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Video
game job opportunities |
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•Project
manager
Description : Manages the realization of a video game from conception to its arrival in the store.
Personal qualities : charisma,
multi-disciplined, availability
Professional skills
: up-to-the-minute technical knowledge,
builds relationships easily, management
qualities |
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Scriptwriter / director
Description : Oversees
a game’s coherence, efficiency and
rhythm, writes dialogues in collaboration
with other game designers.
Personal qualities : a
sense of narration and anticipation
Professional skills
: literary and graphic skills |
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Art Director
Description : Decides
a game’s graphic direction and oversees
its consistency. Directs graphic designers.
Personal qualities : Charisma,
an artistic sense
Professional skills
: graphic know-how, mastery of software |
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Technical director
Description : Chooses
technologies, assures the interaction between
developers and graphic designers.
Personal qualities : adaptability,
cleverness, technological curiosity.
Professional skills
: graphic and computer skills. |
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Animation project manager
Description : Defines
and manages complete animation projects,
coordinates and moves the project forward.
Personal qualities : Capacities
of organization, artistic sensitivity to
animated images.
Professional skills
: perfect mastery of 2D (Flash…) and
3D (Maya…) software. |
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• Level designer
Description : conceive
and create maps, levels, rhythms of difficulty,
etc.
Personal qualities : inventivity,
strictness, a good relational sense.
Professional skills
: mastery of graphic tools plus 2D and 3D
animation. |
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•Tester
Description : Tests games
in post-production to detect anomalies and
suggest solutions.
Personal qualities : a
sense of detail, perfectionism
Professional skills
: A true video game player - semi-professional
or professional. A winner of game tournaments. |
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Animation
job opportunities |
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• Storyboarder
Description : The storyboarder
is in charge of directing the scenario via
colored vignettes which serve as a reference
during production.
Personal qualities : An
overall vision, a sense of narration.
Professional skills :
drawing skills |
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2D Designer
Description : The 2D designer
is responsable for elaborating the visual
style and establishing the graphic chart
which serves as reference for conceiving
and creating all the film’s elements
: decors, objects, characters …
Personal qualities : Imagination,
overall vision
Professional skills
: Drawing skills, mastery of graphic design
software. |
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3D Modelmaker
Description : the modelmaker
shapes the actual images, objects and decorative
elements. For animated elements, he elaborates
models in collaboration with the 3D animator
to avoid dysfunctioning when the animation
is created.
Personal qualities : rigor,
a sense of detail.
Professional skills
: mastery of 3D software |
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Layout graphic designers
Description : the Layout
graphic designer works to integrate different
elements and make them coherent and esthetic.
He puts decors in place, works animation,
and manages different camera placements.
Personal qualities : an
overall vision, rigor.
Professional skills
: mastery of 3D software |
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3D Animator
Description : the 3D animator’s
work goes from direct animation to touching
up « captured » motions. Besides
animating characters, he animates elements
of decor and manages crowds and effects.
He also is in charge of skeletons and «
skinning » on animated models.
Personal qualities : a
sense of detail
Professional skills
: mastery of 3D and animation software
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Compositing/ editing operator
Description : Compositing
consists of assembling and integrating the
different layers which render the image.
Finalized plans are mounted end-to-end to
form a coherent film.
Personal qualities : Overall
vision, a sense of narration and detail.
Professional skills
: animation software and video integration. |
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Director
Description : the director
oversees the entire project. He defines
the style, the story and the ending. He
can work on advertising clips, studio clips
or on purely artistic, independent projects.
Personal qualities : charisma,
strong motivation
Professional skills
: drawing skills, animation, mastery of
software, capacity to keep within a budget. |
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