A Love of Film with Carolina Jiménez García, Lead Layout Artist, Scanline | TVAP EP25

This week Daniel caught up with Layout Artist who has 7 Oscar Nominated films, as well as an Emmy and a Goya  under her belt!Many of our Spanish speaking audience may already be familiar with Carolina as she runs an incredibly popular VFX and film Youtube, blog and Twitter account as Okingrafia. Carolina is a Lead Layout Artist at Scanline, most recently on projects like Free Guy, Moonfall and Eternals. Her career spans the Globe and major studios such as Dneg in London, Scanline in Canada, and Weta in New Zealand where she fulfilled her dream by working with the Lord of Rings crew on the Hobbit trilogy.In this episode we roll back the curtain on the Layout Department, a little understood and vitally important part of VFX and animation pipelines. We find out what it takes to become a Layout Artist and Layout Lead, hear Carolina’s advice for artists, learn a little about working in Canada and find out about her favourite projects.íDisfrutamos!Timestamps:00:00:00  : What to expect and Intro00:02:25  : Meet Carolina00:05:47  : He's a pandemic dog00:06:48  : Layout and overview of the department00:12:29  : The start of Carolina's Career00:15:16  : Software used in Layout00:18:03  : OKinGrafia - Carolina's filmmaking channel00:19:50  : A snippet from OKinGrafia (Spanish)00:20:15  : Carolin'a research for her content channels00:24:06  : Favourite Project to Work on: The Hobbit Trilogy00:26:39  : Taking those first steps in the industry00:28:04  : Planet of the Apes00:30:20  : When your work gets cut from the movie00:31:59  : Overtime and keeping the team happy00:33:01  : Working in different countries00:38:23  : Different perspectives on filmmaking00:39:20  : Typical working day and working from home00:41:15  : Why working from home is more productive00:44:05  : Blended working00:45:24  : Vancouver00:46:47  : Are Leads involved in recruitment00:47:55  : Maya, custom tools and the pipeline00:51:00  : Layout for Animation vs Live-Action00:52:02  : The hierarchy and approval process00:53:49  : Reshoots00:55:06  : Where to find Carolina online00:56:56  : Goodbye and outroRendered: 2022-02-14 19:49:27Powered by [Chaptered.app](https://Chaptered.app)Links:Geek is the New Sexy, blog (Español) IMBD Courses (Español)Twitter (Español) Instagram (English) Youtube (Español)You can watch all our episodes on our YouTube channel. Subscribe & Watch all episodes on our YouTube Channel Visit our website Thank you for your support! We appreciate you!