Senior Lighting TD

Essential Functions

The senior Lighting TD must have a professional demo reel that illustrates core understanding of illuminating 3D assets. Some breakdown of the elements you contributed to the final shots is necessary. He/She must be able to work closely with the Lead Lighting TD, and compositors to finish selected shots so that computer generated elements are seamlessly integrated with live-action plates. You are responsible for final 3D scene assembly incorporating the illumination and rendering of all 3D elements required to complete shots as well as compositing to ensure quality and coherency of the elements generated. This position requires such traditional skills as a strong artistic eye for cinematography, composition, photography and high-resolution detail, as well as a good understanding of the principles of digital film compositing such as multi-pass rendering for composite-based control.

Primary Responsibilities
•Deliver elements to the compositing team that are creatively and technically excellent
•Prepare simple composites of the rendered elements for review

Other Responsibilities

•At least 4 years experience with a high-level film or television-based lighting and rendering pipeline (most preferably Maya based)
•Thorough knowledge of RenderMan based rendering software
•Fully understands an “iteration intensive” shot pipeline

Desired Skills

•Some scripting ability in MEL and python is an advantage
•Desire to learn from others and to take on increasingly challenging shots