Jobs: Jr.level feature animator for ReelFX in Dallas, TX.

reelFx

From their site:

This would be for a junior level feature animation position on the film “Rock Dog” with an August 2014 start date.

The Animator is responsible for bringing characters to life by creating performance and motion based on storyboards, animatics and other visual reference. This is a great opportunity for a recent graduate to get into the studio system and shine. We are looking for proactive, ambitious, self-starters to hit the production floor hard and really show us what they are capable of doing.

· Create lip-sync, facial, and body character animation as well as prop animation

· Partner with the Director, Animation Supervisor and other staff in order to understand and execute creative direction

· Maintain high quality and productivity throughout projects

· Communicate work status to the Animation Supervisor and Production Management staff

· Attend dailies, accurately address critique and comments from supervisors, and complete revisions in a timely manner

· Consistently meet production deadlines

Education and Experience:

· Requires some experience in Feature Film and/or Commercial production with an emphasis on animation

· Strong demonstration of animation principles, timing, and acting choices

· Ability to create broad and subtle styles of animation

· Proficient with Maya

· Ability to work in a team environment and take direction

· Ability to provide feedback to other artists

· Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills

· A creative problem solver who is organized and critical of his or her own work.

· A history of consistent high-end aesthetic and technical execution

Note: This job description is not meant to be all inclusive. Employee may be required to perform other duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization
You can apply at their site here.

Self Promote:BETWEEN FRAMES, THE ART OF BRAZILIAN ANIMATION

BETWEEN FRAMES:  THE ART OF BRAZILIAN ANIMATION

A production by Ideograph.  Directed by Eduardo Calvet. Produced by Felipe Haurelhuk.  Brazil, 2013.
Almost centennial, Brazilian’s animation history brings such rich and exciting characters that its importance spreads all over our lives, and not only in Brazil. Cartoons like ‘Fishtronaut’ and ‘My Big Big Friend’ are beloved by children worldwide, in more than 80 countries. Advertising animations has also built its mark with several prizes through decades. And the amazing stories just go on and on. ‘Between Frames – The Art Of Brazilian Animation’ shows how Brazilian animation was built on the last 97 years, by the hands of their creators. The most memorable pieces of that art and immortal creations of all times were not forgot! Directed by Eduardo Calvet and produced by Felipe Haurelhuk, the movie’s international première in Palm Beach (USA) was just the beginning of a bright trajectory that includes the official selection for the legendary Annecy International Animated Film Festival, in France!
Throughout interviews, all the most important Brazilian animators may be see on the screen. Carlos Saldanha (‘Ice Age 2’ and ‘Rio’) talks about his experience on US since 1990’s. Mauricio de Sousa (‘Monica’s Gang’) explains how he could release movies as popular as Disney’s in Soth America! Andres Lieban (“My Big Big Friend”) and Célia Catunda (‘Fishtronaut’) explore the creation of theirs highly successful TV series. And Marcos Magalhães shows how Anima Mundi was created and became one of the world’s most important animation film festival.
The historical view is also there regarding the first fifty years, with its stories and difficulties. The very first Brazilian animation, for example, was ‘The Kaiser’ (1917), directed by Álvaro Marins. Unfortunately, the lack of preservation made the short movie lost forever. With a single picture of reference from a magazine, eight animators have recreated the movie nowadays! Each one of them used a different technique, which range from traditional 2D cartoons to light-painting. The final result is incredible: a brand new version of ‘The Kaiser’, built by mixed techniques and styles.
Some movies saved from total deterioration are also there: ‘The Adventures of Virgulino’ (1930) is a fine example. It’s director Luiz Sá had the dream of meeting Mr. Walt Disney on his trip to Brazil in 1940’s, but Brazilian federal government haven’t allowed it, so his movie was sold and never recovered until this documentary started to be produced. Only a digital frame-by-frame restoration was able to bring all the beauty of Sa’s work back.
All the strength of regional Brazilian production is there as well, like Chico Liberato’s work from Salvador and the influence of northeast cordel at his movies. Heroic work is the key to describe ‘Amazon Symphony’ (1951), directed by Anélio Latini Filho: the artist draw almost half million frames all by himself to complete the movie. Two decades later, Ypê Nakashima did the same to release the first feature-length animation film in color: ‘Piconzé’ (1971). In 1990’s, in one of the most difficult times for Brazilian cinema after EMBRAFILME closed its operations, the hard work of Otto Guerra to release a movie without any financial support. And Roberto Miller’s abstract work inspired by Norman MacLaren, wich gave us the first important international recognition.
Publicity has never been forgotten. With dozens of prizes since 1970’s, the most important and memorable pieces are registered in the documentary. Rare TV material and archive footage is available, including many award-winning creations. Finally, the production’s new boom, which releases not only for local market, but worldwide. Animation language is global!
Don’t miss this documentary! You’ll probably never have the chance to see Brazilian’s animation history again. This is, for sure, the first and most complete movie to bring all the most important pieces of it together in just 100 minutes of pure excitement and magic revelation. We promise that you’ll never watch Brazilian animation with the same eyes again!

News: Cartoon Network Green-lights Two Additional Seasons as Third Season Set

Cartoon Network Doubles Down on Global Hit Series The Amazing World of Gumball   Network Green-lights Two Additional Seasons as Third Season Set to Premiere June 2014 in United States   Cartoon Network announced today they have greenlit two additional seasons of their international hit series The Amazing World of Gumball, bringing the total order to five seasons. 

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Created by Ben Bocquelet and directed by Mic Graves, The Amazing World of Gumball is the first full-length animated series out of Cartoon Network Studio Europe. The series about an amusing blue cat named Gumball and his best buddy Darwin, a pet goldfish, combines 2D and 3D animation in a live-action setting. Season three of The Amazing World of Gumball is slated to premiere Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. on Cartoon Network U.S.

This five time BAFTA award-winning series has garnered numerous awards around the world including honors from The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (International Emmy® Awards), Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (MIFA) and ASIFA-Hollywood (Annie Awards) and is produced at Cartoon Network’s EMEA studio, Great Marlborough Productions, in Shoreditch, London. In the United States, season two of The Amazing World of Gumball ranked #1 in its timeslot among kids 6-11 and boys 2-11 & 6-11 and also ranked #1 in its Wednesday timeslot among all targeted kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 plus boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, according to Nielsen Media Research.

A top-rated global phenomenon, The Amazing World of Gumball reached a total of 36.5 million primetime viewers across EMEA between January and March of 2014.   The Amazing World of Gumball tells the story of an extra-ordinary suburban family who just happen to live in an ordinary town. The series follows the misadventures of 12-year-old Gumball and his family in the wonderful little town of Elmore. Along with Gumball and Darwin there’s Dad, a 6’4” pink rabbit who stays at home while Mom works in the rainbow factory and Anais, a 4-year-old genius bunny. Gumball faces the trials and tribulations of any 12-year-old; like being chased by a rampaging T-Rex, having a robot steal his identity or dressing as a cheerleader to impress the girl of his dreams. Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com) is regularly the #1 U.S. television network in prime among boys 6-11 & 9-14. Currently seen in 99 million U.S. homes and 194 countries around the world, Cartoon Network is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service now available in HD offering the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for kids and families. In addition to Emmy-winning original programming and industry-leading digital apps and online games, Cartoon Network embraces key social issues affecting families with solution-oriented initiatives such as Stop Bullying: Speak Up and the Move It Movement. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.  

SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research based on Live+7 data. 08/14/12-12/03/13. Excludes Sneak Peek. 2 telecasts minimum. Techedge. Local Kids Targets, Local Kids Dayparts, 01/01/14 – 30/03/14. Reach 3min+ Viewing BARB kids 4-15 0600-2100    

 

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News: GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL REDESIGNS SIGNATURE BABY GENIUS® BRAND CHARACTERS AS PART OF OVERALL BRAND RELAUNCH IN 2014

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GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL REDESIGNS SIGNATURE BABY GENIUS® BRAND CHARACTERS AS PART OF OVERALL BRAND RELAUNCH IN 2014

 

Character Illustrations Created By Celebrated “David & Goliath” Founder and Artist, Todd Goldman

 

Beverly Hills, CA (May 27, 2014) — Genius Brands International, Inc. (“GBI”) (OTCQB:GNUS), a global brand management company dedicated to providing entertaining and enriching ‘content with a purpose’ for toddlers to tweens, continues to announce new initiatives for its Baby Genius® brand as part of the 2014 brand re-launch, with the unveiling today of new fun and fresh redesigns of the Baby Genius® signature characters from celebrated artist and self-described professional doodler Todd Goldman. The announcement was made today by Amy Moynihan Heyward, President of GBI.

 

“We are thrilled with all of the new initiatives we have in place for Baby Genius this year and are continuing to develop new avenues for expanding the brand,” commented Moynihan Heyward. “Todd’s designs and illustrations evoke a sense of fun and spirit that we wanted to incorporate into the Baby Genius characters while maintaining its timeless appeal.  We believe the fresh and more stylized characters will engage and endear children and parents alike around the world.”

 

The debut of the new character designs follows recent Baby Genius brand re-launch initiatives, including new distribution platforms for the brand.  In April, GBI announced the introduction of a new online streaming service at http://babygenius.com, which features the entire Baby Genius content library, giving parents and children the opportunity to create their own playlists and more. The library offers thousands of songs, including classic nursery rhymes, learning songs, seasonal classics and more. Other Baby Genius products, including books, toys and videos are also available for purchase.

 

Additionally the company also recently extended its agreement with Xfinity TV by Comcast.  Baby Genius, the #1 Xfinity On Demand property on the Baby Boost Channel, is available to Xfinity TV customers and has amassed over 50 million downloads over the past seven years. Xfinity TV allows customers to stream and download exclusive Baby Genius content across platforms, providing unlimited content combination and continuous play.   And currently, select Baby Genius home entertainment titles are available via Netflix.

 

Self-proclaimed professional doodler, cartoon-type illustrator Todd Goldman has, in a very short time, managed to establish himself as a provocative force within the contemporary art market carving for himself a niche forever known as post-pop art. Goldman’s simply drawn, colorful characters are oozing with cutting-edge humor. His art and irreverence captured the attention and imagination of the S2 Art Group, Goldman’s exclusive art publisher. Shortly after signing on with S2 in 2004, he had his first exhibition of paintings (acrylics on canvas signed simply “TODD”) in the Entertainment Gallery in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, where Goldman showed 96 paintings, of which 87 were sold. Goldman’s

 

 

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first exhibition quickly established a pattern of success for subsequent exhibitions, 10 of which were held during his first year as an artist. Some celebrity collectors of Goldman’s art have been known to acquire as many as five or six at a time.

 

About Baby Genius®:

Baby Genius® creates musical baby toys and music-based products with a library featuring 500 songs and 125 music videos.  Currently, Baby Genius® products are available in more than 8,000 retail locations in the U.S. and have international exposure in over 40 countries. In 2013, over 1M DVDs/CDs sold on Groupon alone, and Baby Genius® is the #1 children’s on-demand property on Comcast’s Baby Boost channel, earning 60M+ downloads and over 500,000 VOD users/month.   The Baby Genius® YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/babygenius) boasts over 15 million cumulative views with increases of over 600,000 views per month; plus over 500,000 downloads on iTunes. The Baby Genius® interactive website, http://babygenius.com/ provides additional opportunities for consumers to engage with their favorite Baby Genius® characters through games, online coloring sheets, music, video streaming and more.

 

Baby Genius products have earned numerous awards from parent groups and organizations, including the Mom’s Choice Award, The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, Creative Child Preferred Choice Award, iParenting Media Award, Kids First! Quality Children’s Media Endorsement and many others.  The company recently debuted Little Genius® Jukebox, the first in a series of all-new interactive 3D animated apps for iPad, iPad Mini and iPhone which was released in the App Store™.  Genius Brands International is currently developing new products and new forms of distribution to continue to grow the Baby Genius® brand globally.

About Genius Brands International:

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Genius Brands International (OTCQB: GNUS) is a publicly traded multimedia content and brand management company.

 

Led by industry veterans, Andy Heyward and Amy Moynihan Heyward, Genius Brands International includes award-winning Baby Genius, Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club, Gisele Bundchen’s Gisele & the Green Team, Martha Stewart’s Martha & Friends, Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab and Stan Lee Comics, featuring its first movie, Stan Lee’s Mighty 7. The Company provides “content with a purpose” for kids of all ages, meaning interactive content that is as entertaining as it is enriching.

News: Sneak Peek – Flipbook in the all-new SketchBook Pro coming this summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3BBFaVo1A

I’ve been part of the Autodesk Sketchbook Pro beta team since about 2006 and have bugged them forever about putting in a timeline to animate with. They finally listened late last year and we’ve been testing it ever since but of course I couldnt talk about it even though I wanted to. About four months ago they approached me to demo that very thing and show what it can do! Well today they put up a preview of that tutorial. This marks a new chapter for Sketchbook and I am very proud to say I helped bring it to fruition! This is BIG news for those who LOVE Sketchbook Pro’s ability to have great pencil tools right out of the box unlike Photoshop. Having used it I can say that’s it’s pretty damn cool and if you dabble in animation at ALL you will love this new feature!

Check it out on Sketchbook.com!

 

 

Jobs: Dreamworks Storyboard Artist, TV

Dreamworks
Storyboard Artist, TV

Responsible for ensuring that the storyboards align with the outline / script and the Director’s vision and feedback.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with creative department heads to review goals and vision for the storyboards and discuss concerns, timelines and complexity given parameters of the schedule.
  • Ensure storyboards align with the creative goals of the leadership team and encompass storytelling objectives.
  • Work closely with creative department heads to discuss issues, address questions and ensure optimum collaboration.
  • Pitch thumbnails or roughs to director and creative department heads
  • Work in conjunction with animatic editor to ensure that the rough animatic includes all appropriate poses prior to the animatic pitch.
  • Ensure that production staff and creative department heads are aware of status of assignments and any concerns about meeting deadlines or shifts in schedule. Responsible for completing all deliverables on time and according to production schedule.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the vision and style of the show is consistent and adhered to across all episodes in the storyboards.
  • Submit work that appropriately aligns with production requirements and workflow guidelines requirements (i.e., naming conventions and storage).

Qualifications

  • Ability to align with style of show.
  • Strong knowledge of staging and composition skills. Ability to draw characters on model.
  • Knowledge of software and hardware, including Cintiq and Photoshop or other applicable storyboarding software
  • Able to write clear and specific direction on storyboards
  • Solid and consistent time-management skills
  • Work well under pressure
  • Minimum of 2 – 3 years storyboard experience and/or training on a similar show; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • BA/BS preferred

How to Apply

Include a resume and cover letter. We require both for all submissions.

To submit your information, send your resume and cover letter to: jobs@dreamworks.com

Please put the position name (or code if applicable) in the subject line

We apologize that due to the volume of submissions we’re unable to personally respond to each applicant or inquiry. If your qualifications meet our needs, we will contact you.

 
Please submit to jobs@dreamworks.com
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