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Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Skydance Animation is excited to welcome an emerging Story Artist as an apprentice. The Story Apprentice will join the studio in a rotational program having opportunities to with the help of their designated mentor hone their craft while working on a real feature production and getting an indepth look at Skydance Animations studio culture including our filmmaking process and our people. In addition a learning curriculum will be built around the apprentice to help support future growth as an artist.

Candidates must be 18 years or older and have approximately 1 year of experience as a visual development artist and/or background painter background designer prop designer etc. but no more than 2 years in feature animation.

#Animation

Responsibilities

    • Use artistic skills to bring characters settings and stories to life
    • Work alongside mentor and team to create a visual representation of the storys narrative
    • Translate script pages by developing thumbnails roughs and storyboards that depict the requirements of the scene/ sequence
    • Pitch storyboards to mentor crew Head of Story and Director and other members of the Skydance Animation creative team
    • Innovate and elevate ideas keeping in mind leaderships requests and vision while adding your own creative flair
    • Modify revise and edit sketches and boards addressing notes
    • Gather reference material for projects
    • Communicate progress of work to mentor and other appropriate staff
    • Ensure quality and style of show is consistently achieved
    • Participate in brainstorming sessions with other story artists
    • Attend and contribute to relevant meetings as needed

Qualifications

    • Must be 18 years or older
    • Approximately 1 year of experience as a visual development artist and/or background painter background designer prop designer etc. but no more than 2 years in feature animation (this can include previous internships trainee experiences etc.
    • Available fulltime 40hrs per week) for 6 months between June 9thDecember 12th
    • Located in or willingness to relocate to the Los Angeles Metropolitan area
    • Portfolio that demonstrates your skills with storyboarding and illustration
    • Eagerness to learn and actively participate in studio offerings
    • Knowledge of anatomy perspective and composition
    • Sense of filmic staging and storytelling entertainment and humor
    • Ability to present storyboards in an effective manner

Employment Type

Trainee

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