VFX Supervisor,
Lucasfilm Entertainment
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Job Summary:
Description
Position at Industrial Light & Magic
The VFX Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the artists group, ensuring work is created to the quality and standards requested by the client and the Producer, addressing technical issues, and identifying best practices and approaches as needed. The VFX Supervisor works with Animation Director and Producer to set an optimistic and enthusiastic tone on a show.
Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Provide accurate timely feedback to artists, in conjunction with other project leaders (producer, animation director). Keeps department managers informed of feedback.
• Know the limitations of his/her knowledge (e.g., technical, aesthetic, client-handling skills, etc.) and seek expert advice when appropriate.
• Be aware of the impact creative decisions have on a show's schedule & budget, and be willing to change the creative choices, when possible, to stay on schedule budget.
• Anticipate potential production problems and proactively suggest solutions, as appropriate.
• Assist and promote ILM 'best practices' across the show.
• Delegate creative and technical tasks, as needed, to the appropriate personnel in order to maintain an overview of the creative and production goals of the show.
• In concert with ILM management, mentor potential supervisory up-and-coming talent.
• Represent ILM professionally and positively both within and outside the industry.
• Proactively seek solutions to production problems, both logistical and creative.
• Proactively listen to the client's (director's) desires and guide him/her to solutions which solve the underlying issues in telling the story artistically and affordably.
• Manage the client's expectations of the technology (and the affordability, in conjunction with the producer).
• Sell finished shots appropriately in support of the overall show requirements.
• Play a proactive key role in marketing ILM's services to the industry.
• In conjunction with other show leaders, anticipate and solve problems.
• Juggle and prioritize shots, working within limited resources.
• Work as a team with the producer, animation director and others to lead the crew.
Job Requirements
• Overall aesthetic & quality issues:
• Ability to recognize the focal point of shot toward the telling of the overall story and work toward it (stay focused on the goal and not noodle unnecessary details).
• Demonstrate excellent shot design skills in guiding pre-visualization of sequences of shots.
• Demonstrate excellent photographic and artistic knowledge in background plate shooting as well as execution of shots (including but not limited to an awareness of depth-of-field, composition, atmospheric haze, etc.).
• Demonstrate knowledge of quality editing in the telling of a story (from storyboards to finished sequences).
• On projects with the opportunity to design characters, collaborate with and help guide key concept artists toward the director's vision.
Technical Knowledge & Breadth of Knowledge:
• Demonstrate the ability to manage artists (even those who may work outside of the supervisor's technical specialty) efficiently toward successful final shots.
• Be aware of new technical developments within and outside ILM.
• Proactively pursue in-depth knowledge of the new developments to further his or her ability to do leading-edge work.
• Recognize one's limitations in one's current technical knowledge and seek to broaden that knowledge.
• Assist ILM's documentation and dissemination of new techniques developed on his or her show.
• Be technically versatile enough to comprehend the several technical solutions to anyone problem.
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 with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. 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 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.
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