Rigger
Description
Cinesite Vancouver Inc is hiring a Rigger to help us on an exciting new animated theatrical feature film, The Addams Family!
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Build robust character rigs to Theatrical Feature standardMaintain and improve existing rigs, RnD new technique for future rigs
- Maximize the use of existing assets while developing a flexible framework for future projects
- Develop and maintain animation tools and character interfaces
- pose/animation library
- Animation utilities
- Dynamic parenting
- Continue to develop character pipeline and rigging script libraries
- Assist animators with shot specific technical issues
- Develop crowd system to speed up layout and animation of highly populated shots
- Evaluate and recommend tools/plug-ins or software to help improve production output
Requirements:
- 2+ years proven experience in animation/feature film/broadcast visual effects production
- Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to character rigging and animation
- Understanding of puppet and control philosophy
- Excellent understanding of anatomy, volumes and masses, dynamics and character motion
- Excellent understanding of the animation process, from storyboard to modeling to texturing, animation and rendering
- Production knowledge of Maya, Python and MEL required
- BC residents preferred, but not required
salary: $60,000 - $85,000 including health benefits
Full-time, contract, (2) positions available
location: 708 Powell St., Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1H6
https://www.cinesite.com/careers/
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