Film Job Description
Film Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective film job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included film job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Film Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Film
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, II, RT, WHT, CTS, CTE, DFSS, DRM, SBEC
Education for Film
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the film job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Film, Engineering, Education, Graduate, Teaching, Business/Administration, Marketing, Communication, Finance, Literature
Skills for Film
Desired skills for film include:
Desired experience for film includes:
Film Examples
Film Job Description
- Supporting the Lead with mentoring and training more junior artists
- Creating models as briefed and/or in line with reference materials
- Understanding and following outlined naming conventions
- Presenting models for progress review to Leads, Supervisors and clients
- Ensuring consistency of UV mapping
- Communicating with other departments and production in order to ensure that the model meets relevant requirements
- Making changes or updates to models as required
- Communicating information quickly and succinctly to crew and other departments in person via e-mail
- Able to create photo-realistic digital matte paintings
- Understand all aspects of the digi-matte workflow with a strong knowledge of how to combine 2D and 3D elements
- The ability to write technical documentation and present your work (wiki, screen cap )
- Creative, resourceful and with strong spatial awareness
- Efficient with layout of UVs and awareness of texture requirements
- Able to interpret and follow reference material to create clean, highly detailed and accurate models
- Able to organise own workflow in a meticulous manner
- Creative conceptual sculpting
Film Job Description
- Manage and leading a team of FX TDs to supply the FX elements for film projects
- Experience working with shoot data including photographic and reference data, HDRIs and photogrammetry
- Assist with and develop the look of a shot/sequence in liaison with the supervision team
- Work alongside the production team to establish schedules and technical requirements
- Work in partnership with CG environment artists and Compositors to ensure shots are delivered to the very highest standard
- Work closely with the VFX Supervisor and Lead Digital Matte Painter to ensure that the plates meet planned concept design requirements
- Seek out and build own photographic reference material
- Communicate creative and technical issues effectively
- Stay on schedule and meet set deadlines while maintaining the highest standards
- Communicate regularly with Production and Leads regarding schedules and deadlines
- Previous experience on CG creature projects
- The ability to work as part of a team in a challenging and deadline orientated environment
- Share techniques, reference materials and ideas with the team
- Continue to become familiar with new tools, software, data and other related technology
- Strong artistic skills with a particular emphasis on real-world lighting/photography an asset
- Ability to split and build your own projection set up
Film Job Description
- Working closely with CG Supervisors to determine the best approach to solving CG challenges and developing the final look
- Developing shots in collaboration with the shot Compositor
- Rendering non-lighting passes as required by the shot Compositor
- Creating efficient rendering set ups in order to optimise render farm usage
- Scrutinising the colours and directions of all light sources in the real-world scene and replicating them in CG
- Shot execution using simulation rigs and the delivery of finished assets to the Lighting department
- Involvement in the development of departmental tools and techniques
- Monitor and report on render jobs for each show
- Monitor, track and report render resource usage for each project
- Balance multiple shows resource needs within the Company's physical capacity
- Strong knowledge of camera focal lengths, a good sense of composition and an understanding of different out-put requirements
- Able to take directions and adaptable to change
- An understanding of 2D compositing software
- Experience of taking photo references to build DMP
- A traditional arts background with an emphasis on photo-realistic work and environments
- Experience with concept arts
Film Job Description
- To use his/her skills to interpret the film’s script to create storyboard panels creating a full story reel
- After a first pass of the entire film, to continue to clean up and revise drawn panels taking direction from the Director and Producer
- Identify render errors and fix/escalate to the relevant department
- Liaise with TDs regarding possible render optimisation
- Assist with out of hours data operations requests
- Monitor disk/data usage out of hours to ensure availability of disk resources
- Identify and communicate consumer marketing strategy across various internal teams (advertising, promotions, publicity, online/social media) to maximize awareness and minimize costs for upcoming releases
- Collaborate with trade marketing and sales to secure placement at brick-and-mortar and digital retailers
- Manage communication with Int’l territories
- Answer questions, by phone and email, from current participants
- An understanding of rigs and typical rigging set-ups, animation pipelines and transferring data between tools
- The proven ability to work under pressure
- Being open to direction and able to embrace change
- Knowledge of human and animal anatomy life drawing skills
- A traditional animation and/or art background
- A basic knowledge of Nuke or similar compositing package, including how to use layers and passes to tweak a shot after it has been rendered
Film Job Description
- Fully support the needs of all A+C Film artists, including budget negotiations, production logistics, and accounting matters
- Some film production management will be required
- Process post-screening information sent by universities and prepare grant checks
- Process incoming grant applications and prepare selection committees in the summer and the fall
- Participate in promoting the program to universities across the United States
- Coordinate DJ sets
- Develop and implement promotional opportunities through give-away contests (follow up with partners and sponsors, coordination, promotion)
- Duties may include event planning tasks (organizing opening reception, coordinating guest lists, ), mailing out of any promotional materials, photographing events, writing content for different media (print, advertising, online media), and administrative tasks
- Supporting the Lead FX TD with mentoring or training more junior artists
- Duties may include photographing events, writing content for different media (print, advertising, online media), and administrative tasks
- Able to work successfully as part of a team independently
- Extensive knowledge of either Renderman, Arnold or similar production renderer
- Basic knowledge of physically plausible shading techniques
- Knowledge and experience in Compositing and Nuke
- Episodic payroll experience and knowledge of Global Vista software a plus
- Experience of creating simulation rigs and setups for shows