As an artist driven company Method is built around an exceptional team of VFX professionals who have created award winning visual effects for Feature Film, Commercials and Music Videos.
Recent feature credits for Method include; Nightmare on Elm Street, Sorcerers Apprentice, Let Me In, Life as we Know it and Gullivers Travel.
Current shows in production include, Captain America, X-men, Cristiada, This Means War and Wrath of the Titans.
Duties and Responsibilities:
– Used to various use of commercial and proprietary tools to create character rigs
– Work with modeling department and animation department to create characters
– Integration of characters and rigs into the production pipeline
– Create User Interfaces and tools that assist animators
– Works in partnership with R&D programmers, Animators, Lighting TD’s to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard
– Provide support to character rigs throughout production
– Write scripts that automate character production
– 5 + years work experience. 2 years supervising
– Solid knowledge of rigging systems.
– Comprehensive knowledge of Maya. Houdini a plus
– A reel demonstrating a both control systems and complex deformations.
– Good time and project management, accessibility a must.
Requirements:
– Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to character rigging and animation comprehension of core principles relating to rigging such as deformation order and the transformation matrix
– Excellent understanding of anatomy, volumes and masses, dynamics and character motion
– Experience in feature film/broadcast visual effects production
– Good understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling to texturing, animation and rendering
– Good computer skills, particularly with UNIX/Linux command line interface
– MEL and Python programming essential
– Maya API C++ programming also a plus
Reels/Resumes can be sent to: method-la-recruiting@methodstudios.com
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