Previs Supervisor
4 weeks ago
Your role?
As our first Previs Supervisor in Sydney, you will be responsible for collaborating closely with the Directors, VFX Supervisors and other key creative leadership to design and deliver sequences ensuring their vision is met through dynamic camera movement, animation, composition, staging, lighting and editing across multiple projects.
What will you be doing?
- Work closely with the Producer and Production Management team to bid and deliver previs on time and on budget across all projects.
- Partner with Talent Management to mentor, train and support Previs Artists on the team; motivate and provide feedback to Artists; understands how to develop Artists abilities; sets goals and deadlines for the team.
- Build a Previs team in Sydney, working with recruitment to help grow your team
- You will be responsible for the following areas:
- Storyboarding: Development of either hand drawn or maya based storyboards
- Asset Dev: modeling, texturing, shading of assets
- Set Dressing: Preparation of environments for animation and layout
- Rigging: Development of in-shot pipeline compatible rig solutions
- Animation+Layout: Designing and animating shots over an entire sequence
- Lighting+Rendering: Preparation of low tech, fast render aesthetic solutions
- Tool Dev: Creation of tools to assist the previz team
- Editing: Compiling of sequences + sound design within Adobe Premiere
- Compositing: Compositing abilities to facilitate a post process look dev pass
- Partner with technology and CG departments to streamline workflow and pipeline.
- Troubleshoot assets and shots, continually looking for and suggesting improvements to increase overall efficiency and productivity
- Maintain or exceed consistent level of productivity while meeting deadlines and producing high quality work
- Demonstrate flexibility with iterative process
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer visualization, or a computer animation required.
- 5+ years of leadership experience in visual effects film
- 7+ years of experience in visual effects film
- Extensive experience in visual effects for film including recent management experience
- Experience in animation, previs and/or layout
- Well versed in film grammar, composition and editorial decisions
- Strong leadership, communication and problem solving skills
- Proficiency with Linux and Maya
- A reel demonstrating strong creative and technical ability in photo-realistic 3D with a focus on animation, previs or layout; basic competency in modeling, texturing, lighting, camera, layout, compositing and rendering
- Nice to have:
- Basic knowledge of Nuke, Mari, Arnold, V-Ray, Zbrush and Photoshop
- Experience in modeling, rigging, texturing and lighting
This position is with Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Industrial Light & Magic.
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
About Industrial Light & Magic:
Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production, and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50. ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with ILM (Australia) Pty. Ltd. , which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic .
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