“What would you say you do here?” Pre-visualize the look of the film - characters, locations, effects, look - in collaboration with the Art Department Pre-visualize and layout sequences of shots that convey the story based on storyboards, story reel, and/or script pages Establish character blocking, camera positioning, and animate camera movement Build an animatic interpretation of the story reel Ensure that the vision of the Director and Art Director are incorporated into the film where possible Work with existing storyboards, recreate and/or enhance story through cinematic layout of shots May create rough pre-visualization models and environments to facilitate animatic work Collaborate with the Editorial department to incorporate materials and animatic work into the production reel Help guide the pre-visualization and layout work flow, tool and pipeline development with input and testing Model, surface, and rig pre-visualization and layout models, characters, environments, and effects Optimize assets and scenes for real time interactive playback If applicable, be an active participant at motion capture shoots Work in pre-visualization and layout on lighting, effects, rough character animation/blocking, camera motion, and rough editing Edit motion capture and keyframe animation of characters Deliver shot data to Final Layout Department Communicate with downstream departments to find solutions that facilitate the production process