Anticipated Start: January 2023

The Animation Checker ensures consistent and complete delivery of production material to vendor studios and controls quality to reduce post-production costs.

Responsibilities

• Overall: check and confirm that all files, media, and information to be shipped are correct, complete and consistent.

• Using Storyboard Pro, review storyboards prior to production for missing or incorrect scene descriptions, character actions, camera moves, effects, and special notes on each panel within each scene.

• Coordinate with Director and Production to include revised storyboard panels from animatic if there is a difference and/or coordinate with Editor to adjust animatic to include any revised storyboard panels after confirming with Director.

• Make sure scene numbers, action notes, camera moves, effects, character names, special notes, hook-ups, and lighting sources are all called out correctly on storyboard and X-sheets, if applicable, and that the storyboards, X-sheets and animatic all match each other.

• Verify that character reactions, expressions and actions are concise and follow standard walk/run cycle sheets, where applicable

• If X-sheets are required, review lip assignment to confirm the correct mouth chart is followed

• Review scene cuts and confirm they match the animatic. Review with Director if scene cuts do not match. Coordinate with Timing Director to adjust scene cuts, if necessary.

• Ensure there are correct camera moves, action, lip sync, character names, abbreviations, hook-ups or effects and correct scene and panel numbers on all X-sheets.

• Create the final route sheet within Insight

• Enter final footage and submit final checked work to Production to ship to vendor studio

Qualifications

• Advanced Mac/PC skills

• Familiarity with Storyboard Pro

• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Insight or ability to quickly learn proprietary software

• Traditional 2D, Harmony and CG Animation Pipeline experience or training preferred

Skills

• Proven ability to be detail-oriented and highly organized is required.

• Good written and verbal communication skills are required.

• Must be able to work collaboratively, often with multiple tasks and under deadline pressure.

• Must be open to direction and able to embrace change.

Education

• Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience

Job Location: Burbank, CA

Compensation:

The hiring range for this union position in Glendale, CA is $39.25 to $51.52 per hour. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Additional Information:
Equal Opportunity Employer-Female/Minority/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity