Hasta La Motion!

MPC is looking for a senior software architect and developer to join the infrastructure group within our Software team. Over recent MPC has grown from a London based VFX production house to a global organisation with offices in Vancouver, LA, New York and Bangalore.

As we continue to transform our software stack to support the growing business, we are looking for a person to help redesign our underlying database schemas to enable a truly global view of our metadata. Our databases are core to our entire business; from production scheduling tasks, VFX assets, to storing statistical information of our high performance compute farm stats. On a daily basis we generate, maintain and analyse terabytes of a multitude of different, large datasets. Storing and classifying these datasets within our custom asset management systems and providing high performance, stable and robust interfaces for our users and applications around the world is critical to our continuing success and this new position will play an important role.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* As part of a team, design and develop software for core services.
* Develop next-generation in-house digital- asset/content management system
* Developing next generation of our multi-site replication setup
* Analyse and improve existing database schemas
* Deployment of these systems across multiple facilities
* Maintaining and providing support for these systems
* Working with Systems team to ensure software and infrastructure are developed hand in hand to maximise performance and reliability.

Requirements:

* Proven experience with developing business critical, highly scalable database systems processing high volumes of transactions.
* Experience of all aspects of the development process of such systems from design, development, deployment to maintenance and support.
* Digital asset management systems experience would be an advantage.
* Computer Science graduate
* Solid development experience with Python, C++ and RDBMS such as MySQL.
* Systems administration experience with UNIX/Linux systems,

if you are interested, please apply online at:

http://www.moving-picture.com/index….rticle&id=1060

A newly launched institution in Hyderabad, India is in search of online instructors in the fields of Matte-Painting and Concept Art. Each class will be of 1 hour duration. The remuneration per class is US$ 200.

Anyone interested, kindly please e-mail me at : kaustavsinha10@gmail.com

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Luma Pictures is an artist centric feature film VFX studio located two blocks from the beach in Santa Monica, California. *We maintain a unique culture with an amazingly talented staff and are always on the lookout for exceptional people for full time and project positions.

Luma is on the hunt for an experienced supervisor who has a substantial track record of leading teams technically and artistically through complex visual effects for film. A great eye and steller problem solving skills are a must.

Extensive production experience in all the following areas: layout, animation, modeling, texturing, rigging, fur/hair, cloth, effects, lighting, and compositing. *Must have an exceptional*eye for taking*shots from conception to final.

Evaluates the creative requirements of a project, determines their technical implications, and makes high-impact operational decisions.

Expected to*be attentive to emerging industry technologies and production techniques, and determines practical applications for these advancements in order to improve production.

Strong aesthetic sense; demonstrates ability to make creative and aesthetic judgment calls quickly and under significant pressure..

Ability to manage time and balance priorities, often amidst the pressures of busy, deadline-driven production.

Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of personalities, both written and verbal.

– Must understand anatomy and perspective
– Proper modeling and texturing techniques*
– Knowledge of rigging
– Complex shader network design and setup
– Lighting, rendering and optimization
– Capable of executing complex multi-layered comps
– General compositing knowledge inside Nuke

Ultimately, the successful candidate has extensive production experience, the ability to identify both current and potential technical challenges, and the ability to command high-level technical strategy across a potentially large (feature-film) production team.*

Do not apply if you do not meet all the criteria above.

SUBMISSIONS:
If you think you fit the bill and want a quick response, upload your reel/portfolio and a shot breakdown to*www.lumapictures.com/jobs If you prefer to send hard copies, you can submit a resume, reel, shot breakdown and cover letter to:

Attention: Recruiting – Sr Lighting/Comp TD
Luma Pictures
1424 2nd St
Santa Monica, CA 90401

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

Lead Compositor

Location: China, Beijing

Job Summary:
Reporting to the VFX Supervisor the Lead Compositor is responsible for leading the team
of Compositors throughout the VFX process. The Lead Compositor is also responsible
for developing looks and compositing processes required for individual projects.
Works within a very collaborative team environment that encourages open communication and
knowledge sharing.

Job duties and Responsibilities:
– Participate in the bidding process estimating time and resources required for VFX shots.
– Allocate shots and tasks to appropriate compositing artists.
– Communicate and collaborate with the VFX Supervisor and other members of the VFX team.
– Develop looks and techniques required for each project.
– Seek out new techniques and processes which help to increase efficiency and enhance
the overall look of a shot.
– Collaborate with the VFX technical staff to develop and enhance pipeline tools.
– Act as a mentor and teacher to the more junior staff.
– Integrate CG and live action elements seamlessly with background plate.
– Enhancing, extending and duplicating elements in a photo-realistic manner.
– Work together with the VFX Supervisor and Senior VFX members scheduling staff
during production and also during downtime.
– Assist in covering the responsibilities of Senior VFX staff when required.
– Foresee, troubleshoot and communicate potential problems.
– Other duties as required.

Required Skills / Experience:
– 7+ years experience, preferably on feature films.
– An eye for composition, lighting and color with respect to photo-realistic integration.
– Ability to work and lead in a collaborative Team environment.
– Strong problem solving skills.
– Highly detail oriented.
– Demonstrated ability working with Shake, Nuke and/or Combustion.
– Strong communication skills, with the ability to take and apply direction.
– Effective individual time management skills with respect to sensitive deadlines.

Desired Skills:

– English speaking definitely an asset
– Fine Arts and or photography background a plus.
– Willing to relocate.

If you are interested in this position, please feel free to contact at technicolorbjhr@technicolor.com

We have recently finished production on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Captain America: The First Avenger.

We are currently in production on John Carter Of Mars, The Dark Knight Rises, Total Recall and Snow White.

* Job Title: Technical Director – Generalist
* Department: 3D
* Location: London
* Closing Date: N/A
* Reports To: Head of 3D
* Direct Reports: N/A

Key Purpose of the Job

To handle any general 3d tasks required. We would expect a broad knowledge that covers as many areas of 3d as possible, or at least the basics (modelling, texturing, animation, lighting and rendering).

Needs To Do

* Cover the more general 3d tasks such as modelling, animation, texturing, lighting and rendering. At times, they may be asked to learn a proprietary system or a new piece of software, and we would expect them to be flexible enough to handle this

Needs To Know

* Thorough knowledge of the principles of 3D (animation, FX, modelling, texturing, lighting, scripting, shading, rendering, rigging). We appreciate that the candidate may have varying levels of knowledge in these fields
* Full working knowledge of Maya and/or Houdini
* You would need to be comfortable with the more technical aspects of CG work, and have a good sense of the artistic side as well Programming or scripting skills (e.g. mel, python) would be beneficial, but not essential
* Familiarity with pipeline issues and a typical post production environment
* Minimum of 1 years experience on feature films. Experience in other areas of visual effects (TV, games) would also be taken into account

Needs To Be

* Pro-active
* Team oriented
* Adaptable

Measures of Performance

* On time delivery
* Continuous improvement

Please send applications to Holly Simms at 77 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DU.

If you have any questions please contact jobs@dneg.com

We look forward to hearing from you!