Crowd/Fix Animator

Description

About Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E and most recently, Up. The Northern California studio has won 21 Academy Awards® and its ten films have grossed more than $5 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The next film release from Disney/Pixar is Toy Story 3 (June 18, 2010).

Crowd Animator Responsibilities:

• Responsible for generating animation cycles for use in crowd simulations, as well as animating background characters in standalone shots.
• Work closely with the Crowds technical team to ensure proper incorporation of animation, as well as provide support and feedback.
• Clean up and refine crowd simulations, and integrate additional animation
• Finish high quality work for Director or Lead approval in a timely manner

Fix Animator Responsibilities:

• Attend animation dailies in order to be familiar with the history of a shot. Review animation renders and attend render check and film dailies to identify problem shots
• On computer workstation, responsible for mechanical as well as aesthetic fixes to finaled work (i.e., intersections, motion blur pops, eye line adjustment, cloth adjustment, lip synch, reanimation and polish)
• May assist the Fix Coordinator to enter notes of adjustments into the Production database
• Communicate with Fix Coordinator and Supervising Animators regarding performance based fix's trends and consistent problems
• Finish work for Director or Supervising Animator approval in a timely manner