Lighting Artist
Description
The Lighter is responsible for hands on operation of a CG workstation to
create desired lighting effects across shots and sequences. The
position requires a high degree of technical skill and artistic
judgment. Although more of an artistic role than a technical role, some
technical understanding is beneficial. The lighter must be able to
balance artistic requirement with the technical limitations of the
software and hardware employed.
Responsibilities and Duties
•
Work with and support the Lead Lighter, CG Supervisor and VFX
Supervisor to fulfill the creative vision of the show within technical
parameters
• Help create and/or modify lighting templates, as required
• Troubleshoot technical production issues, as required
• Must work within the Method pipeline and publish tools and scripts as prescribed
• Must manage own disc space to fit within quota
• Communicate creative and technical issues effectively
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Be aware of inefficiencies in any area of the pipeline that are
impacting the lighting artists’ ability to work efficiently, and flag
these issues as necessary
• Work to help correct inefficiencies with the artists and TDs available
• Other miscellaneous duties as required from time-to-time by the Lighting Lead
Qualifications
• Minimum two years experience as a lighter on live action, feature film projects
• Excellent artistic skills, with a particular emphasis on real-world lighting/photography an asset
• Full understanding of colour theory and LUTs
• Expert knowledge of Maya and/or possibly Houdini
• Tool building and scripting knowledge an asset (Python, hscript, mel, bash)
• Knowledge of one or more of the following renderers, depending on show requirements: vray, mantra, mentalray, renderman
• Knowledge of Nuke and Photoshop an asset
• Demonstrable ability to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas
• Able to take directions and adaptable to change
• Good at improvising and problem-solving
• Linux experience preferred
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