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Special Effects Artists and Animators: reported tasks and exploration worksheet

Create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.

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This source lists 13 tasks, including 6 marked Core and 7 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.

Task source dates: 08/2019.

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Core · Task 6882 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.

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Core · Task 6888 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.

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Core · Task 6893 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.

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Core · Task 6883 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.

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Core · Task 6884 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.

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Core · Task 6886 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.

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Supplemental · Task 6895 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Implement and maintain configuration control systems.

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Supplemental · Task 6887 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.

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Supplemental · Task 6890 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows.

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Supplemental · Task 6885 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.

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Supplemental · Task 6894 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Convert real objects to animated objects through modeling, using techniques such as optical scanning.

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Supplemental · Task 6889 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.

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Supplemental · Task 6891 · 08/2019 · Incumbent

Use models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence.

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