Story Apprentice
Story Apprentice
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Job Description
Skydance offers a dynamic inclusive and everevolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hardworking Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the worlds most collaborative art form can achieve and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio thats doing something different.
If youve ever dreamt of what the early days of Hollywood must have been like of what it takes to roll up your sleeves and break new ground figure out a new process and to one day say I was there when it all began then welcome aboard
For information on Skydances privacy practices see theSkydance U.S. PersonnelPrivacy Notice located athttps://skydance/privacypersonnel/.
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.
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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 story artist and/or revisionist 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
The hourly rate for this nonexempt position in Santa Monica is $44.20hr.
You must be available to work fulltime from 9:00 AM 6:00 PM (PT) for the duration of the program (MonFri June 9 to December 12.
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality eventlevel entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film television interactive and animation divisions.
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