<p>Job Summary:</p> <p>The Animation Checker ensures consistent and complete delivery of production material to vendor studios and controls quality to reduce post-production costs.</p> <p>Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Overall: check and confirm that all files, media, and information to be shipped are correct, complete and consistent. </li><li>Using Storyboard Pro, review storyboards prior to production for missing or incorrect scene descriptions, character actions, camera moves, effects, and special notes on each panel within each scene. </li><li>Coordinate with Director and Production to include revised storyboard panels from animatic if there is a difference and/or coordinate with Editor to adjust animatic to include any revised storyboard panels after confirming with Director. </li><li>Make sure scene numbers, action notes, camera moves, effects, character names, special notes, hook-ups, and lighting sources are all called out correctly on storyboard and X-sheets, if applicable, and that the storyboards, X-sheets and animatic all match each other. </li><li>Verify that character reactions, expressions and actions are concise and follow standard walk/run cycle sheets, where applicable </li><li>If X-sheets are required, review lip assignment to confirm the correct mouth chart is followed </li><li>Review scene cuts and confirm they match the animatic. Review with Director if scene cuts do not match. Coordinate with Timing Director to adjust scene cuts, if necessary. </li><li>Ensure there are correct camera moves, action, lip sync, character names, abbreviations, hook-ups or effects and correct scene and panel numbers on all X-sheets. </li><li>Create the final route sheet within Insight </li><li>Enter final footage and submit final checked work to Production to ship to vendor studio </li></ul> <p>Skills and Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>Advanced Mac/PC skills </li><li>Familiarity with Storyboard Pro </li><li>Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Insight or ability to quickly learn proprietary software </li><li>Traditional 2D, Harmony and CG Animation Pipeline experience or training preferred </li><li>Proven ability to be detail-oriented and highly organized is required. </li><li>Good written and verbal communication skills are required. </li><li>Must be able to work collaboratively, often with multiple tasks and under deadline pressure. </li><li>Must be open to direction and able to embrace change. </li></ul> <p>The pay rate for this role in Glendale, California is $43.26 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.</p>