Day Three in LA.

Sunday was spent acclimating ourselves to the sunny beaches and boardwalks, and figuring out where the best places to live might be. We met up with a friend I worked with in Vancouver and Australia who's currently at Sony working away on her next full CG film, and she gave us the lowdown on certain neighborhoods and eateries.

Monday morning, this morning, I walked the thirty minutes to work (about a mile and a half). While the sun was shining, it was not to last. After a brief orientation, signing all the necessary forms for employment, the seven of us that were new hires were taken on a tour of the facility. The tour itself lasted almost an hour and change, culminating in our training room were we would be shown the ins and outs of the Digital Domain systems and procedures. I was one of two film compositors brought on today. There are more hires coming in for the weeks to come, both on the show I'll be working on, and some other shows which are wrapping up.

After the morning was over, I headed back to our hotel room in Marina Del Rey and then drove back to DD after lunch. It was definitely the right move, even if it was only a five minute drive! We had a short introduction to Nuke, Digital Domain's homebrew comp package. While it is homebrew, the tools and ease of use of the software made working within it quite enjoyable. There are some great tools inside it! And that's not including any of DD's proprietary tools that I can't mention! The training ended close to 7pm, just in time for me to find my actual working space and then emerge into the Venice night with rain pattering down.

All in all, an exciting first day. Like most first days, it is both exciting and overwhelming at the same time. Digital Domain is HUGE. Much bigger than I imagined, and the wealth of resources available is definitely mindblowing.