DreamWorks Feature - Talent Development Story Trainee

Job description

Responsibilities

The heart of DreamWorks Animation is the love of telling great stories that inspire audiences to dream and laugh together, pushing the boundaries of creativity. Our team includes passionate artists who love storytelling and filmmaking.

DreamWorks Feature Animation is excited to be offering a Story Trainee position in the Feature Story Department. This position offers anexciting opportunity for a selected artist to gain valuable “hands on“ experience and exposure to the unique feature production environment. Mentored by key leadership within the story team, a successful candidate will build upon established skillsets through boarding, artist feedback, and collaboration with key production departments.

Description:

The artist will participate in a feature film production by creating storyboards under the direction of a Head of Story. These panels will help translate script pages into visuals capturing the key scenes, tone, acting and action. The artist will contribute to defining characters, plot, and staging. In addition, the artist will incorporate Directors' notes by revisiting work as needed.

Program Details:
Submission Deadline: April 1st, 2018
Finalist Notified: May 2018

Job Number

38973BR
Posting Category

Artistic Animation Production
Country

United States
Sub-Business

Film Features Animation
About Us

From the award-winning storytellers, artist and innovators at DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Animation Television come the beloved characters and stories that come alive on the big and small screens. From films like Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon and Trolls to original TV series including Trollhunters, Voltron and Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, DreamWorks Animation continues to bring home the laughter, fun and courage to dream.

Visitwww.dreamworksanimation.com to see our latest animated film and television productions.

DreamWorks is a division of NBCUniversal. At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It's our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU's vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It's what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us.
State/Province

California
Career Level

Experienced
Desired Characteristics

Application Requirement:

Whether you're fresh out of school or simply looking to jump into the visual storytelling experience, whatever your area of study, you must be dedicated, resourceful, an excellent communicator, a strong visual storyteller and a team player. The innovators and creative thinkers at our studio are also not afraid to be unique. In fact, we're all characters around here -- both onscreen and off!

Portfolio Guidelines:

An ideal portfolio will showcase strong draftsmanship, understanding of cinematography and narrative staging in a variety of styles and range of work. Include Storyboard samples, thumbnails and character exploration sketches. Also include life drawings, character moments and designs.

In addition, demonstrating one or several of the following will really help your portfolio stand out:

Storyboard samples that demonstrate your ability in any of the following areas: drama, comedy or action,

Strong understanding of acting and entertainment value

Ability to draw loose and roughy yet with clarity

Most importantly! include a link to your website and/or demo reel video links.
City

Glendale
Notices

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