For over three decades, Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) has been delighting and inspiring audiences worldwide with award-winning visual effects and is responsible for creating some of Hollywood’s most memorable screen moments.

RSP’s reputation and leadership makes it a trusted creative partner for major motion picture studios worldwide, with innovation a key component to RSP’s ongoing success.

RSP's recent work includes Sinners, Mickey 17, A Complete Unknown, Thunderbolts*, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fall Guy, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Knuckles, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

- Immediate Start, 3 month contract
- Adelaide or Brisbane Studio, with remote working considered within Australia.

Due to the immediate start of this position and the short-term nature of the role, only applicants with full working rights will be considered at this time.

Key Responsibilities

- Create and deliver layouts, including but not limited to camera rigs, camera tracks, matchmoves and basic scene composites that meet the creative briefs for your team.
- Set up, maintain, dress and deliver complex sets and environments.
- Design shots and sequences based on previsualisation, storyboards or verbal briefs.




- Create layouts and camera solutions for mono and stereo live action plates that integrate efficiently into the layout and tracking pipeline.
- Diagnose and resolve your own technical roadblocks that hinder layouts, camera solutions and renders.
- Collaborate with senior artists to ensure the creative and technical goals of projects are met.
- Ensure shot layout, orientation and continuity line up with scene requirements.

Qualifications

- Excellent knowledge of Maya and Nuke.
- Understanding of acquisition data technology such as Lidar and Photoscan.
- Working knowledge of industry standard camera tracking applications such as 3D-Equalizer, Syntheyes and PFTrack.
- Understanding of lens calibration, camera orientation and projection, focal length and distortion.
- Real world understanding of proportion, depth, scale and physical space.
- Working understanding of techniques and technologies relating to modelling, rigging and compositing.
- Working knowledge of the VFX pipeline and entire post-production process, including interdepartmental dependencies and hand over processes.

📌 Layout Artist (Adelaide)
🏢 Rising Sun Pictures
📍 Adelaide