Luma Pictures is an artist-run feature film VFX studio located a few blocks
from the beach off of Abbot Kinney in Venice, California. We maintain a
unique culture with an amazingly talented staff that consistently cranks
out top notch work. Staff and project positions are available for
exceptional artists in the following position(s):

FX Artists:

Ideal Requirements:
- feature film experience using Real Flow
- proficiency with maya particles, fluids and rigid/soft body dynamics
- proven ability to create fire, water, dust, debris, snow, steam, fog
- mel scripting

Pluses:
- good design sense for creating abstract effects
- experience with Syflex cloth simulation
- experience with Shave and a Haircut Fur/Hair creation

Lighter/Compositors:

Requirements:
- a good aesthetic sense
- thorough understanding of multi-pass rendering
- experience with Image Based Lighting and traditional cg lighting techniques
- ability to generate basic shake comps using your elements

Pluses:
- solid technical knowledge of mental ray shader networks

Shake Compositors:

Requirements:
- proven working knowledge of Shake workflow
- thorough understanding of color space (log/lin) and keying techniques
- demonstrated seamless integration of 3D and practical elements into live action plates
- 3D experience a major plus

Animators:

Requirements:
- your reel MUST demonstrate mastery of the fundamental mechanics of animation, weight and timing
- experience creating believable characters, as opposed to cartoony

Pluses:
- familiarity with using motion capture data
- facial animation experience
- rigging experience

Rotoscope Artist/Jr. Compositors:

Requirements:
- must know shake and/or combustion
- ability to produce accurate mattes from live action plates
- experience with clean removal of wires/rigs using paint and/or clean plate/tracking techniques
- must match film grain when creating clean plates

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Additional requirements:
- good work ethic
- positive attitude
- relentless attention to detail
- strong problem solving and communication skills
- desire to learn and contribute to a sophisticated pipeline

Pluses:
- Los Angeles area residents with 2+ years feature film experience preferred
- programming or scripting experience in any language(s)

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Please forward resumes and links to your online reel/portfolio to jobs@luma-pictures.com or snail mail to address below (EMAIL/WEB is preferred):

Subject: Recruiting (and position you are applying for)
Luma Pictures
248 Westminster Ave.
Venice, CA 90291

Mail submissions should include:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Reel breakdown
- Reel as quicktime file on a data DVD/CD (preferred) or playable DVD

www.luma-pictures.com