Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a global VFX studio with decades of storytelling experience across the feature film and episodic industries, with award-winning highlights including The Lion King, 1917, The Mandalorian, and Wandavision.    

MPC’s global network of artists is constantly innovating to bring unimaginable ideas to life through cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity. Part of the Technicolor Creative Studios network, MPC continues to lead the visual arts industry, building authentic and long-lasting connections with audiences across screens worldwide.

We are looking for senior compositors who can start immediately on 6 to 8 weeks contract. Successful candidates will have the option of working remotely from home.

• Assist in creation of basic comp scripts for shot templating tools.
• Assist Lookdev/Shot Artists with Roto, prep, keying, stitches, contact sheets, 2D elements.
• DN packaging for local site work.
• Apply retimes to match to editorial reference, publish retimes to the pipeline. Clean up retime artifacts.
• Pick up urgent IM/IN/IR/IDN requests from the ticket queue when other locations are offline or don't have the resource.
• Deliver final shots with blue/green screen replacement with 2.5D DMP/CG ENV and numerous 2D elements to match set look.
• Deliver final shots up to mid level multiple CG characters to set look with minimal interaction.
• Quality control of their own shots before passing to a Lead/Supe for final QC.
• Attend comp dailies and presenting their work to a Supervisor.
• Stereo Triage.

Compositing Essentials: 

• Strong knowledge of Nuke 
• Previous experience working with Linux 
• Knowledge of the entire VFX pipeline 
• Eye for creating photo-realist images 
• Good communication skills 
• Excellent attention to detail 
• Able to work within a team environment 
• Able to review and implement feedback in timely manner 
• Able to identify compositing issues (black levels, key edges, tracks, roto, etc.) 

Any of the following technical skills is a bonus: 

• An education or interest in real world lighting and photography. 
• Experience with Maya, katana and/or Silhouette.

Any of the following experience is a great advantage:

• Experience in compositing visual effects for feature film or high-end episodic.
• Experience doing VFX CG composting and deep compositing.

The details above provide an outline of the skills and experience we are looking out for. Within our artist team structure, we have a range of positions. These are: 

• Key Artist 
• Lead 

During our recruitment process we will be assessing where your skills and experience best fit. 

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