Studio: arx anima
Job Opening: Layout Artist
Location: Vienna, Austria
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Convert 2D storyboards and animatics into 3D layouts, blocking out scenes with character positions and movement, props, and environmental placement.
- Set up and animate cameras to establish framing, angles, movement, and shot composition based on the director’s vision.
- Maintain cinematic continuity between shots, ensuring smooth transitions and proper visual flow.
- Work closely with directors, cinematographers, animators, and VFX teams to develop compelling and immersive sequences.
- Optimize scene layouts to accommodate animation and lighting requirements while maintaining production efficiency.
- Adjust blocking, camera movement, and framing based on director feedback and storytelling needs.
- Ensure perspective, depth, and scale align with cinematic principles and production goals.
- Collaborate with editorial teams to refine pacing and timing before the animation process begins.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Software Proficiency: Expertise in Autodesk Maya for camera layout and staging.
- Cinematic Understanding: Strong grasp of composition, cinematography, depth of field, and visual storytelling.
- Camera Animation: Ability to create dynamic and expressive camera movements that enhance the narrative.
- Collaboration & Communication: Experience working within a team of directors, supervisors, animators, and editors in a film production pipeline.
- Previsualization & Blocking: Ability to translate 2D concepts into 3D previsualization with proper character placement.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot technical and artistic issues related to shot composition and camera setup.
- Degree or diploma in Animation, Film Production, Visual Effects, or a related field.
- Experience in 3D layout for animated feature films or VFX productions.
- Knowledge of real-world cinematography techniques and how they apply to CG animation.
- Experience in Flow Production Tracking (former Shotgrid) is a plus.
