Layout and Matchmove Supervisor

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Framestore Full time

The Layout and Matchmove Supervisor works with the Head of CG as a senior leader in the layout and matchmove team at Framestore across advertising, episodic TV and Immersive and specialist projects.

This Artist is responsible for CG camera animation using cinematography principles, shot composition and character blocking to pre-visualize shots before the beginning of animation and allowing up stream CG departments to use as the foundation for shot construction.

Our Layout and Matchmove Supervisor will complete their own shots as well as approving work and mentoring other more junior members of the team, and will manage the final look and accuracy of matchmoves and layout shots.

This artist will work closely with Production teams to schedule and cast work, bid new or existing shots, and help estimate crewing needs, as well as overseeing all outsourced work.


Responsibilities:

  • Camera/assets staging/blocking
  • Overseeing Previs and Postvis ingestion
  • Setup and maintenance of Conforms
  • Restaging of cameras and assets when needed
  • Shot content maintenance for animation
  • Overseeing Motion Capture Ingestion/distribution
  • Mentoring more junior artists in the department
  • Working with Production and talent to help manage the department including recruitment of artists
  • Working closely with the Head of CG and being a point of contact for the layout and matchmove department in the division
  • Over seeing all outsourced work and QC'ing to ensure the quality is of a standard set by Framestore

Essential Skills:

  • Strong Maya knowledge with excellent problem solving skills and a solid understanding of the visual effects pipeline
  • Good attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues in order to maintain continuity within the sequence
  • Strong demonstrable experience in sequence and shot composition
  • Good working knowledge of cinematography in a virtual environment
  • Previous experience of scene layout to match previs or storyboard reference (preferred)
  • Excellent understanding of practical cameras and camera techniques
  • Previous experience in camera tracking and animation blocking is advantageous
  • Excellent technical problem solving skills
  • Basic mel and python scripting is ideal but not required
  • Ability to work under pressure on potentially short turn around times
  • Ability to take direction and feedback well from Head of CG/VFX Supervisors
  • Organisation skills and able to create tidy scenes for use in the rest of the pipeline
  • Tracking and MatchMove experience in 3DEqualizer

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