About the Role
Your eye for visual storytelling is worth more than you think. We're looking for cinematography professionals and advanced film students to help train cutting-edge AI models to understand how great cinema is constructed — shot by shot, scene by scene.
This is a fully remote, asynchronous contract role where your expertise in camera work, composition, and visual language directly shapes how AI perceives and describes film.
- Organization: Alignerr
- Type: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote (Anywhere)
- Commitment: 15+ hours/week, fully flexible
What You'll Do
- Watch film and video clips and analyze them through a trained cinematographic lens
- Identify precise scene boundaries and describe shot transitions with accuracy
- Break down camera movement, framing choices, blocking, pacing, and lighting
- Write structured, professional scene summaries and beat-by-beat analyses
- Apply cinematography principles consistently across a high volume of visual content
- Deliver annotations in standardized formats designed for AI training pipelines
Who You Are
Must-Have:
- Background in film production, directing, editing, cinematography, or formal film education
- Ability to describe scenes visually and technically — without leaning on dialogue as a crutch
- Strong structured writing skills with a keen eye for visual detail
- Comfortable reviewing and re-watching clips to ensure precision and accuracy
Nice to Have:
- Experience with script coverage, storyboarding, or pre-visualization workflows
- Understanding of narrative scene structure and visual storytelling fundamentals
- Familiarity with annotation or AI training tools
Why Join Us
- Put your film expertise to work on cutting-edge AI projects with top research labs
- Fully remote and asynchronous — work on your own schedule from anywhere in the world
- Freelance autonomy with the consistency of ongoing project work
- Meaningful contribution: your analysis directly shapes how AI understands cinema
- Potential for continued engagement as new projects launch
We review candidates on a rolling basis and match you to active projects that fit your background. Advanced film students and working professionals are both encouraged to apply.