ILM Singapore - Lighting TD

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Company Description

Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm Ltd. is one of the world's leading fully-integrated film and entertainment companies. Lucasfilmî–¸ studio in Singapore - Lucasfilm Animation Singapore ?produces digital animated content for film and television, visual effects for feature films and multi-platform games. Recent projects include the CG animated TV series STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS and the Star Wars?The Clone Wars? Jedi Alliance?game for the Nintendo DS platform. The studio also offers a six-month apprenticeship called the JEDI MASTERS PROGRAM (JuMP) which combines classroom-based courses, department-based mentorship, and immersion in the production environment.


Job Description

Lighting Technical Directors (TD) work with direction from the Visual Effects Supervisors and Sequence Supervisors to create the look of computer generated objects and scenes. They are responsible for lighting, shading, rendering, and some compositing. TDs work with other artists such as Animators, Creature TDî–¸ and Compositors to bring the shot together.

- Work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with daily supervision to complete a shot.
- Demonstrates good listening and communication skills by openly receiving direction and criticism by asking good questions to confirm clear understanding of the directions and how to approach what needs to be done. Once clear, implements the requested changes immediately and raises flags right away if a solution is not quickly found or if there are any delays, making sure the Supervisors and Production are kept in the loop and are up-to-date on the status of oneî–¸ shot work.
- Demonstrates basic presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot.
- Demonstrates the development of an eye toward anticipating potential problems and knowing what could look better in oneî–¸ shot.
- Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks managing time well, providing everyone with accurate time estimates on shot task completion


Requirements

- Bachelorî–¸ degree in Computer Science or Computer Graphics with at least 3+ years production experience.
- Possesses strong computer programming abilities with visual arts skills.
- Strong working knowledge of Linux, C programming Python and shell scripting is required.
- Familiar with Maya, Comptime, Zeno, Commodore and Repo.
- Uses a computer keyboard at least 80% of total work time.

Interested applicants are to send in their CV to http://jobs.lucasfilm.com. Please note that only short-listed candidate will be notified.