MPC Hiring

Location: London

POSITIONS   : Lighting Artist  Senior

                        :Lighting Artist - Mid

                        :Nuke Compositor Mid-Senior

 Lighting Artist  Senior

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Light and render CG elements to match live-action footage and supervisor direction using MPC's lighting toolset.
• Manage render scenes, elements and assets.
• Composite rendered CG elements and live-action footage for daily progress reviews.
• Technically and creatively maintain consistent shot quality and look as defined by Creative Heads & VFX Supervisors, assisting in this process when required.
• Develop shots in collaboration with the shot Compositor.
• Be part of daily progress reviews to obtain feedback from supervisors.
• Deliver renders according to agreed schedule and specifications.
• Work to improve knowledge of MPC's lighting and rendering pipeline.

Experience & Skills

• Substantial production lighting experience
• Advanced understanding of techniques and technologies related to CG rendering and compositing
• Thorough understanding of production pipelines
• Proven technical and creative ability in a broadcast or feature-film production environment
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of a production renderer, particularly PRMan
• Knowledgeable understanding of linux/unix-based operating systems
• Python and MEL scripting experience an advantage

Lighting Artist - Mid

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Light and render CG elements to match live-action footage and supervisor direction using MPC's lighting toolset.
• Manage render scenes, elements and assets.
• Composite rendered CG elements and live-action footage for daily progress reviews.
• Technically and creatively maintain consistent shot quality and look as defined by Creative Heads & VFX Supervisors.
• Develop shots in collaboration with the shot Compositor.
• Be part of daily progress reviews to obtain feedback from supervisors.
• Deliver renders according to agreed schedule and specifications.
• Work to improve knowledge of MPC's lighting and rendering pipeline.

Experience & Skills

• Demonstrable production lighting experience
• Good understanding of techniques and technologies related to CG rendering and compositing
• Good understanding of production pipelines
• Proven technical and creative ability in a broadcast or feature-film production environment
• Good problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of a production renderer, particularly PRMan
• General understanding of linux/unix-based operating systems
• Python and MEL scripting experience an advantage

Nuke Compositor Mid-Senior

The artist will be responsible for putting together visual effects shots, either as part of a team for larger and more complex sequences, or individually on one-off or simpler shots.
The artist should be a team player, taking guidance from the Effects Supervisor, but also be able to work effectively alone.

Primary responsibilities

• Tackling the compositing of shots effectively.
• Delivering final shots that are creatively and technically excellent.

Experience and skills

• Previous years experience with Nuke.
• Strong showreel, with clear information to show what was done, and by whom.
• Good understanding of photography and broadcast, and how the interactions of light, lenses and film emulsions go to make up the image.
• Some understanding of the whole digital pipeline.
• Ability to take direction and structure working practice so that design changes can be efficiently made.

please email your CV and showreel to jobs@moving-picture.com