technique des effets | FX Technical Director
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30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job description
A multi Oscar-winning creative studio we have worked with some of the greatest storytellers in film today. Collaborating with directors and producers across the complete filmmaking process to help design plan and create beautiful images we focus on finding innovative creative solutions to support their vision and set new standards for visual effects in cinema.
Framestore combines talent and technology to bring life to everything we create whether in film TV advertising or immersive experiences. Driven by creativity and inspired by the future we set out every day to reframe the possible.
FX Technical Directors create CG renditions of naturalistic physical or magical phenomena such as fire water clouds smoke physical destruction and particulate.
What youll do:
Creating particle rigid-body fluid cloth fur and/or hair simulations or animations
Applying lighting and shaders to produce the final rendered image or passing the simulation on to a Lighting Technical Director
Using a variety of commercial and proprietary FX tools including Maya Houdini
Working in partnership with other departments to ensure that shots are delivered to the highest possible standard
Working within the team to determine the various design solutions needed to create the effects
Designing and creating images elements effects pipelines tools and techniques
Helping to design solutions involving a more procedural approach in order to create the effects required
Producing reviewable composites of all FX elements for a shot. Sometimes FX TDs will be expected to produce final renders too
Job requirements
What were looking for:
An excellent knowledge of Houdini and/or Maya
A thorough understanding of the techniques and technologies relating to FX simulation and procedural animation
Previous experience producing effects such as smoke fire clouds water steam and explosions in addition to simulation techniques for rigid-bodies cloth and hair
A good understanding of animation and an eye for motion
A good understanding of the entire visual effects process
A familiarity with pipeline issues especially working between multiple packages
A working knowledge of at least one compositing application (e.g. Nuke) and a solid understanding of the compositing process
Strong Vex hscript and/or Mel scripting skills
You might also have:
Programming skills with C/C along with knowledge of the Houdini HDK and/or Maya API
Python and Unix shell scripting
Experience with other render packages
Framestore is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- Montreal Canada
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- Fundraising
- Management Experience
- Coaching
- Analysis Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- negotiation
- Supervising Experience
About Company
Framestore is an Academy Award winning visual effects house that combines talent and technology to reframe the possible in advertising, film, episodic and immersive experiences.
