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Rotoscope/Paint Artist - Posted 07/06/2010
As the base of our artistic team, rotoscoping is the beginning of work in features and commercials. You will be a vital member of our team and be mentored through the aspects of visual effects production. Attention to detail and ability to work on tight deadlines is required. Some experience in film/video or animation is required. Experience in one of the following applications is vital: Nuke, Silhouette or After Effects.
As the base of our artistic team, rotoscoping is the beginning of work in features and commercials. You will be a vital member of our team and be mentored through the aspects of visual effects production. Attention to detail and ability to work on tight deadlines is required. Some experience in film/video or animation is required. Experience in one of the following applications is vital: Nuke, Silhouette or After Effects.
Production Intern - Posted 07/01/2010
Full Time position with opportunity for growth. Background in design, animation or film preferred but above all else a passion for the moving image and insatiable work ethic required.
Full Time position with opportunity for growth. Background in design, animation or film preferred but above all else a passion for the moving image and insatiable work ethic required.
Technical Director - Posted 06/26/2010
Responsibilities include designing and implementing the VRAY render engine into our current pipeline, lighting and rendering of production shots, instructing other artists in VRAY and overall quality control and troubleshooting of our render pipeline. The right candidate should have at least 2 years of production experience and a mastery of VRAY and Maya. Nuke and Python experience a plus.
Responsibilities include designing and implementing the VRAY render engine into our current pipeline, lighting and rendering of production shots, instructing other artists in VRAY and overall quality control and troubleshooting of our render pipeline. The right candidate should have at least 2 years of production experience and a mastery of VRAY and Maya. Nuke and Python experience a plus.
Senior Nuke Compositor - Posted 06/24/2010
The right candidate has extensive Nuke knowledge and experience coupled with leadership skills. This role has the potential to transition into a Lead type role with occasional light supervisory duties. Stereoscopic and Python experience a big plus, but not required. As you will be mentoring less experienced artists, having the heart of a teacher is a huge advantage.
The right candidate has extensive Nuke knowledge and experience coupled with leadership skills. This role has the potential to transition into a Lead type role with occasional light supervisory duties. Stereoscopic and Python experience a big plus, but not required. As you will be mentoring less experienced artists, having the heart of a teacher is a huge advantage.
Located steps from Boston Common and hundreds of shops and restaurants, ZERO sits in the heart of the Back Bay on famous Newbury Street, one of the best areas in the country to work and to play. Our team is passionate and talented and we are always looking for the right people to enhance our award winning crew.
The ZERO experience is unique in that every artist is master of their own domain and given the support they need to create the very best art. We utilize the newest technologies and customize them for our needs including the production management software, SHOTGUN, allowing your focus to stay on the art and not communication or lack thereof.
The ZERO experience is unique in that every artist is master of their own domain and given the support they need to create the very best art. We utilize the newest technologies and customize them for our needs including the production management software, SHOTGUN, allowing your focus to stay on the art and not communication or lack thereof.
ABOUT US
OWNERS
Sean Devereaux
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
Brian Drewes
Head of Production
Head of Production
Marc Sadeghi
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
ABOUT US
Our task is to create and contribute to the artistry of the moving image while always striving for excellence in all that we do.
It is our goal to achieve and enhance the director's vision and at the same time help our clients properly communicate their vision. We are our clients and artists assistants in the creation of a story, a spot and a final work that overachieves in creative and technical quality, assuring budgetary efficiency and promoting a positive team-based experience for everyone. We are all in it together.
Finally it is vital for all partners, owners and employees to drive this statement forward. To push each project, each artist and each member of ZERO to the peak of performance, to improve the work and the experience without concern for rank or ego. We succeed as one and are accountable to each other, to our clients and most importantly, to our work, as it will exist for all time with our name and reputation nailed to it.
Our task is to create and contribute to the artistry of the moving image while always striving for excellence in all that we do.
It is our goal to achieve and enhance the director's vision and at the same time help our clients properly communicate their vision. We are our clients and artists assistants in the creation of a story, a spot and a final work that overachieves in creative and technical quality, assuring budgetary efficiency and promoting a positive team-based experience for everyone. We are all in it together.
Finally it is vital for all partners, owners and employees to drive this statement forward. To push each project, each artist and each member of ZERO to the peak of performance, to improve the work and the experience without concern for rank or ego. We succeed as one and are accountable to each other, to our clients and most importantly, to our work, as it will exist for all time with our name and reputation nailed to it.
SEAN DEVEREAUX
Sean Devereaux began his career over eleven years ago and has created award wining visual effects for over 25 feature films and close to 50 commercials. He has a strongly rooted passion for the art of illusion that aids the story and achieves the director's vision without distracting from either.
His feature credits include Transformers, X-Men, The Proposal, Cinderella Man, I, Robot, Peter Pan and Vanilla Sky and he has worked with top spot directors including Joe Kosinski, Paul Hunter, Joe Pytka, Mathew Cullen and Kinka Usher. Sean has worked with some of the best studios in the world including Pixar, Digital Domain and Industrial Light+Magic.
He is excited to be back home in Boston while he continues to create the art that he loves. Sean has been a proud member of the Visual Effects Society since 2005 and his work has been featured in several publications including American Cinematographer, Cinefex, Creativity, Post, and CGWorld. In his free time he goes to Red Sox games and writes his bio.
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Sean Devereaux began his career over eleven years ago and has created award wining visual effects for over 25 feature films and close to 50 commercials. He has a strongly rooted passion for the art of illusion that aids the story and achieves the director's vision without distracting from either.
His feature credits include Transformers, X-Men, The Proposal, Cinderella Man, I, Robot, Peter Pan and Vanilla Sky and he has worked with top spot directors including Joe Kosinski, Paul Hunter, Joe Pytka, Mathew Cullen and Kinka Usher. Sean has worked with some of the best studios in the world including Pixar, Digital Domain and Industrial Light+Magic.
He is excited to be back home in Boston while he continues to create the art that he loves. Sean has been a proud member of the Visual Effects Society since 2005 and his work has been featured in several publications including American Cinematographer, Cinefex, Creativity, Post, and CGWorld. In his free time he goes to Red Sox games and writes his bio.
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BRIAN DREWES
Brian is a seasoned pusher of pixels with 11+ years and thousands of visual effects shots under his belt. You have seen his work on the big screen and in the comfort of your living room in both features and commercials.
He has worked closely with commercial and feature clients, setting budgets and seeing projects both large and small through to final delivery. He is skilled at directing large teams of artists to the finish line, on schedule and on budget, while getting the very best from them.
His keen sense of what's around the next corner allows for a flexible team that is highly responsive to whatever challenges arise while maintaining a level of order and confidence that producers require. Brian has oversight of the day-to-day operations of the company, helping to foster an environment where all staff is required to be passionate for our art and tireless in the pursuit of creative perfection. If any of those philosophies happen to fail, he will literally kick ass to get the show out the door looking its very best and he has a black belt to prove it.
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Brian is a seasoned pusher of pixels with 11+ years and thousands of visual effects shots under his belt. You have seen his work on the big screen and in the comfort of your living room in both features and commercials.
He has worked closely with commercial and feature clients, setting budgets and seeing projects both large and small through to final delivery. He is skilled at directing large teams of artists to the finish line, on schedule and on budget, while getting the very best from them.
His keen sense of what's around the next corner allows for a flexible team that is highly responsive to whatever challenges arise while maintaining a level of order and confidence that producers require. Brian has oversight of the day-to-day operations of the company, helping to foster an environment where all staff is required to be passionate for our art and tireless in the pursuit of creative perfection. If any of those philosophies happen to fail, he will literally kick ass to get the show out the door looking its very best and he has a black belt to prove it.
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MARC SADEGHI
Marc is an entertainment executive and producer & was one of the first keys at The Orphanage. As Executive Vice President he succeeded in forging relationships with major studios including: Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal, Miramax, Revolution, Disney, New Line and Sony.
As Executive Producer, he oversaw the VFX of projects as varied as Iron Man, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3, Die Hard 4, Superman Returns, Aeon Flux, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City, The Day After Tomorrow, Hellboy, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Hero to name a few. Most recently, he assumed a key role as Co-Producer of the thriller Legion that stars Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany.
Prior to joining The Orphanage, Marc spent time at ILM and several years with Kim Aubry at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope where he also worked with the likes of Sean Penn, Tim Burton and Chris Columbus. He has extensive prior experience as a production manager and coordinator on various commercials, music videos and features.
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Marc is an entertainment executive and producer & was one of the first keys at The Orphanage. As Executive Vice President he succeeded in forging relationships with major studios including: Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal, Miramax, Revolution, Disney, New Line and Sony.
As Executive Producer, he oversaw the VFX of projects as varied as Iron Man, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3, Die Hard 4, Superman Returns, Aeon Flux, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City, The Day After Tomorrow, Hellboy, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Hero to name a few. Most recently, he assumed a key role as Co-Producer of the thriller Legion that stars Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany.
Prior to joining The Orphanage, Marc spent time at ILM and several years with Kim Aubry at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope where he also worked with the likes of Sean Penn, Tim Burton and Chris Columbus. He has extensive prior experience as a production manager and coordinator on various commercials, music videos and features.
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NEWS
August 17, 2010: Supervising set tomorrow - our goal is to make the savannah of California look like the savannah of Kenya. Cue the acacia trees and elephant.
August 11, 2010: 1 campaign, 3 days, 12 VFX shots and a total of 18 spots delivered. August 05, 2010: We are waiting with baited breath to announce some fantastic news... just have to dot the t's and cross the i's! August 02, 2010: Our newest addition is here, a fantastic client space with brand new Discreet system! That system will be gasping for breath because we are cranking! July 21, 2010: Boards and animatics went well - looking forward to the next Subway spots - we get to set fire to the desert in our next round! Also changing some labels for another client... July 14, 2010: Brian got crammed in the front row of the Die Antwoord and Sleigh Bells show at the Roxy! Fantastic show for some artists that will sell out much larger venues soon! July 09, 2010: Our first staff arts and crafts afternoon - essentially it's wine, cheese and we all have 1 hour to doodle with paint and canvas - next one August 13 July 07, 2010: Brainstorming boards and animation tests for yet another full cg / motion graphics spot June 25, 2010: Delivering final comps for Zookeeper... June 21, 2010: Weekend work on multiple projects, some all nighters coming this week - thanks to a great staff for sticking it out and helping us pursue excellent looking results!!! June 17, 2010: Our 3D department is cranking out final deliveries on the full cg package (almost 40 animation versions and toolkits), another end tag and concept work for a quick turnaround :30 June 10, 2010: Continuing on the full 3D project utilizing 800 CPU's, direct renders from V-Ray June 09, 2010: Lots of advil for the trip back to Boston June 08, 2010: Brian visit with clients, attends AICP party in NYC and after party at THE BOX. June 02, 2010: Delivered a surprise stereo version of an end tag. Pass the glasses around! May 27, 2010: With our design winning out, we are in full production mode for the full cg project. May 16, 2010: A fantastic visit from our LA owner, Marc Sadeghi for a quick meeting... details to follow in the coming months. May 11, 2010: Starting some R & D design work on a fully CG project! Integration with Amazon's cloud rendering successful. May 09, 2010: Sean had a little vacation to Florida before the beaches were spoiled... May 04, 2010: Visited our friends at Arnold and shared with them our team-based approach to implementing projects April 24, 2010: Brian flew to Atlanta again for the "Hall Pass" wrap party! Good times and good to catch up with new friends! April 12, 2010: Bidding continues on commercial boards and exciting potential for just released details on feature projects April 05, 2010: YES!!! We have officially set the date for our First Annual Summer party. Save the date for 8/27/2010 - it's a Friday, so tell your boss to give you the afternoon off, or better yet, lets invite them too! Details to follow, but just know, this is not going to be your normal, run of the mill, "lets party at a bar" kind of thing. A base tan, sunblock, your singing voice (and Dramamine for you land-lubbers) is all that will be required! March 30, 2010: Visited our friends over at Hill Holliday to talk about Zero March 27, 2010: A not so awesome Saturday morning... 'nough said Fred. March 26, 2010: An awesome Friday - Barbeque for Blue Ribbon, some libations at the office, and an afternoon off work with the crew to see Hot Tub Time Machine. Then to the W Hotel for some continued drinking then to Beehive with some friends/clients! March 19, 2010: Going gangbusters! Just finished McDonald's spots for Arnold Worldwide March 18, 2010: Zero wrapped a project promoting a new Subway offering... yes ! PEPPERONI! Check out the details on the our work page March 15, 2010: Brian is happy to report: "My time on the Hall Pass set has been the best set experience I've ever had!" The crew is awesome, the talent is phenomenal and the Farrelly Brothers really are dedicated to their craft and make it a positive experience for everyone March 10, 2010: Sean and Brian are on the way to Atlanta to supervise the set for the Farrelly Brothers film "Hall Pass" starring an ensemble cast including Owen Wilson, Christina Applegate, Alyssa Milano, Richard Jenkins among others. March 08, 2010: Ocean Spray bottles need replacing, we are on it! March 01, 2010: Zero has moved into its new office! 91 Newbury St btw Berkeley and Clarendon... fancy fancy!
IN PRODUCTION
Bank of America
Agency: Hill Holliday McDonalds Agency: Arnold Worldwide Ocean Spray Agency: Arnold Worldwide Subway "Riders" Agency: McCarthy Mambro Bertino
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