Rising Sun Pictures is the only Australian Visual Effects Company

Rising Sun, Adelaide, is looking for Senior Houdini FX TDs, Senior Compositors, Matchmove Artists, Groomers, Riggers, Camera Layout TDs, Pain and Roto Artists and Lead Animators. Check out all the details and apply for the jobs here: 

STEREOSCOPIC ROTO ARTIST:

We are currently working on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "Green Lantern" with both productions working out of our Adelaide office. We are seeking a talented and experienced Stereoscopic Roto Artist to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Basic Shake and/or Nuke proficiency and advanced skills in Silhouette.

- Ability to create accurate mattes for digital composites.

- Liaise with Supervisors, Leads and Compositors in the team to assess roto requirements per shot.

- Ability to prioritise work.

SKILLS:

- Understanding stereoscopic filmmaking principles.

- Experience with the current techniques of viewing stereoscopic work in different viewing scenarios.

- Previous experience on other VFX stereo jobs a necessity.

- Knowledge of working with stereo cameras an advantage.

- Work with the lead in delivering the project to the highest possible standard.

- Work with quality control representative making sure the work is performed to stereo instructions.

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with "STEREOSCOPIC ROTO ARTIST" as the subject

MATCHMOVE  ARTIST:

We are currently working on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” and "Green Lantern" . We are seeking a talented and experienced Matchmove Artist to join our team.

We are seeking a Matchmove Artist to join our team. In this role you will be object-matching and camera tracking shots in PFTrack/Matchmover in a small, dedicated team. Using your professional expertise in object tracking and relying heavily on your understanding of camera attributes, you will enjoy problem solving and collaborating with a team of other artists.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND SKILLS:

- Collaborate with and assist the matchmoving lead in achieving creative and technical objectives

- Demonstrate a basic degree of matchmoving knowledge using PF Track and Matchmover.

- Be able to use additional modelling / animation skills to achieve matchmoving objectives.

- Be able to problem solve.

- Demonstrate ability to meet deadlines and show daily updates of matchmoving.

- Demonstrate awareness of schedule and communicate clearly and immediately inform production of delays or obstacles.

- Communicate in a courteous and constructive manner with your teammates, supervisors and support staff.

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with “Matchmover” as the subject.

SENIOR FX TD:

We are seeking a talented and experienced Houdini FX TD.

RESPONSIBLITIES AND SKILLS:

-Creating a high level of rigid body dynamics, fluid sims, cloth sims and particle effects.

- Understanding and implementing the client's and supervisor's requirements from visual, verbal and written briefs.

- Maintaining style and performance consistency across shots.

- Creating appropriate documentation around FX workflows.

- Creating the necessary render passes for compositing as required by the compositor.

- Inducting more junior FX technical directors.

Skills and Experience:

- Prior experience working in a feature film environment.

- Minimum 4 years Maya experience.

- Scripting experience: Mel; Python

- Show competence in doing simple tracking and animation tasks in order to accomplish the FX work at hand.

- Demonstrate knowledge of shake in creating basic FX comps in order to show the FX work relative to the plate.

- Able to create simple models or tweak existing models as demanded by the FX work.

- Able to create/modify simple shaders in hypershade and Renderman.

- Able to do simple FX rigging tasks such as writing expressions.

- Show a good understanding of cg lighting.

- Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and show daily updates.

- Communicate very clearly and inform production of any issues/obstacles immediately.

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with "Senior FX TD" as the subject.

SENIOR COMPOSITOR:

We are currently working on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” “Green Lantern”. We are seeking talented and experienced Compositors to join our team.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

- Strong appreciation of colour and composition.

- Meticulous and methodical work habits.

- Skilled at using Shake and/or Nuke.

- Must be self-sufficient.

- Python scripting as applicable.

- Linux experience, including use of shell and command-line tools.

- At least 4 years feature film experience strongly preferred.

- Thorough understanding of the math behind comp operations.

- Collaborate and assist the 2D lead in achieving creative deadlines.

- Must be able to work in a team environment.

- Clearly communicate and inform production of issues/obstacles immediately.

- Able to assist other artists as required.

- Able to provide clear and accurate estimates for all work assigned.

- Must be friendly and have fun!

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with “Senior Compositor” as the subject.

GROOMER:

We are currently working on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part

2” and "Green Lantern" and are seeking talented and experienced Groomers

to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Collaborate with and assist character development leads in meeting

creative objectives.

-Create the base look for the fur, hair, or feathers on photoreal CG

characters. Groomer may also work with procedural foliage layout.

-Troubleshoot and optimise fur and hair setups for optimal rendering

-Be able to tailor a desired look within the time available.

-Demonstrate a sound understanding of the 3D and 2D pipeline and how

your work fits within the process.

-Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines and show daily updates.

-Clearly communicate and inform production of issues/obstacles

immediately and be able to present production with solutions.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

-Have a proven record of creating fur and hair for photoreal CG

characters, or creating procedural foliage, in feature films.

-Demonstrate sound knowledge of Maya, commercial grooming tools such as

Maya fur and hair or Shave and a Haircut, and prman or 3Delight.

-Must be able to work in a Linux based operating system, using command

line tools and understand file system navigation.

-Minimum 3 years experience in feature film or animation production.

-Experience with procedurally generated lookdev and character dynamics a

plus.

-Scripting experience (MEL, Python) a plus.

-Must show strong sense of aesthetics.

-Must be friendly and have fun!

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with ‘Groomer' as the subject

RIGGER:

We are currently working on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” and "Green Lantern" in our Adelaide based office and are seeking talented and experienced Rigger to join our team.

In this role you will use your past film experience to create efficient rigs, with naturalistic movement, for anything from complex hero characters to simple props. You must be able to work in a team of animators, modellers and TDs, contributing your knowledge and experience to help produce the highest quality output.

Taking visual, verbal, and written briefs you will be responsible for creating an animation control system for the movement and deformation of characters and props. Taking ownership of your work, you will be able to modify your rigs, and adjust your workflow to meet the requirements of clients and supervisors alike.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Create efficient, easy to use rigs to aid the animation process

- Create a poseable rig used for modelling and surfacing turntables

- Create a real time rig for use in animation scenes which can still hit key performance points

- Create a render rig that can be swapped out with the real time rig

- Must be able to adjust rigs to meet requests from clients and supervisors

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

- Minimum of 3 years experience with Maya in a feature film environment

- Experience rigging photo real creatures with complex cloth simulations

- N Cloth experience preferred

- Experience scripting (in both MEL and python)

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with 'Rigger' as the subject.

CAMERA LAYOUT ARTIST:

We are currently seeking talented and experienced Camera Layout Artist to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Must be able to translate previs into 3D cinematic layouts.

-Determine shots, camera angles and movement.

-Demonstrate ability to replicate real life camera movement.

-Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines and show daily updates.

-Understanding and implementing client and supervisor requirements.

-Problem solve with the team to achieve goals quickly and efficiently.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

-Excellent communication skills.

-Prior experience working on a feature film required.

-Minimum 4 years Maya experience.

-Ability to create layout solutions for multiple types of actions.

-Cinematography experience a plus.

-Strong ability to troubleshoot.

-Professional manner in a sometimes pressured environment.

−Must be able to work in a team environment and have fun!

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with "Camera Layout Artist" as the subject.

STEREOSCOPIC PAINT ARTIST:

We are currently working on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "Green Lantern" with both productions working out of our Adelaide office. We are seeking a talented and experienced Stereoscopic Paint Artist to join our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Basic Shake and/or Nuke proficiency and advanced skills in Silhouette.

- Ability to complete motion paint work such as rig removal, tracking marker removal, and cosmetic fixes.

- Liaise with Supervisors, Leads and Compositors in the team to assess paint and roto requirements per shot.

- Ability to prioritise work.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

- Understanding stereoscopic filmmaking principles.

- Experience with the current techniques of viewing stereoscopic work in different viewing scenarios.

- Previous experience on other VFX stereo jobs a necessity.

- Knowledge of working with stereo cameras an advantage.

- Work with the Lead in delivering the project to the highest possible standard.

- Work with quality control representative making sure the work is performed to stereo instructions.

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with "Stereo Paint Artist" as the subject.

ANIMATOR:

We are currently seeking a talented and experienced Animator to join our team.

In this role you will use your past film experience to animate naturalistic movement, for anything from complex hero characters to simple props, as production requires. You must be able to work in a team of riggers, modellers and tds, contributing your knowledge and experience to help produce the highest quality output.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

-Prior experience animating photo real creatures for feature film.

-Experience working with dynamics an advantage.

-Minimum 5 years Maya experience.

-Understanding and implementing the client's and supervisor's requirements.

-Maintaining style and performance consistency across shots and inline with the character bible.

-Demonstrate a good ability to follow a brief.

-Excellent communication skills.

-Enthusiasm for taking creative critiques from your peers to build high quality performance.

-Ability to use modelling and rigging skills as necessary in order to meet animation objectives.

Please send all applications to employment@rsp.com.au with 'Animator' as the subject