MPC is one of the world’s leading post production facilities creating high-end digital visual effects for the television and feature film industries.
We are seeking the following:
Production Manager
Production Coordinator
Animation Supervisor
Senior Animators
Animators
Roto Animator
Senior Lighting TD’s
Lighting TD’s
Senior Compositors
Compositors
These are exciting opportunities to work in the dynamic world of visual effects. If you are interested please apply online at:
http://www.moving-picture.com/index….svancouverfilm or via e-mail: mpcvancouverrecruiting@moving-picture.com
Production Manager
Primary Responsibilities:
·Responsible for working with Producers, Supervisors and Heads of Department in creating delivery schedules for both small and large scale film projects. This includes creating status reports and reporting to Producers and Central Production team with project updates.
·Planning reviews and assessing the progression of established project plans.
·Maintaining production databases and mentoring other production staff in the shot planning processes.
·The line management of some visual effects sequences.
·Liaising with clients and vendors.
Skills/Experience:
·Proven experience coordinating on feature film projects in an established VFX facility.
·You must be diligent, resourceful, meticulous and able to thrive on pressure.
·Thorough understanding of CG production pipelines and post production in general is essential.
·Outstanding organisational skills and attention to detail coupled with exceptional people skills and the ability to work within a team environment.
·Strong project management skills and a sensitivity towards deadline related deliveries
·Must be able to handle a variety of multiple changing priorities in a dynamic environment. An enthusiasm for effective planning would be warmly welcomed.
·Able to communicate effectively across multiple teams with excellent written and oral communication skills.
·Good general computer skills are required with particular emphasis on Filemaker Pro and Microsoft Project.
Production Coordinator
Primary Responsibilities:
·Supporting the Producers and Supervisors in implementing project plans and meeting deadlines
·Assisting in both the creation and maintenance of show/department schedules
·Working with artists to implement scheduled deliveries and milestones, along with reporting back status of tasks and milestone targets
·Scheduling meetings and daily reviews, note taking and database management.
·Organizing reference materials and tracking incoming and outgoing deliveries to and from clients.
Skills/Experience:
·The ideal candidate will have experience coordinating on at least two significant projects of 80+ shots in an established VFX facility
·A solid understanding of CG production pipelines and post production in general is needed, though a willingness to learn and adapt would be greatly beneficial
·Excellent people skills and a proven ability to work in a team environment
·Strong project management skills and a sensitivity towards deadline related deliveries
·At a technical level a familiarity with standard Microsoft office applications is essential, especially Excel and Word, with further knowledge in Filemaker Pro and Microsoft Project being advantageous
·An ability to handle multiple tasks under varying degrees of pressure is a must. Essentially someone who is dynamic, resourceful and organised is very much what we are looking for.
Animation Supervisor
Experience and skills required:
– Experience in feature film production.
– A track record of leading teams. The successful candidate must thrive in a team environment and enjoy teaching other artists. This skill is as important as any other.
– Ideally, experience working directly with clients/directors.
– An understanding of the computer graphics production process: on-set, camera work, and animation’s cooperation with other disciplines/departments.
– Knowledge of 3D animation tools (preferably Maya).
– An understanding of animation principles and work methods.
– Demo reel illustrating strong character based performance animation and solid understanding of realistic body mechanics
Primary Responsibilities:
– Provide leadership for the animation team on your project.
– Creatively develop animation scenes, characters & performances.
– Animator coaching and hands-on collaboration.
– Work directly with clients.
– Deliver the animation for a project, being mindful of schedule & budget.
– Collaborate with other supervisors on the project.
– A willingness to develop tools and routines to better the company’s animation practice.
Senior Animator
Primary Responsibilities:
·To create high level animation for realistic creatures/characters.
·To bring a creative and proactive attitude to the task of animating performances
·To organize their time, collaborate, and effectively communicate with their supervisors and team mates
·To work quickly and clearly, ability to take direction as well as help drive character performance/development.
Experience and Skills:
·Knowledge of Maya
·5+ years professional experience in VFX
·An understanding of animation principles and work methods
·Animation and drawing/sculpting training a plus
Animator
Primary Responsibilities:
·To create animation for realistic creatures, and talking characters.
·To bring a creative and proactive attitude to the task of animating performances
·To organize their time, collaborate, and effectively communicate with their supervisors and team mates
·Do their best to stay positive and creative in the chaos of the production environment
Experience and Skills:
·Knowledge of Maya
·At least 3 years of professional experience in VFX
·An understanding of animation principles and work methods
·Animation and drawing/sculpting training a plus
Roto Animator
Primary Responsibilities:
• Frame by frame 3d asset matching to live action plate elements
• To bring a creative and proactive attitude to the task of matching performances
• To organize their time, collaborate, and effectively communicate with their supervisors
and team mates.
• Do their best to stay positive and creative in the chaos of the production environment
Skills and Experience:
• Must posess a strong understanding of human anatomy and posing
• Must have technical understanding of a 3d software package such as Autodesk Maya
• An understanding of animation principles and work methods
Senior Lighting TD
Primary Responsibilities
·Using an array of commercial and proprietary lighting tools to match CG lighting to on-set lighting
·Producing test and final renders of all CG elements
·Creating working comps for review by the supervision team
·Assisting and developing the look of a shot or sequence with the supervision team
·Helping establish suitable work techniques for other team members
·Working with the producer and co-ordinator, lighting supervisor and CG
·Supervisor to establish schedules and technical requirements
·Working in partnership with compositors to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard.
Requirements:
·Proven production lighting experience
·Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies related to CG rendering and compositing
·Excellent communication skills
·Proven technical and creative ability in a large feature-film VFX production environment
·Strong problem-solving skills
·Very good understanding of shading, lighting and rendering terminology
·Very good understanding of production pipelines
·Very good knowledge of a production renderer
·Very good knowledge of node-based compositing software
·General understanding of linux/unix-based operating systems
·Python and MEL scripting experience an advantage
Lighting TD
Primary Responsibilities
·Using an array of commercial and proprietary lighting tools to match CG lighting to on-set lighting
·Producing test and final renders of all CG elements
·Creating working comps for review by the supervision team
·Assisting and developing the look of a shot or sequence with the supervision team
·Working in partnership with compositors to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard.
Requirements:
·Proven production lighting experience
·Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies related to CG rendering and compositing
·Excellent communication skills
·Proven technical and creative ability in a large feature-film VFX production environment
·Strong problem-solving skills
·Working knowledge of Shake
·Very good understanding of shading, lighting and rendering terminology
·Very good understanding of production pipelines
·Very good knowledge of a production renderer
·Very good knowledge of node-based compositing software
·General understanding of linux/unix-based operating systems
·Python and MEL scripting experience an advantage
Senior Compositor
Primary 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
Direct reports
·Visual Effects Producer
·2D Supervisor
Skills and experience
·4 years of experience with Shake
·Strong film showreel.
·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.
Compositor
Primary 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
Direct reports
·Visual Effects Producer
·2D Supervisor
Skills and experience
·Experience with Shake
·Strong film showreel.
·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.
