Job Description
Framestore’s Preproduction Services division enables filmmakers and showrunners to make early‑stage creative decisions that can then guide their entire production. With over a hundred creatives, technologists and producers working across concept art, pre‑visualisation, virtual production, in‑camera VFX, techvis and postvis, our team supports projects from idea to final visual effect.
As a Previs Artist, you will design pre‑visualised shots and sequences on a project basis. Working under the creative direction of the Visualisation Supervisor, you will define shot composition, staging, lighting, camera language, movement, lens choices and framing. Your work will inform both the shoot and the post‑production VFX lifecycle.
Additionally, you will produce technical information in diagram form or animated schematics—known as techvis—based on the previs.
Framestore offers a hybrid working model, requiring two days per week at our central London studio. Depending on project needs, this role may also involve on‑set work for up to five days per week.
Responsibilities
* Design pre‑visualised shots and sequences on a project basis
* Define shot composition, staging, lighting, camera language, movement, lens choices and framing under creative direction
* Produce technical information in diagram form or animated schematics (techvis)
* Apply shooting methodology and create technical production solutions within Previs
* Solve and design on‑set solutions based on Previs data
* Translate CG camera animation to real‑life situations
Qualifications
* Strong sense of cinematic composition and lighting
* Character animation timing and performance sensitivity
* Camera animation skills
* Knowledge of cinematic language and technical terminology
* Ability to work with motion and/or performance capture data
* Ability to take and interpret creative direction
* Adaptability and acceptance of creative change throughout a project
* Understanding of shooting methodology and its application
* Understanding of fundamentals of techvis and virtual production
* Ability to apply shooting methodology information to Previs to create technical production solutions
* Ability to solve and design solutions to on‑set needs
* Conversion of CG cameras and animation to real‑life scenarios
Additional Skills
* Motion Builder
* Blender
* Nuke
* Houdini
Accessibility Statement
Our London studio is fully accessible, with step‑free entry, accessible toilets on all floors and quiet spaces available. We are committed to supporting disabled colleagues and providing an inclusive workplace for everyone.
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