Previs Artist

Framestore Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Previs Artist, where your creativity and technical skills will shine. In this dynamic role, you will design pre-visualised shots and sequences, collaborating closely with directors and supervisors to bring their vision to life. Your expertise in cinematic composition, character animation, and camera techniques will be crucial in shaping the visual narrative. This innovative firm offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance studio collaboration with remote flexibility. If you're passionate about storytelling through visuals and eager to push the boundaries of filmmaking, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong sense of cinematic composition and lighting is essential.
• Ability to work with motion and/or performance capture data.

Responsibilities

• Design pre-visualised shots and sequences based on creative direction.
• Produce technical information in diagram form or animated schematics.

Skills

Cinematic composition

Character animation

Camera animation

Creative direction interpretation

Problem-solving for on-set needs

Understanding shooting methodology

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Adobe After Effects

Unreal Engine

Motion Builder

Blender

Nuke

Houdini

Job description

Framestore is home to a collective of visionaries working across film, advertising, television, and immersive. Our work and skillset are wide-ranging, thanks to a pool of 3500 talented artists and producers in offices across the globe.

Framestore's dedicated Pre-production Services division is looking for a talented Previs Artist. As a Previs Artist, you will design pre-visualised shots and sequences on a project basis, working with the creative direction of the Visualisation Supervisor to define the shot composition, staging, lighting, and camera language - including movement, lens choices, and framing. Our Previs Artists' skill sets are varied but are seen as the in-house cinematographers and 3D storyboarders visualising the Directors initial edit that will go on to inform the shoot and post-production VFX lifecycle.

You will also need to produce technical information in diagram form or animated schematics - otherwise known as 'techvis' - based on the previs.

Framestore’s Pre-production Services was formed in early 2020 to better support our Film & Episodic projects. It encompasses concept art, previs, virtual production, techvis, and postvis, and brings together our unique mix of creativity, innovation, and technical excellence, along with our deep understanding of the filmmaking process.

Framestore offers a hybrid working model, requiring a minimum of two days per week at our central London studio. Depending on project needs, this role may also involve on-set work for up to five days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Strong sense of cinematic composition and lighting.

• Character animation (timing and performance).

• Camera animation.

• Knowledge of cinematic language and technical terminology.

• Able to work with motion and/or performance capture data.

• Able to take and interpret creative direction.

• Adaptable and accepting of creative change throughout a project.

• Understand shooting methodology and can apply.

• Understand the fundamentals of techvis and Virtual Production.

• Able to apply shooting methodology information to Previs to create technical solutions for production.

• Able to solve and design solutions to on-set needs.

• Can translate CG cameras and animation to apply to real-life situations.

Preferred Software Skills:

• Autodesk Maya.

• Adobe After Effects.

• Unreal Engine.

Additional Skills:

• Motion Builder.

• Blender.

• Nuke.

• Houdini.

Framestore is proud to employ extraordinary talent across all genders, races, nationalities, religions, ages, abilities, and sexual preferences. We aim to encourage and support all of our current and future employees to achieve their potential. No job applicant will receive less favourable treatment on any basis when applying for a career with us.