Scene Prep & Character Finaling - Maya - Shane Acker’s 9

Position: Character Finaler/Maya Generalist
For: Shane Acker’s “9″
Reports to Department Supervisor
Position Description and Requirements:

Support the creative performance in a shot with the appropriate technical requirements as follows:

• Remove undesirable geometric penetrations, folds and creases from rigged assets.
• Ensure that rigged assets are in contact with one another and their environment appropriately.
• Ensure that rigged assets are prepared for FX simulations when required.
• Ensure proper continuity of motion for the calculation of motion blur.

Experience Required:

• Good artistic eye.
• Detail oriented.
• Good communication skills.
• Good organization skills.
• Technical aptitude.
• Previous production experience or exceptional abilities in CGI.
• Familiarity with skeletons.
• Experience in Modeling
• An understanding of the principles of animation.
• Experience with Maya Deformers, Constraints, and Blend Shapes.
• Thorough knowledge of Maya’s Graph Editor and connection editors (Hypergraph, Hypershade..)
• Must be able to work in a collaborative environment, taking direction from the Sequence lead(s), Supervisor and feedback from Directors(s) as necessary.
• Bonus: Ability to script in Mel and/or Python to fix recurring issues.
• Bonus: Rendering experience with stand-alone packages (Mental Ray, Renderman etc…)

contact me at LanceLeFort’at’hotmail.com or Lance.LeFort’at’starz.com

CG Lighter job - Shane Acker’s 9

Lighting & Compositing

Position: CG Lighter
For: Shane Acker’s “9″
Position Description and Requirements:

• Light production shots based on creative direction from Lighting Leads, Lighting Supervisor and VFX Supervisor
• Ensure that shots meet the highest quality
• Ensure that meet production shot quota as required by Supervisor and production schedule
• Troubleshoot and debug shot problems as required and communicate
• Identify to the Supervisor problems that lighting could potentially present with respect to timelines and delivery schedules
• Ensure shots meet rendering criteria
• File management - organize work/files efficiently
• Remain current and up-to-date in lighting techniques
• Work collaboratively with other departments including technology, surfacing, fx and character finaling.

Qualifications Include:

• Thorough knowledge of Maya, and Mental Ray
• Degree/diploma in fine arts or equivalent experience
• 3+ years experience as a Lighting Artist
• CG Feature film experience preferred
• Demonstrable ability to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas
• Demonstrable ability to multi-task and prioritize

see short at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964QHmjLqa0
Contact Lance at LanceLeFort’at’hotmail.com or at Lance.LeFort’at’starz.com

FX Job - Shane Acker’s 9 - Starz Animation

Position: FX Artist
For: Shane Acker’s “9″ or other Feature Films Currently in Production
Position Description and Requirements:

The FX Artist helps in the design and implementation of special effects for a feature length animated film.

• 3+ years fx production experience.
• Intermediate to advanced experience in all aspects of 3d production is a plus.
• Experience with Maya particles/dynamics and particle expressions are a must.
• An understanding of Maya fluids a plus.
• Knowledge of any scripting language a plus.
• Working knowledge of cloth dynamics (Ncloth and/or Syflex) and fluid dynamics (Realflow) is a definite plus.
• A thorough understanding of compositing principles (preferably using Fusion) a definite plus.

See short film at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964QHmjLqa0 and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkri9nSPGQ
Contact me at LanceLeFort’at’hotmail.com or Lance.LeFort’at’starz.com for more information.