Lighting Td

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Image Engine Design Full time

Based in Vancouver BC, Image Engine is a world-class visual effects studio led by a team of creative and passionate individuals who are committed to furthering the art of visual storytelling.

We offer a full range of visual effects services from concept designs and pre-visualization to computer-generated animation, compositing, and explosive volumetric digital effects.


Involved from the very first stages of production, our exceptionally talented crew works closely with clients to push artistic and technical boundaries.

R&D is central to our philosophy of driving creativity through innovation, with a focus on continually evolving our robust production pipelines and pioneering in the area of proprietary software development.


Well-known for our groundbreaking alien animations in Neill Blomkamp's critically-acclaimed film District 9, we have gone on to produce more award-winning work in The Mandalorian, Game Of Thrones, Lost in Space, Jurassic World, Elysium, and most recently, we received an Emmy Award for our VFX work in The Book of Boba Fett.

Our recent productions include

The Mandalorian:
Season 3, The Three-Body Problem, Willow, The School for Good and Evil, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Moon Knight,

Fantastic Beasts:
The Secrets of Dumbledore, Snowpiercer, Hawkeye, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Mulan, and much more.

POSITION PURPOSE
The Lead Lighting TD plays a very important role in the quality control and leadership of the Lighting team. They set the positive tone of the team by exhibiting encouraging and constructive behavior. The Lead is responsible for communicating internal and client notes/feedback to artists in a straight forward manner.

They will provide leadership, training, guidance, and support to the rest of the Lighting team while still handling most of the hero work on active shows to ensure all deadlines are met.

Also, the Lead may sometimes need to assess Lighting tasks and delegate those tasks to the team. They will maintain clarity and focus during peak periods to ensue show delivery.


The Lead Lighting TD will also contribute to the overall operation and improvement of the Lighting team by setting and maintaining department standards.

This will include, but will not be limited to engaging in cross-department communication, flagging/providing solutions to critical issues, documentation, taking part in interviews and participating in the buddy system for new employees.

They will also review all shots and ensure minimum quality levels before submitting to the Lighting or VFX Supervisor.

In addition, the Lead will develop new processes and stay up to date on innovative technologies to keep the Lighting team on the cutting edge.


DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Communicate the creative brief and realworld references from the VFX Supervisor and Director to the Lighting team
  • Communicate successes and challenges faced by the team to the Lighting Supervisor
  • Take direction from the Lighting Supervisor to help realize the vision of the shots through the lighting team
  • Work with the CG Supervisor to set up shots and develop the look of the shots
  • Work with Composting team members to achieve high quality complex composites
  • Responsible for working with the Lighting Supervisor to assess, assign and monitor lighting needs
  • Design and develop procedural and innovative tool sets, pipelines and techniques for the Lighters
  • Ensure continuity is upheld across shots and sequences
  • Offer guidance and mentoring for junior to midlevel lighter
  • Light multiple types of shot ensuring consistency in lighting, colour balance and mood between the various elements of the shot or sceneManage time and resources to meet weekly targets
  • Promote interdepartmental collaboration

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • 5+ years' experience in Lighting digital VFX for film or commercials
  • Experience leading teams (6+ people) on large projects of 300 + shots
  • Good understanding of photography and film, and how the interactions of light, lenses and film emulsions go to make up the image
  • Thorough understanding of a linear colorspace workflow
  • Excellent attention to detail when finalizing, approving or quality controlling shots
  • Ability to balance quick turnaround while achieving a high degree of aesthetic quality

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Technical skills

  • Understanding of Lead best practices
  • Ability to train and coach artists in lighting techniques and best practice
  • Expert Knowledge of a physically plausible renderer like Arnold
  • Strong aptitude for technical workflow challenges such as directory structure, file formats, naming conventions, scripts, automation tools, automated dailies, etc.

Core skills

  • Ability to help with bidding; determine the timeframe and scope required for each project
  • Ability to troubleshoot and deal with competing priorities and projects
  • Ability to create multiple types of Lighting scenarios
  • Capable of managing a team of artists; setting expectations, and managing thei

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