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DreamWorks Animation creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films, television specials and series and live entertainment properties, meant for audiences around the world. The Company has world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced filmmaking technology and techniques.
DreamWorks Animation has been named one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" by FORTUNEŽ Magazine for four consecutive years. In 2012, DreamWorks Animation ranks #14 on the list. All of DreamWorks Animation's feature films are produced in 3D.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the VFX Supervisor and the Supervising Producer to ensure that their creative vision is upheld by putting practices into place for a smooth pipeline and clean workflow.
- Review storyboard and animatics to ensure that the integrity of production model is maintained for CG final render and reliable compositing across all episodes.
- Ensure the visual style of the show stays in continuity across all episodes and is adhered to by the crew.
- Ensure that partner studio receives clear direction on the final look of each scene within each episode. Provide specific details on critical lighting requirements and note lighting callouts as needed in the tracking software.
- Provide clear directives to the partner studio during the compositing and lighting stage via evaluation of the episodic animation.
- Provide the appropriate level of detail needed to ensure that paintovers, notes and inconsistencies are addressed to maintain the highest quality levels from thepartner studio on final shots.
- Participate in board pitches, animatic reviews and other meetings during early stages of development to learn about the direction and needs required for each episode.
- Communicate storyboard issues and concerns regarding FX/Lighting/Comp prior to animation.
- For new and reused assets provide designs and ensure clear directives are given in early stages of production.
- Work with partner studio to create and implement assets.
Qualifications:
- May require travel to partner studios
- Node-based compositing experience required (preferably Nuke)
- Experience compositing render passes generated from V-Ray and Mental Ray
- Python scripting experience preferred
- Working knowledge of Linear Workflows
- Experience with asset management software
- Basic knowledge of editing software (Premiere Pro or Avid Express)
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TO APPLY
Include a resume and cover letter. Your application requires both for submission. To submit your information, send your resume and cover letter to: jobs@dreamworks.com Please put "Compositing Supervisor, TV" in the subject line Due to the volume of submissions, Dreamworks is unable to personally respond to each applicant or inquiry. If your qualifications meet their needs, the studio will contact you.
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