Cinematic Artist

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Cinematic Artist

 Come join the award-winning God of War development team! Sony Santa Monica Studio is looking for a seasoned cinematic artist to help us continue our cinematic legacy! This individual will contribute to creating cinematic content for Santa Monica Studio’s upcoming project.

As a team member, you will be working closely with the Director of Photography. You will need to have a strong grasp of cinematic language, be fluent in animation methods and comfortable holding a camera. 

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Director of Photography with script breakdowns, scene staging and layout
• Support the Director of Photography with both live action and 3D pre-vis
• Operate the virtual camera when shooting on the Motion Capture stage
• Process and clean up camera data shot on stage
• Animate focus pulling for shot scenes

 Requirements:

• Expert in both Maya and Motion Builder
• Technical acumen – be comfortable learning and working in a game engine environment
• Strong understanding of cinematic language and lensing
• Background in photography or cinematography is a must
• Detail oriented and focused, able to study and memorize choreography
• Ability to accurately execute on a given visual style
• Skilled in conveying framing ideas using rough storyboards
• Passion for video games

Ideal candidate:

• Experience in martial-arts or dance
• Comfortable with basic scripting
• Comfortable directing actors

 Qualifications:

• Preferred education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Animation
• Required Experience
  • 3 years in Video Game Cinematics or Pre-Vis and Layout

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