Light control, colour matching, and close inter-departmental collaboration are the keys to lighting for virtual production. Be ready to integrate with a lot more departments than you were expecting,” advises Jeff Webster. He is probably the world’s most experienced gaffer…
Directors, DPs, and VP supervisors discuss the workflows, techniques, caveats and benefits of LED volume shooting and the wider world of virtual production. If you’re shooting in an LED volume, what dictates the lighting?” asks director-DP Brett Danton. “If it’s…
A virtual production stage is filled with equipment both familiar and unfamiliar to a DP, but even the familiar must be considered in new ways. The prime requirement when selecting a camera for virtual production work is that it must…
Get to know the new virtual production roles and departments making an impact in the filmmaking mix. Generally speaking, all the conventional filmmaking roles continue in virtual production, albeit with each job impacted in some form. The DP’s physical production…
Despite being a relatively recent addition to the cinematographer’s toolkit, virtual production technology has already earned a legion of devotees thanks to its expansive filmmaking possibilities. Virtual production (VP) combines virtual, augmented and physical reality with CGI, made possible by…
Canon streamlines the virtual reality production process with the new EOS VR system. “Canon really is the only major electronics company that has made anything like this solution currently,” says Graham Payne, product business developer – ISB Business at Canon…
Director-DP Brett Danton chose Canon cameras and lenses to immerse Bastille in a multi-layered VR experience. The latest album from Brit Award-winning pop rock band Bastille is entitled “Give Me the Future”. “Sci-fi is escapist, but technology can also be…
Filmmaker and VFX supervisor Hugo Guerra recently tested the CinCraft Mapper, a new service from ZEISS that saves the troublesome and time-consuming process of shooting lens grids for visual effects work. Hugo Guerra has been in the visual effects industry…
The pioneering toolset unites LED and camera technology to create an innovative solution for the virtual production, broadcast, and live production spheres. Technology does not remain static as new innovations and applications are constantly being discovered. The emergence of virtual…
Universal Pixels (UP) discusses why expert technical delivery is vital to virtual production, and why going virtual is the future of sustainability in film, television and advertising. Although they are by no means an invention of the pandemic, virtual production…
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