ignore the highly charged content for a second.

Glancing through the comments on the official YouTube page and also here, I find them to be just as interesting as the video.

Is this inappropriate, done in poor taste? Or is this simply a honest portrayal of the youth culture in Britain now? Does this condone stereotyping or challenge viewers to rethink it? What do you think?

Thanks to Zinnia for the nudge, and our hearts go out to U.K. residents affected by the riots.

Posted on Motionographer

Aug 09

Nuke Artist @ The Mill Los Angeles

Posted in: The Job Lot

We are currently looking for an experienced freelance Nuke Compositor for immediate start.

We require someone who is able to work both in a team and on their own in a fast paced environment, delivering a high level of compositing for our commercials department. You will have a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills and technical knowledge and have relevant experience in a commercial, film or TV environment.

Please send your CV and reel details to recruitment.la@themill.com.

Aug 09

Captain America: super soldier effects

Posted in: 1

Captain America: super soldier effects

Conceiving an old-fashioned comic book outing for Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger – set mostly during World War II – director Joe Johnston still relied on just shy of 1600 visual effects shots, and more than a dozen vendors for the stereo release. fxguide takes a look at just some of the key work.

Aug 09

LA Nuke Summer Training Weeks

Posted in: Apple Shake

Intensive one week training, perfect for artists migrating from After Effects or Shake. August 22-26 or September 12-16.

You can also sign up for individual day sessions.

Full details:
http://www.pixerati.net/LASummerNuke/LASummerNuke.html

Monday – Nuke Fundamentals
Tuesday – Keying and Color Correction
Wednesday – Roto and Stereoscopic Conversion
Thursday – 3D and the New Particle System
Friday – NukeX and Advanced Topics

Aug 09

Compositing a pilot in a 3d ship?

Posted in: Beginners Talk

Hi guys ! New guys here 🙂 I am making a 3D Ship and I need to composite a live actor from the outside of the ship as the pilot

any ideas or tutorials out there for this kind of thing? the problem I am having (the major one anyway) is that I can’t get him "behind" the cockpit glass…

Using Maya for the 3D and After Effects for Compositing

Thanks for any ideas!

Aug 09

SIGGRAPH 2011: Technical Papers Fast Forward

Posted in: conferene, General, Industry, Siggraph, technology, Vancouver

Hi Motionographers! We’re at SIGGRAPH 2011, here in beautiful Vancouver. SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual conference on computer graphics, where you can find the most recent academic research and commercial software/hardware developments for computer graphics and interactive technology. This year, upwards of 20,000 artists, research scientists, gaming developers, engineers, filmmakers, and academics have descended on the conference.

Check out our first dispatch on the Technical Papers Fast Forward event here. More Motionographer SIGGRAPH posts to come, including 3D scanning and printing as it relates to motion graphics, all about lenticular displays and building glasses-free 3D displays, and, of course, highlights from the Computer Animation Festival.

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Aug 09

INGENUITY ENGINE – Matte Painter needed – Hollywood, CA

Posted in: The Job Lot

Ingenuity Engine is looking for an experienced Digital Matte Painter to work in-house for several upcoming commercial projects. Applicants must have experience creating digital paintings of photo realistic environments based on concept art and/or photo reference.

Job Requirements:

– Ability to create photo-real environments and landscapes exhibiting a strong foundation in photo-realistic traditional and digital art skills with an emphasis on landscapes.

– Performs tasks related to integrating added imagery into a shot, preserving a unified sense of lighting, perspective, and color. Also responsible for creating original 2D and 3D content that may comprise part or all of an environment.

– Works closely with our Creative Director to ensure that plates meet planned concept design requirements.

– Must have strong artistic background and a sharp eye for detail.

Qualifications:

– 2 + years of production experience.

– Demo reel required, high quality.

– Proficient in Adobe Photoshop.

– Knowledge and some experience of Nuke a plus.

– Strong knowledge of camera focal lengths, good sense of composition and an understanding of different out-put requirements.

– Strong knowledge and ability in perspective, value matching, flatbed scanning, and motion.

– Thorough knowledge of advanced matte painting techniques including color space, digital paint techniques and Photoshop file management (file format, bit depth resolution or appropriate layering of elements).

– Technical proficiency in photography with an emphasis on composition, depth, lighting and color.

To Apply for this Position:
Please send demo reel to jobs@ievfx.com