Cinematic Director F/H/X

2 Months ago • All levels

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Job Description

DON’T NOD is seeking a Cinematic Director to lead the creation of cinematic content for an Action-RPG project. The role involves directing in-game cinematics, supervising the cinematic team, defining technical and artistic approaches, and validating final cinematics. Key tasks include defining the game's cinematographic vision, designing storyboards, directing motion capture, and ensuring quality and consistency with gameplay. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership, game directing experience, and knowledge of game engines like Unreal Engine 5.

Must Have:

Directing in-game cinematics
Supervising and coaching the cinematic team
Defining technical and artistic means for cinematic creation
Validating cinematics
Defining the cinematographic vision of the game
Designing and supervising cinematics (storyboard, staging, animation)
Ensuring consistency between cinematics and gameplay
Directing staging and motion capture shoots
Supervising and checking editing and retouches
Writing guidelines and pipelines for project teams
Ensuring quality, deadlines, and budget adherence
Supervising the Camera Artist team

Perks:

Spacious and bright HQE certified premises in Paris
Buildings within Parc du Pont de Flandre (12,000m2 green spaces)
Car and motorcycle parking
2 inter-company restaurants
Gym
Snack area
Playbox game room (consoles, books, board games)
Free access meeting rooms and Bubbles
Free hot drinks and fruits
CSE offers (reduced cinema tickets, gift vouchers, goodies)

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DON’T NOD is looking for a Cinematic Director F/H/X to strengthen our team on an Action-RPG project.

Reporting to the Executive Producer, your role will be to lead the creation of cinematic content for our game.

Responsibilities:

Directing in-game cinematics
Supervision and coaching of the cinematic team
Defining technical and artistic means for the creation and shooting of cinematic content
Validation of cinematics

Tasks:

Defining the cinematographic vision of the game, in collaboration with the project's creative direction
Designing and supervising cinematics: storyboard, staging, animation (…)
Ensuring consistency between cinematics and gameplay
Directing staging and motion capture shoots
Supervising and checking editing and retouches
Writing guidelines and pipelines to help project teams
Ensuring the quality of deliverables, adherence to deadlines and budget
Supervising the Camera Artist team: leading and organizing their activity, individual support

Qualifications

Experience as a director in video games: staging, storyboarding, actor direction, editing and directing techniques, narrative logic
Leadership: decision-making, ability to argue, formulating feedback and recommendations, ability to unite and build a relationship of trust with teams, team supervision and support
Knowledge of a game engine, ideally Unreal Engine 5
Communication, listening and teamwork, to collaborate effectively with all trades involved in the project
Adaptability and quick understanding of team challenges and constraints, solution-oriented

Additional Information

DON’T NOD offers an ideal environment not only for working but also for sharing and creating:

A pleasant working environment:

Spacious and bright premises, HQE (high environmental quality) certified, based in Paris
Buildings located within the Parc du Pont de Flandre: 12,000m2 domain of green spaces, including a car and motorcycle parking, 2 inter-company restaurants, a gym, snack area and many other services.
“Playbox” game room including game consoles, books and board games
Free access meeting rooms and Bubbles
Free hot drinks and fruits

Many social benefits: