3D Character Animation for Film

I’m midway through a comedy-drama feature and I need a skilled 3D character animator to bring several key sequences to life. All modeling, storyboards, and voice tracks are locked; what’s missing is fluid, emotionally believable character motion that matches the tone shifts between lighthearted banter and more dramatic beats.

Your task is to take the rigged characters I provide (Maya-friendly rigs with facial blend-shapes) and animate roughly five minutes of screen time spread across multiple scenes. Timing, weight, and subtle acting choices are crucial, so I’m looking for someone comfortable polishing performance curves, lip-sync, eye-line, and secondary motion until each shot is ready for lighting and final render. We edit in 24 fps, so please work natively at that frame rate.

Deliverables
• Final Maya scene files per shot with clean, organized animation layers
• Playblast previews for review and notes
• A short hand-off document noting any custom rig tweaks or scripts used

If you commonly use Blender or Cinema 4D instead of Maya, let me know; I can accommodate as long as we stay consistent with our existing Alembic pipeline. Target turnaround is three weeks from assignment, with weekly progress check-ins via SyncSketch.

Send a quick reel link that highlights comedy or dramatic character work, and mention the software version you prefer so we can match licenses right away.