Hasta La Motion!

MPC are currently seeking experienced Motion Editors to join our Crowd, Pre-vis, Layout & Animation teams.

The successful applicants will have a range of responsibilities from cleaning motions from our motion-capture system and re-targeting them onto a variety of different creatures for use in pre-vis and layout stages of production, to creating cycles for use in our crowd system ALICE, through to helping organise and run larger, more comprehensive motion-capture shoots for a number of exciting upcoming feature films requiring large scale crowd simulation

Primary Responsibilities:

· Maintain & ensure correct setup & calibration of motion capture equipment

· Ensure all data & reference material is stored neatly, following the file structures in place

· Capture, solve, clean & re-target motions ready for use in all stages of production, from early previs and layout, through to final shots to be used in both hero animations & within crowds

· Create clean and usable cycles for use within our crowd system ALICE.

· Help organise and run large scale motion capture shoots both internally and externally.

· Use the crowd system to bring in motions and perform simple layout tasks when/if required.

· Deliver on schedule to meet deadlines, and work under pressure if required.

· Ability to communicate effectively with Leads, and work collaboratively as part of a team.

· Help improve & develop the motion capture pipeline and work-flows within the company

Experience and Skills:

· Experienced user of MotionBuilder, essential

· Experience with Blade, particularly scripting in Blade, advantageous

· Facial capture experience, advantageous

· Previous CG production experience in feature films, broadcast or games.

· Intermediate-Advanced level user of Maya, or similar 3D package a bonus

· Mel and/or Python scripting ability is desirable, particularly within MotionBuilder & Blade

· Good eye for realistic movement, behaviour and layout both in individuals and crowds/groups.

· Good computer skills, some UNIX/Linux command line skills useful

· Familiarity with MASSIVE or other crowd simulation packages would be beneficial, but not essential.

· Experience with the setup & calibration of Optical Motion Capture Equipment, essential

To apply please check our website out and apply online – http://www.moving-picture.com/index….uitment.htmlor
Any other questions please mail millie-c@moving-picture.com