Molly McCarthy
Lead Lighting Artist @Wild Child Animation
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WORK HISTORY
Lead Lighting Artist @Wild Child Animation
Guiding the team through the whole creative lighting process, including assigning shots, running dailies, liaising with other departments to solve broader problems my team have raised, helping traffic light client feedback and giving creative feedback on master lighting. Additionally, working on more bespoke lighting setups/shot lighting where needed and fixing technical issues/QC before client send. Much of this work includes regular meetings with supervisors, directors and production to achieve the desired look of the show. Having worked with this client many times previously, it\'s a delight to be working on a project so aligned with my creative interest in tactile, stylised aesthetics in a lead role.
EDUCATION
University of Dundee
BDes, Animation
ABOUT MOLLY MCCARTHY
As a lighting and compositing artist, my skills lie mainly in creating eye-catching lighting setups with a focus on accentuating character. I work primarily in Maya (Arnold/Vray/Redshift) and Nuke/Fusion, with generalist knowledge in aspects of Houdini, Davinci Resolve, Unreal Engine and Adobe Creative Suite. I am a graduate from the University of Dundee, which gave me a grounded knowledge of various aspects of the animation pipeline.My skillset includes:• A variety of stylistic approaches• Experience of working with water caustics and gobos• Detailed knowledge of character/three point lighting techniques• Scene optimisation for efficient rendering• Knowledge of compositing in Nuke to layer render passes and enhance mood including DOF, motion vectors, 2d comp effects, light blooms, vignettes etc• Use of scripting and expressions to speed up workflow
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