Careers

 


Producer
Qualifications: Critical Thinker with knowledge of international coproduction, and historical foreign relations. With experience in 2 or more animated feature length films rated G to PG 13, that have made it to the major film festival circuit 400 theaters or more, and have acquired distribution reaching an audience of at least 100,000+, also anyone with experience in the film financial process of Preproduction, Production, and Post Production film financing, especially with knowledge of the structure of valuation, and knowledgable in trends in the global animation industry. Experience in TV and OTT distribution a plus.
-Detail Oriented

Writer
– A passion for writing adventure stories.
-Familiar with a variety of storytelling structures
-Anyone with a foundation in knowledge of ancient stories (before 500 AD),  parables, classic novels from the 1600s to present, comics, and manga

Storyboard Artist
-Strong portfolio in traditional still life drawing, landscape drawing, figure drawing
-Not required, but experienced in TV/Film, or Advertisement Storyboarding in any genre rated G to PG 13

2D Animator

– Knowledge of the 12 principles of animation: Squash and stretch, Anticipation,Staging,Straight ahead action and pose to pose,Follow through and overlapping action, ease in and out, Arc or Trajectory, Secondary action,Timing & Spacing (animation physics, and anatomy- joints, muscles, materials, structure), Exaggeration, Solid drawing,Appeal.

Timing & Spacing Chart Anatomy 300 dpi

Background Painters
-Strong portfolio in the areas of landscape painting, cityscape drawings, and experience in En plein air paintings a plus. 

-Knowledge of Composition: Rule of Thirds, Lead Line, Rhythm, Pattern, Repetition, Depth of Field, Fill the Frame, Left to Right Rule, Rule of Odds, Framing, Balancing Elements, Symmetry, Atmospheric Perspective, Viewpoint, Depth, Negative Space, Differential Focus, Triangles and Diagonals

Parallax Effect: separating foreground, middle ground, and background into layers

-Working knowledge of the Color Wheel, Color Theory, Color Harmony
-Mediums: Gouache, Traditional Watercolor, Ink, Acrylic, Water soluble Oil paint.

Composer

Write thematic score for Title Scenes
Write the score based on script pacing, and storyboards, compiling all the musical sections needed for the film.
Meets with the director and movie producers, when the film has been shot and is being edited, to discuss music needs for the film.
Takes part in a spotting session, in which the film composer, director and others watch the movie and decide where each segment of music should start and stop in the film, why it’s being included and how it should sound.
The score for a feature film is usually about half the length of the film, so a composer would probably have to write about 50 minutes of music for a 100-minute movie.
Prepares scores for the musicians, or gives notes and a rough score to the arrangers and copyists so that they can provide a complete musicians’ score

Matte Painter
With experience merging 2D & 3D animtion sequences
Has worked on at least 2 motion picture film projects including short, and long format
Excellent Reel, and body of work

Email: Swainfuller@gmail.com
with résumé, portfolio, website, reel (if applicable), 4-6 Sentence Cover Sheet
and 2 professional reference letters, 1 can be from a professor/instructor.