Company: VICON House of Moves, Inc.
Position: Motion Capture Animator/Integrator
Type: Contract (term 3-12 months)
Start: Immediately
Location: Los Angeles, CA



VICON’s House of Moves is looking to hire multiple candidates for the role of Motion Capture Animator/Integrator at its Los Angeles based studio. This contract based role will be heavily involved with several high profile productions here at House of Moves. Required to work in house at the studio and liaise with several production teams within a relaxed, dedicated, fun, exciting and professional working environment.

VICON’s House of Moves Motion Capture Studio, best-known for its motion capture work on such films as Spiderman 3 and Poseidon as well as on hundreds of interactive games is headquartered in Los Angeles.

House of Moves continues to have an ongoing slate of commercials, games, movies and videos in production, most recently working on Crackdown, Guitar Hero 2, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent, Microsoft’s Gears of War & Halo 3 commercials and Target’s Product People TV spots. In addition to its 26,500 square-foot studio, House of Moves boasts a full-time professional staff of motion capture experts, animators, programmers and engineers, and offers support for all digital motion formats. The company was founded in 1996.

For more information visit www.moves.com.

Job Qualifications

At least 12 months of animation experience within a major 3D animation package, preferably MotionBuilder, Maya, and/or 3D Studio Max.
Good working knowledge of PC/Windows XP environment
At least 6 months experience with utilizing Motion Capture data for final 3D animation along with layering of traditional key frame animation.
Production experience and background in 3D animation a plus.
Expert user level within Motion Builder a plus.
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Experience with using House of Moves DIVA and/or VICON iQ a plus.
Working knowledge of skeletal setup, rigging tools, animation tools, etc. in aforementioned programs a major plus
General Experience with motion capture systems particularly VICON a plus.


Job Description

Responsible for integrating motion capture data onto characters, motion blending, looping and traditional key frame using various 3D animation packages on multiple high profile productions for both Feature film, Game, Commercials and Music Videos. You will be finalizing all animation and integrating character and prop animation within environments and sets. You will be working directly and closely within the production team at House of Moves to finalize and deliver animation to clients based on motion capture and animation. This work is initially contract based with terms ranging from 3 to 12 months and is immediate. The role will require candidates to be located and work at the House of Moves Studio located in Playa del Rey Los Angeles.



Contact Info:

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