Cinematics Director - 10m+ Contract - Guildford, Surrey, UK
Cinematics Director - Games
10m+ Contract
Start date - anytime between now and October 2011
Guildford, Surrey
£TBC (expected to be approx. £250pd)
Onsite/Full-time
Our client is a multi-award winning developer and is amongst the best game studios in the world with a world class team of game makers at its heart. They currently have an exciting opportunity in their art department for a Cinematics Director.
To be a part of this talented team you need to be passionate about games and committed to being the best in the world at what you do. You need to know what matters to the people who play their games and be passionate about surpassing their and our, expectations.
Overview of the Cinematics Director position:
Our client is looking for a talented and motivated Cinematics Director. The successful candidate will help bring a movie-like quality to the narrative by driving the creation of engaging cut scenes. The Cinematics Director is involved in breaking down the script, storyboarding, and overseeing dialog recording. During production, a Cinematic Director oversees the creation of in-game cut scene and trailer footage using our 3D commercial package and in house tools to manipulate the blocking, framing, and timing.
- Direct the creation of cut scenes that support the game narrative
- Responsible for managing other members of the Cinematics team
- Generates script breakdown, and directs the creation of storyboards
- Learns to use a proprietary tool to manipulate blocking, framing, and timing
- Advise team members on technical and creative issues
- Work closely with the Art director and Leads from other disciplines
- Lead a team, keeping them engaged throughout the development process and supporting them in their professional growth
Skills and experience required for the Cinematics Director position:
- Able to closely collaborate with the Art Director and Technical Art Director
- A solid understanding of composition and camera language
- Understanding of scene lighting
- Visual storytelling ability
- Ability to learn and work with proprietary tools
- Demonstrated leadership abilities and experience
- Ability to effectively interact and collaborate, in meetings or through one-on-one conversations with the different departmental leads (Design, Art, Programming, etc.)
- Must have an understanding of the key aspects of game development including how to work effectively with a real-time engine
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent decision making capabilities
- Avid gamer with a passion for creating top-quality games
- Familiarity with graphics tools such as 3DS Max, Maya, Motion Builder, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, ZBrush, and Photoshop
- Film School or Classical Animation background, ideally with a degree in Fine Arts or Computer Animation
**We also have an opening for a Cinematics Animator with this client**
For more information and to apply for the Cinematics Director (or Cinematics Animator) position, please call Jenny Terry on 02392 322361 or e-mail jterry@strgroup.co.uk.
10m+ Contract
Start date - anytime between now and October 2011
Guildford, Surrey
£TBC (expected to be approx. £250pd)
Onsite/Full-time
Our client is a multi-award winning developer and is amongst the best game studios in the world with a world class team of game makers at its heart. They currently have an exciting opportunity in their art department for a Cinematics Director.
To be a part of this talented team you need to be passionate about games and committed to being the best in the world at what you do. You need to know what matters to the people who play their games and be passionate about surpassing their and our, expectations.
Overview of the Cinematics Director position:
Our client is looking for a talented and motivated Cinematics Director. The successful candidate will help bring a movie-like quality to the narrative by driving the creation of engaging cut scenes. The Cinematics Director is involved in breaking down the script, storyboarding, and overseeing dialog recording. During production, a Cinematic Director oversees the creation of in-game cut scene and trailer footage using our 3D commercial package and in house tools to manipulate the blocking, framing, and timing.
- Direct the creation of cut scenes that support the game narrative
- Responsible for managing other members of the Cinematics team
- Generates script breakdown, and directs the creation of storyboards
- Learns to use a proprietary tool to manipulate blocking, framing, and timing
- Advise team members on technical and creative issues
- Work closely with the Art director and Leads from other disciplines
- Lead a team, keeping them engaged throughout the development process and supporting them in their professional growth
Skills and experience required for the Cinematics Director position:
- Able to closely collaborate with the Art Director and Technical Art Director
- A solid understanding of composition and camera language
- Understanding of scene lighting
- Visual storytelling ability
- Ability to learn and work with proprietary tools
- Demonstrated leadership abilities and experience
- Ability to effectively interact and collaborate, in meetings or through one-on-one conversations with the different departmental leads (Design, Art, Programming, etc.)
- Must have an understanding of the key aspects of game development including how to work effectively with a real-time engine
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent decision making capabilities
- Avid gamer with a passion for creating top-quality games
- Familiarity with graphics tools such as 3DS Max, Maya, Motion Builder, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, ZBrush, and Photoshop
- Film School or Classical Animation background, ideally with a degree in Fine Arts or Computer Animation
**We also have an opening for a Cinematics Animator with this client**
For more information and to apply for the Cinematics Director (or Cinematics Animator) position, please call Jenny Terry on 02392 322361 or e-mail jterry@strgroup.co.uk.