Position Overview & Specifications
Job Title: Shot Creator
Location: London based studios / remote working
Reports To: Head of Creative
About The Third Floor
The Third Floor is the world’s leading visualization studio dedicated to supporting the production of next- generation film, television, streaming, immersive and themed content. Working hand in hand with directors and key crew, the company helps create compelling visuals by using the virtual world to explore ideas, develop plans and gain efficiencies during the entire creative process. Since its founding in 2004, The Third Floor has contributed to breakthrough projects from Avatar to The Mandalorian.
Recent credits include Thor: Love and Thunder, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Eternals, Godzilla vs. Kong and Avengers: Endgame, as well as series such as House of the Dragon, The Witcher, Loki, WandaVision, Lovecraft Country and Game of Thrones and projects across commercial advertising, interactive media and video games. The Third Floor has received five Emmy Awards, multiple Visual Effect Society (VES) awards, a Lumiere Award and a Clio. For further information and credits, please visit thethirdfloorinc.com.
Job Summary
The Third Floor is seeking ambitious artists who are looking for a golden opportunity to make their mark on the entertainment industry. By using the language of cinematography and animation in tandem to design the strongest possible sequences, a Shot Creator holds an impactful and highly collaborative role in the filmmaking process.
In previs, a Shot Creator pieces together elements, sets them in motion, and ‘films’ them with virtual cameras to create cinematic sequences that represent the creative blueprint. Nearly any aspect of a shot can be tweaked instantaneously to improve the composition or the timing of the action. Working with the previs supervisor, Shot Creators produce previs shots and sequences in Maya that help to support the director's vision via appropriate use of camera movement, lenses, composition, staging, lighting, and editing.
Shot creators will also support postvis teams during the editorial stage, by integrating and compositing the animation or CG elements into the live action plates using either After effects or Nuke. The work of a Shot Creator supports the effective creation, communication and realization of the project from development, through to production and post.
(Please note: If an open position is not available at this time, we can retain your application and get in touch as soon as a suitable opportunity becomes available.)
The ideal candidate will:
Possess a strong sense of cinematic composition and animation timing
Have knowledge across multiple 3D and CG techniques including, but not limited to, animation, FX, modeling, lighting and rendering
Have a good knowledge of the cinematic language and camera terminology
Show passion for cinematography and how to convey it to a story
Be adaptable, flexible and accepting of change throughout a project
Animate a wide variety of subject matter from vehicles to small objects, to realistic character performances, all with a strong sense of camera animation
Know how to use motion blur, depth of field and other effects, to create realism
Be able to clean up and accentuate mocap animation
Be team-oriented and able to successfully take direction from a supervisor but also work individually
Possess strong communication skills.
Software knowledge:
Autodesk Maya is essential. Unreal Engine knowledge is a huge plus.
Adobe After Effects, PFTrack, 3DEqualizer, Nuke and Autodesk MotionBuilder are desirable.
TTFL Perks:
Training & Development - We offer group training sessions for all roles and disciplines.
Coffee Wednesdays - Supporting independent coffee shops, every Wednesday afternoon, our studio takes a mid-week break to socialise and have that all-important screen break!
Work-life balance - We believe in a healthy work-life balance and encourage our staff to start and finish work on-time, we strive to avoid overtime and weekend work.
Social events - We understand the importance of social interaction and we hold an annual summer picnic, a Christmas party and a February blues party.