Previs Generalist
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10099833 Ubicación Vancouver, Canadá Business Industrial Light & Magic Fecha de publicación 29/08/2024Detalles del empleo:
This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at a Company designated location and occasionally from home.
Industrial Light & Magic is looking for a Previs Generalist to join our outstanding team. Previs Generalists work closely with the Previs Supervisor and VFX Supervisor to craft and build shots and sequences ensuring the Director and Clients vision are met through dynamic camera movement, animation, composition, staging, lighting and editing.
We're looking for artists who love problem solving and get satisfaction from collaborating with other previs artists as one creative unit!
What You’ll Do
Responsible for the following areas:
Asset Dev: Maya/Unreal - Modeling, texturing, shading of assets
Set Dressing: Maya - Preparation of environments for previs shot designers
Rigging: Maya - In-shot rigging solutions for props and assets
Animation: Maya - Basic animation abilities (ie, characters, vehicles, FX)
Lighting+Rendering: Maya/Unreal - Preparation of low tech, fast render aesthetic solutions in Maya and Unreal Engine
Tool Dev: Creation of tools to assist the previs team
Effects: Maya/Unreal - Particle sims, cloth sims, niagara system, rigid sims, etc.
Compositing: Nuke - Basic compositing abilities to facilitate a post process look dev pass
Troubleshoot assets and shots, continually looking for and suggesting improvements to increase overall efficiency and productivity
Maintain or exceeds consistent level of productivity while meeting deadlines and producing high quality work
Comfortable communicating and collaborating with other departments across ILM
Demonstrate flexibility with iterative process
Take initiative to acquire new skills and think outside of the box
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, or computer animation required
3+ years of experience in visual effects, games and/or feature animation film
Proficiency with Linux, Maya, Unreal Engine, Substance Painter / Mari & Nuke
Proficiency with the Adobe Creative suite
Advanced problem solving skills
Experience modeling, rigging, texturing, lighting and/or compositing on a previs timeline
Experience creating content optimized for 24 fps playback in maya's viewport 2.0
A reel demonstrating strong creative and technical ability in photo-realistic 3D with a focus on previs
Strong sense of composition, animation, blocking, camera movement and cinematic terminology
Nice to have:
Programming knowledge in Python or C++
Knowledge or experience with sound design
JoinILM
The hiring range for this position in Vancouver is C$84,100 to C$107,700 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.
Acerca de Industrial Light & Magic:
Fundado en 1975 por George Lucas, ILM es la instalación de efectos líder en el mundo, que presta servicio a las industrias cinematográfica, de producción comercial y de atracción. ILM ha creado efectos visuales para más de 325 largometrajes y ha jugado un papel clave en siete de los 10 éxitos mundiales de taquilla más importantes de todos los tiempos y ha contribuido en 25 de los 50 mejores. ILM ha establecido el estándar para los efectos visuales, creando algunas de las imágenes más impresionantes de la historia del cine. A la vanguardia de la revolución digital, la compañía continúa abriendo nuevos caminos en efectos visuales, realidad virtual, realidad aumentada y cine inmersivo.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en ILM (Vancouver) Inc. , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Industrial Light & Magic.