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Technical Director
Tippett Studio
Berkeley, CA
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Tippett Studio is a unique, Academy Award winning, full service visual effects company that specializes in CG character animation for movies and television commercials. Founded in 1984 by Phil Tippett, the Studio is located in Berkeley, California.
We are currently hiring experienced Technical Directors.
Technical Director
The Technical Director adds the lighting that creates atmosphere, realism, tone and depth to a scene; visually balancing individual elements to enable the compositors to produce a convincing image.
Essential Functions
• Design and implement lighting and shadows for assigned shots and ensure consistency in lighting, color balance, and mood between the various elements of a shot or scene.
• Ensure that assigned shots fit the continuity of the sequence.
• Clean set-ups and quality checks final frames.
• May composite and render elements together to create final frames.
• Develop solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction.
• Participate in team reviews of work under development.
• Effectively resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur.
• Ensure the CG looks photo-realistic to match the live action plates.
• Know the production schedule, and anticipate work load problems and bottlenecks.
• Understand technically how assets are put together, how data flows through the pipeline, and who is responsible for each part.
• Attend all meetings, dailies, show kickoffs, and other appointments as necessary.
• May work closely with R&D Department in the updating and/or development, testing, and roll out of tools and procedures.
• Quickly and effectively troubleshoot render issues with regard to look and/or escalate, as necessary.
• Maintain an ongoing knowledge of the various attributes and options in PRMan and how each affects both quality and speed of our work.
• Participating in creating workflows, tools, and techniques that can be passed off to other TDs to increase quality and efficiency, and decrease errors.
• Maintain accurate space and render time estimates.
• Participate in updating show webpage documentation.
Remote work available.
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Tippett Studio is a unique, Academy Award winning, full service visual effects company that specializes in CG character animation for movies and television commercials. Founded in 1984 by Phil Tippett, the Studio is located in Berkeley, California.
We are currently hiring experienced Technical Directors.
Technical Director
The Technical Director adds the lighting that creates atmosphere, realism, tone and depth to a scene; visually balancing individual elements to enable the compositors to produce a convincing image.
Essential Functions
• Design and implement lighting and shadows for assigned shots and ensure consistency in lighting, color balance, and mood between the various elements of a shot or scene.
• Ensure that assigned shots fit the continuity of the sequence.
• Clean set-ups and quality checks final frames.
• May composite and render elements together to create final frames.
• Develop solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction.
• Participate in team reviews of work under development.
• Effectively resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur.
• Ensure the CG looks photo-realistic to match the live action plates.
• Know the production schedule, and anticipate work load problems and bottlenecks.
• Understand technically how assets are put together, how data flows through the pipeline, and who is responsible for each part.
• Attend all meetings, dailies, show kickoffs, and other appointments as necessary.
• May work closely with R&D Department in the updating and/or development, testing, and roll out of tools and procedures.
• Quickly and effectively troubleshoot render issues with regard to look and/or escalate, as necessary.
• Maintain an ongoing knowledge of the various attributes and options in PRMan and how each affects both quality and speed of our work.
• Participating in creating workflows, tools, and techniques that can be passed off to other TDs to increase quality and efficiency, and decrease errors.
• Maintain accurate space and render time estimates.
• Participate in updating show webpage documentation.
Remote work available.
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