Mid - Senior Compositor - Australia
About this role
Position: Mid - Senior Compositor
Location: Australia
Who we are
Crafty Apes is a high-end global visual effects company specializing in photoreal VFX. Established in 2011, Crafty Apes operates offices in Canada, the UK, the US, and in Australia with employees working remotely across the globe. Our mission is to bring our clients’ visions to life through exceptional visual effects for film, episodic content, and commercials. Let’s just say: we deliver great shots while having fun!
Crafty Apes and our talented team members have received recognition for outstanding contributions to feature films, and we are looking for a Compositor to join our team in Sydney. The perfect candidate is a team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and embraces individuality and creativity.
What you would do
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Seamlessly integrate the various layers or elements of a live-action shot.
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Tackle shots from start to finish, including roto, tracking, paint, animation and creation of elements, etc.
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Extract mattes from blue/green screen photography.
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Pay strong attention to detail, sense of color, color-space and lighting.
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Composite multi-pass CG elements to create photo real shots.
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Maintain clean and efficient script organization.
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Communicate progress of work to Coordinators, Producers, Leads and Supervisors in a timely fashion.
What you need
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Minimum 3 years ( Mid ) and 5 years ( Senior ) of experience as a compositor in episodic or feature VFX.
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Must excel in tracking and blue/green screens comps.
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Proficient in Nuke, Photoshop, Boujou/Syntheyes/Mocha, Primatte/Keylight/Ultimatte.
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Strong verbal and written communication skills.
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Ability to multi-task, prioritise, take criticism, and work under high pressure with short deadlines.
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Experience working with Shotgrid software preferred.
Crafty Apes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Preference for candidates that have unlimited work rights within Australia
Company at a glance
Crafty Apes® is a full-service visual effects and post-production company started in Los Angeles, with additional studios in Atlanta, New York/New Jersey, London, Montreal, Vancouver and Australia. Founded in 2011 by three visual effects veterans, Chris LeDoux, Tim LeDoux, and Jason Sanford, we now have over 500 talented artists and production staff working to build and share in Crafty's success. Beginning as a VFX (visual effects) studio for film and TV, Crafty Apes has grown to include a talented roster of creative supervisors and production management professionals that offer a full suite of VFX and post-production services, including on-set supervision, VFX consultation, and high-end CG and previsualization services.
Its capabilities include 2D and 3D CGI, digital asset creation, lidar scanning, Mocap (motion capture), rotoscoping, modeling and texturing, rigging, composting, digital matte painting, animation, lighting, FX (effects) and CFX (Character Effects) and the development of new machine learning and artificial intelligence tools for VFX production and post-production workflows.
Crafty Apes' work can be seen on fan-favorite and critically acclaimed films such as The Creator, The Holdovers, Justice League: The Snyder Cut, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Menu, and Violent Night, as well as top episodic series including The Bear, Only Murders in the Building, The Walking Dead: Dead City, and Foundation, to name a few. Past credits include: La La Land, Hidden Figures, Doctor Strange, The Batman, Where the Crawdads Sing, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Conjuring 3, Army of the Dead, Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho, Mulan, Coming 2 America, Jumanji 2, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Into the Woods, 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Stranger Things, The Last of Us, Star Trek: Picard, The Orville, Barry, Westworld, The Staircase, Moon Knight, Peacemaker, The Underground Railroad, Cobra Kai, Star Trek: Discovery...
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