Studio: Track VFX
Job Opening: Matchmove Supervisor
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Type: Full Time
Responsibilities:
- Ability to model environments with or without lidars, measurements, and camera information. UV objects when necessary.
- Expert Camera/Object matchmove. Ability to hand-key cameras/objects in Maya
- Ability to take over shots that an artist is unable to complete.
- Ability to Rotoanim a 3D character rig to precisely match actors. Including facial animation
- Strong layout skills, including camera track-overs.
- Meticulous nature with a self-critical eye, and high standards. Able to QC own shots
- Strong problem-solving and identifying solutions without guidance
- Ability to give accurate time estimates for the entire matchmove team
- Highly motivated, and able to work with the entire team/production.
- Mentoring and advancing new junior artists.
- Regularly review and assess individual progress and goals of artists
- Engage in the performance management process such as performance reviews, daily feedback, and mentoring
- Communicate clear and concise issues to the Matchmove Leads.
- Manage all aspects of the department, including leads, and juniors/mids/senior artists.
- Maintain a professional level of knowledge about current developments in matchmove tools for computer graphics
- Collaborate and help develop the full matchmove pipeline to optimize artist workflow
- Work well under pressure. Excellent time management and work to tight deadlines. Handle client revisions in a timely manner
- Positive attitude and excitement for new challenges in an intense production environment
- Team player who excels in a collaborative environment
- Handle client calls for new projects
- Utilize effective communication skills to receive client notes and deliver instructions/feedback to artists
- Accurate time management, handling bidding, and understanding the scope of work required with Production. Meeting production timetables/deadlines and budgets.
- Build strong relationships with clients.
- Provide recommendations and technical solutions to Clients
- Responsible for ensuring that data coming from the set is organized and available.
- Interview and help select new hires
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer graphics or a related subject
- 5+ years experience as a Matchmove Artist
- 2+ years experience as a Matchmove Lead
- Proven ability to manage and mentor a team
- Expert knowledge in focal lengths, film backs, lens distortions, rolling shutters, etc.
- Expert level skills in Syntheyes and/or 3de
- Knowledge of Rigging is a plus
- Strong Knowledge of Photogrammetry
- Strong Knowledge of Maya
- Basic Nuke
- Soft tracking is a plus (vertice animation with no rig)
- The ability to script in MEL and Python is a plus
- MMSolver a plus
- Syntheyes – Geo H a plus
- On-set supervision/ Data Collection a plus
- Keentools a plus, will be required to learn
- Software Knowledge:
- Maya
- Syntheyes and/or 3de
- Nuke
- Shotgun
