Description:
Reporting to the Head of Creative Operations, the Head of CG is responsible for day-to-day CG supervision and long-term workflow development. Working across every department, from Assets to Compositing, the Head of CG works closely with the VFX/DFX Supervisors and show creative leadership (eg Asset Supervisors, 2D Supervisors) to: identify workflows and tools; offer strategies to deliver the show as efficiently as possible, and to assess technical options.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Strategy and working standards:
- Work together with the Head of Creative Operations in each territory and with Department Heads to ensure that MPC Film maintains a consistent workflow, pipeline and toolset that directly correspond to the established working practices across the company.
- Monitor, measure and report on issues and opportunities within agreed formats and timescales.
- Ensure that the quality of work remains to the high standards of MPC Film.
- Manage and develop direct reporting staff:
- Main point of contact for CG Supervisors.
- Main point of contact for TDs and TAs.
- Provide daily support on any issues they or members of their team may be having and to escalate such matters.
- Create unity amongst the CG Sups and TDs ensuring regular communication with their counterparts in other sites.
- Work with the VFX/DFX Supervisor, Creative Leadership, Leads and Heads of Departments to define the technical approach for a show
- Ensure a blueprint specific to the show is created to define the workflows and the tools that will be used per sequence
- Hand this blueprint over to the supervision team assigned to the show, ensuring that all workflow approaches have been discussed
- Be part of the team that reviews and approves review the Blueprint when presented by the show CG Supervisor, working closely with them if any changes are required
- Work with the software department to initiate the development of tools/workflows that are needed for the show