Layout Supervisor - Feature Film job
Posted: April 30, 2007
Post subject: Layout Supervisor - Feature Film
Post subject: Layout Supervisor - Feature Film
subject: Layout Supervisor - Feature Film , Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. is looking for Layout Supervisor - Feature Film
Job details:
Summary of Position: The Layout Supervisor is responsible for leading layout artists in the creation of a cinematic vision for the production that supports the narrative. The successful incumbent will serve as the creative layout lead. He/she will be responsible for managing the translation of story sketches into a 3D version of the story reel, overseeing the creation of story composition, staging and initial camera set-up, recommending creative and technical solutions to aesthetic problems. He/she will be held accountable for shot count management, and on time, on budget execution and delivery of up to date layouts throughout production.
Responsibilities Include:
- To use his/her skills to interpret the film’s script to create storyboard panels creating a full story reel.
- Working with the Director and the Producer, to create rough camera blocking through drawn fields of view in all storyboard panels.
- To visualize and conceptualize the story before drawing it, using different angles and maintaining continuity among drawn panels.
- After a first pass of the entire film, to continue to clean up and revise drawn panels taking direction from the Director and Producer.
- For the benefit of the production’s other teams, to communicate with the design, layout and modeling departments when requested by the Producer, Production Designer, Animation Director, Editor, Modeling Supervisor, and / or the Director.
Qualifications Include:
- Following a style, cutting and pasting, drawing and quick sketching, basic backgrounds (buildings, landscapes), perspective and composition, cartoon and realistic drawing styles, story development and interpretation, conceptualization, understanding the animation process (script timing, next step layout)
- Technical Skills: Basic computer literacy plus, storyboard software
- Extremely strong pre-visualisation and artistic drawing skills
- Organizational Skills: Following directions, completing tasks independently, management/delegation (as you advance in job level).
- Feature Film Storyboarding experience an extreme asset.
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 Layout Supervisor - Feature Film
Job details:
Summary of Position: The Layout Supervisor is responsible for leading layout artists in the creation of a cinematic vision for the production that supports the narrative. The successful incumbent will serve as the creative layout lead. He/she will be responsible for managing the translation of story sketches into a 3D version of the story reel, overseeing the creation of story composition, staging and initial camera set-up, recommending creative and technical solutions to aesthetic problems. He/she will be held accountable for shot count management, and on time, on budget execution and delivery of up to date layouts throughout production.
Responsibilities Include:
- To use his/her skills to interpret the film’s script to create storyboard panels creating a full story reel.
- Working with the Director and the Producer, to create rough camera blocking through drawn fields of view in all storyboard panels.
- To visualize and conceptualize the story before drawing it, using different angles and maintaining continuity among drawn panels.
- After a first pass of the entire film, to continue to clean up and revise drawn panels taking direction from the Director and Producer.
- For the benefit of the production’s other teams, to communicate with the design, layout and modeling departments when requested by the Producer, Production Designer, Animation Director, Editor, Modeling Supervisor, and / or the Director.
Qualifications Include:
- Following a style, cutting and pasting, drawing and quick sketching, basic backgrounds (buildings, landscapes), perspective and composition, cartoon and realistic drawing styles, story development and interpretation, conceptualization, understanding the animation process (script timing, next step layout)
- Technical Skills: Basic computer literacy plus, storyboard software
- Extremely strong pre-visualisation and artistic drawing skills
- Organizational Skills: Following directions, completing tasks independently, management/delegation (as you advance in job level).
- Feature Film Storyboarding experience an extreme asset.
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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