Job Summary: About ILM Founded by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, with studios located in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Sydney and Mumbai.
ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50.
ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film.
At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema.
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Your role?
The Compositing Supervisor participates in the supervision and direction of a variety of administrative and personnel decisions, responsibilities, and tasks related to the staff and activities of the Compositing group in addition to assuming show/project responsibilities.
This position serves as the role model and mentor for the Compositing department, with the goal of fostering a team environment.
What will you be doing?
Participates in the supervision and direction of a variety of administrative and personnel decisions and responsibilities including: recruitment, determination of work procedures and priorities, career development, employee morale, performance reviews and conflict resolution.
Participates in the creation and submission of job bids.
Assists the department manager with the employee review process and the scheduling of personnel on shows, providing input on skills, productivity, and career development.
Responsible for honest, timely feedback to Compositing crew members.
Acts as a point person between Production and Compositing crews, providing timely, clear communication.
Assemble crew for production, assess individuals skills and delegate work appropriately.
Responsible for problem solving and communicating issues organizationally, logistically and technically.
Attends show "post mortem" meetings, designing and implementing streamlined processes where applicable.
Assumes Compositing project/show responsibilities as required.
Composite feature effects shots utilizing ILM proprietary software.
Take a lead role in effect design to take advantage of software capabilities.
Consult with Effects Supervisors to ensure their understanding of the compositing system.
Supervise and train less experienced compositing artists.
Responsible for fostering a team environment.
Responsible for all aspects of 2D compositing.
Assesses work for a shot and is responsible for its completion.
Coordinates and combines work of Roto Artists, Matte Painters and 3D Technical Directors.
Is able to perform all tasks necessary to complete a shot; including matte extraction, painting, roto, 2D motion, compositing and use of ancillary 2 1/2 D programs.
To be a contributing member of this team, you will have a mix of these skills: 5+ years of Compositing experience.
Knowledge of matte extraction, painting, roto, 2D motion, compositing and use of ancillary 2 ½ D programs.
Working knowledge of Unix and shell scripting.
Artistic ability.
Understanding of photography, composition, lighting, color and motion.
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ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50.
ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film.
At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema.
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