Unpaid CG work on short film for credit

#1

Unpaid freelance positions available for work on photorealistic CG elements of a 10 minute black-and-white surreal conspiracy thriller currently in post-production. The film is a showreel piece to be shown at festivals.

The positions are ideal for those seeking to expand their porfolio and gain a film credit.

Applicants will be able to choose their tasks according to ability and preference.

Skills required:

  • Polygon efficient modeling - furniture, environments, devices
  • Photorealistic UV mapped textures (inc. bump, specular, etc. maps)
  • Character animation

Work to be carried out under contract, in late August/early September 04.

Your reward will be a suitable credit, and either a PAL VHS video or a region-free DVD of the finished film. Successful candidates may be offered paid freelance work in the future.

Apply by providing ALL of the following details IN THE TEXT of your email:

1 First name and surname
2 Location
3 Age
4 Highest educational qualification
5 List of any credits to date
6 Link to online portfolio
7 3D applications you use at advanced level
8 Which of the following file formats you can open and/or deliver: OBJ, DXF, LW, BVH, C4D, PZ3
9 Maximum size of email attachments you can accept and send during our workflow
10 Maximum number of hours you could devote to this work
11 What do you want to achieve by taking part (i.e. what do you need for your porfolio)

Applications with attachments will not be read, even if it’s your CV in PDF or DOC format or whatever, plain text only please. Email your application to cgjobs04@hotmail.com. The closing date for applications is 30th August 04.

To minimise unnecessary exposure prior to the film’s completion, only successful applicants will be provided with the full details of the project, without obligation. All applicants will receive a reply by the closing date, except those disqualified for not following the instructions herein.

This ad is being cross-posted to forums on cgtalk, postforum, and creativecow.

Here’s looking forward to working with great new talent!

KD
Producer/Director

#2

People may be hesitant to respond without any information about who you are and what will become of any contact information that is sent to you.

Could you expand on the statement “Work to be carried out under contract,”

#3

“work under contract” means that the people doing the work will have it in writing they will get the finished film from me in return for their work. The contract will also protect me regarding copyright, giving me the right to use their work in the film.

As for the details being asked for, I’m not asking for anything one wouldn’t expect to find on an online portfolio site.

Once people have applied, I will provide them full details of the project - I don’t want to share this information with people who have no interest in working on it.

Hope this clarifies things. If you’re not reassured, take the usual precautions.

#4

Hmm, maybe a softening in your attitude would avoid responses like the ones you’ve already received on one of the other forums.

An open and friendly attitude will likely get you more positive responses when you are asking for people to contribute what may amount to many hours of unpaid work. Like it or not this is the way these things tend to work.

#5

It may seem unfriendly because it’s structured along the same professional lines as a paid offering. That’s the whole point of the excercise. Once it’s done I will start my own production company and will employ the people I’ve met though this project.

The “many hours of unpaid work” are entirely up to the applicant - they need only work as much as they need for their own showreel. Professionalism is more important than the amount of work.

As for the responses on postforum, I think you can tell from the first reply onward it’s not me who is being unfriendly.

#6

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