Lighting Supervisor - Feature Film job
Posted: April 30, 2007
Post subject: Lighting Supervisor - Feature Film
Post subject: Lighting Supervisor - Feature Film
subject: Lighting Supervisor - Feature Film , Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. is looking for Lighting Supervisor - Feature Film
Job details:
Summary of Position:
The Lighting Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of lighting artists to create direct and reflecting lighting and shadows that meet creative direction and has shared accountability for the management and deliverables of the lighting department. The incumbent will serve as the creative and technical lead in designing and creating lighting of graphic character objects, scene images and effects for designated sequences. The incumbent is also responsible for the film’s style, lighting design, implementation and textural look of the movie. The incumbent will consult to the Production Designer, Art Director, CGI Supervisor, Modeling Supervisor and Producers regarding implementing design ideas technically through software and methodology. He/she will oversee the lighting team, texture modellers and the film’s art department, ensuring consistency and quality through technical workflows.
Responsibilities Include:
- Regularly interacting with the Producer, Director, and Production Designer to understand desired look as it relates to lighting for the production.
- Ensuring the rendering of assigned characters and sequences.
- Delivering final shots to production and ensuring final technical check is complete.
- Tracking lighting continuity within sequences.
- Accountable for on time, on budget execution and delivery, as well as quality, of required lighting for the sequence.
- Translating specific operating plans into assignments and deliverables for the lighting team.
- Participating in estimating resource requirements, budgets, schedules and performance standards.
- Monitoring and adjusting daily assignments and priorities.
- Ensuring that the lighting team has sufficient guidelines for art / technologies and related tools to meet plan and ensuring the training of and mentors and direct reports.
Qualifications Include:
- Expert knowledge of Maya, and various render software. Expert knowledge of shaders and shader development.
- Expert knowledge of lighting rig setup and shot specific lighting tools within XSI, with experience setting up advanced lighting within a XSI scene.
- 7-10 years of experience with 2 or more years of lead / supervisory experience.
- Prior experience of CG output to film required.
About the Feature Film
“Escape from Planet Earth,” is a CG-animated comedy feature about a prison break where the prison is actually Area 51, a mysterious government facility where the inmates are a rag-tag group of aliens from every corner of the universe. Gary, a neurotic alien hero must overcome his fears and self-doubt to lead a daring escape, not only from Area 51, but from the Earth itself where no alien dares to go as not a single one has ever returned.
About Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
Rainmaker, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, is an award-winning visual effects, 3D animation and post-production company with a 28 year history of technical excellence and outstanding service in feature films, television, games and commercials. From its origins in the pioneering west coast post house Gastown Productions, Rainmaker has grown into one of North America's pre-eminent post-production service providers. Rainmaker, the largest visual effects and animation company in Canada, has three divisions -- Rainmaker Animation, Rainmaker Visual Effects and Rainmaker Post. Rainmaker also operates a facility in London -- Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects UK Ltd. (Rainmaker UK) -- which offers cutting edge visual effects and 3D animation in that market. Rainmaker Animation, with the inclusion of recently acquired Mainframe Entertainment, creates 3D animation for the feature film market and is the industry leader in CG animation for television and direct-to-DVD family entertainment. Rainmaker Visual Effects creates state-of-the-art CG effects for the high-end feature film, television, commercial and game markets. Rainmaker Post provides a wide array of post-production services ranging from traditional film lab processes to the very latest in digital image processing including HD. Rainmaker also maintains an office in Los Angeles. California. For more information, visit http://www.rainmaker.com/
Thank you in advance for your application! Due to the high volume of applications, we only contact those applicants who are short-listed for interviews.
If your are interested in this position, please apply via our corporate website. http://www.mainframe.ca/
Or, by post to:
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. Suite 200-2025 West Broadway Vancouver BC V6J 1Z6 Attn: Recruiting Or, fax to: 604-714-2641
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. is looking for Lighting Supervisor - Feature Film
Job details:
Summary of Position:
The Lighting Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of lighting artists to create direct and reflecting lighting and shadows that meet creative direction and has shared accountability for the management and deliverables of the lighting department. The incumbent will serve as the creative and technical lead in designing and creating lighting of graphic character objects, scene images and effects for designated sequences. The incumbent is also responsible for the film’s style, lighting design, implementation and textural look of the movie. The incumbent will consult to the Production Designer, Art Director, CGI Supervisor, Modeling Supervisor and Producers regarding implementing design ideas technically through software and methodology. He/she will oversee the lighting team, texture modellers and the film’s art department, ensuring consistency and quality through technical workflows.
Responsibilities Include:
- Regularly interacting with the Producer, Director, and Production Designer to understand desired look as it relates to lighting for the production.
- Ensuring the rendering of assigned characters and sequences.
- Delivering final shots to production and ensuring final technical check is complete.
- Tracking lighting continuity within sequences.
- Accountable for on time, on budget execution and delivery, as well as quality, of required lighting for the sequence.
- Translating specific operating plans into assignments and deliverables for the lighting team.
- Participating in estimating resource requirements, budgets, schedules and performance standards.
- Monitoring and adjusting daily assignments and priorities.
- Ensuring that the lighting team has sufficient guidelines for art / technologies and related tools to meet plan and ensuring the training of and mentors and direct reports.
Qualifications Include:
- Expert knowledge of Maya, and various render software. Expert knowledge of shaders and shader development.
- Expert knowledge of lighting rig setup and shot specific lighting tools within XSI, with experience setting up advanced lighting within a XSI scene.
- 7-10 years of experience with 2 or more years of lead / supervisory experience.
- Prior experience of CG output to film required.
About the Feature Film
“Escape from Planet Earth,” is a CG-animated comedy feature about a prison break where the prison is actually Area 51, a mysterious government facility where the inmates are a rag-tag group of aliens from every corner of the universe. Gary, a neurotic alien hero must overcome his fears and self-doubt to lead a daring escape, not only from Area 51, but from the Earth itself where no alien dares to go as not a single one has ever returned.
About Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
Rainmaker, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, is an award-winning visual effects, 3D animation and post-production company with a 28 year history of technical excellence and outstanding service in feature films, television, games and commercials. From its origins in the pioneering west coast post house Gastown Productions, Rainmaker has grown into one of North America's pre-eminent post-production service providers. Rainmaker, the largest visual effects and animation company in Canada, has three divisions -- Rainmaker Animation, Rainmaker Visual Effects and Rainmaker Post. Rainmaker also operates a facility in London -- Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects UK Ltd. (Rainmaker UK) -- which offers cutting edge visual effects and 3D animation in that market. Rainmaker Animation, with the inclusion of recently acquired Mainframe Entertainment, creates 3D animation for the feature film market and is the industry leader in CG animation for television and direct-to-DVD family entertainment. Rainmaker Visual Effects creates state-of-the-art CG effects for the high-end feature film, television, commercial and game markets. Rainmaker Post provides a wide array of post-production services ranging from traditional film lab processes to the very latest in digital image processing including HD. Rainmaker also maintains an office in Los Angeles. California. For more information, visit http://www.rainmaker.com/
Thank you in advance for your application! Due to the high volume of applications, we only contact those applicants who are short-listed for interviews.
If your are interested in this position, please apply via our corporate website. http://www.mainframe.ca/
Or, by post to:
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. Suite 200-2025 West Broadway Vancouver BC V6J 1Z6 Attn: Recruiting Or, fax to: 604-714-2641
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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