Lighting Technical Director (Junior & Mid- Fixed Term Contract)

Vfxwire; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucasfilm Visual Effects (India) Private Limited in Mumbai is seeking a skilled Lighting Artist on a 1-year contract. You will create images, lighting, and renders for digitally composited sequences, ensuring adherence to art direction and timing.

You will compile shot elements, optimize lighting setups, mentor junior artists, and communicate status in dailies. A strong eye for color, shading, and realistic lighting is essential; collaboration with supervision is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with CGI for film/TV sequences.
• Ability to design and implement lighting/shadows per art direction.
• Mentor junior artists in lighting and technical aspects.
• Strong collaboration and communication in a team.

Responsibilities

• Creates images, effects and programs for digitally composited sequences.
• Responsible for compiling the various elements of a shot and seeing it through to completion.
• Designs and implements direct and reflected lighting and shadows for assigned shots that meet art and tone direction.
• Develop solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction.
• Able to navigate and use previous setups for at least a dozen shots, insertion of shot specialization, managing multiple assets and lighting setups.
• Management of volumetric light setups, including shadowing and cucoloris development.
• Light, material tweaking and render for actors using CG hair and scattering skin materials.
• Actively work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with daily supervision to complete a shot.
• Demonstrates good listening and communication skills by openly receiving direction and criticism by asking good questions to confirm clear knowledge of the directions and how to approach what needs to be done. Once clear, implements the requested changes immediately and raises flags right away if a solution is not quickly found or if there are any delays, making sure the Supervisors and Production are kept in the loop and are up-to-date on the status of one’s shot work.
• Demonstrates strong presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot.
• Demonstrates the development of an eye toward anticipating potential problems and knowing what could look better in one’s shot.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks managing time well, providing everyone with accurate time estimates on shot task completion.
• Mentors other digital artists in creative Lighting and technical aspects.

Skills

CGI experience

Lighting & shading

Render pipeline

Mentoring junior artists

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Job Summary:

Primary Responsibilities:

This will be on a contract for a Year.

• Looking for people with some CGI Experience.
• Creates images, effects and programs for digitally composited sequences
• Responsible for compiling the various elements of a shot and seeing it through to completion
• Designs and implements direct and reflected lighting and shadows for assigned shots that meet art and tone direction
• Develop solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction
• Able to navigate and use previous setups for at least a dozen shots, insertion of shot specialization, managing multiple assets and lighting setups
• Management of volumetric light setups, including shadowing and cucoloris development
• Light, material tweaking and render for actors using CG hair and scattering skin materials.
• Actively work with competency, energy and enthusiasm within a team environment with daily supervision to complete a shot.
• Demonstrates good listening and communication skills by openly receiving direction and criticism by asking good questions to confirm clear knowledge of the directions and how to approach what needs to be done. Once clear, implements the requested changes immediately and raises flags right away if a solution is not quickly found or if there are any delays, making sure the Supervisors and Production are kept in the loop and are up-to-date on the status of one’s shot work.
• Demonstrates strong presentation/communication skills in dailies/shot review by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot.
• Demonstrates the development of an eye toward anticipating potential problems and knowing what could look better in one’s shot.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks managing time well, providing everyone with accurate time estimates on shot task completion.
• Mentors other digital artists in creative Lighting and technical aspects.

About Industrial Light & Magic:

Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production, and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 325 feature films and has played a key role in seven of the top 10 worldwide box-office hits of all time and has contributed to 25 of the top 50. ILM has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, the company continues to break new ground in visual effects, VR, AR, and Immersive Cinema.

About The Walt Disney Company:

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