Virtual production supervisor and VFX specialist Gareth Repton has turned to crowdfunding to raise the money needed to launch a new, privately-owned film studio near Oxford. His ambition is to make virtual production more affordable and accessible to producers shooting movies, TV shows, commercials and promos on lower budgets. LUXA Film is looking to buy […]
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Shooting Greentea Peng’s new promo in “the playground of the future”
In Felix Brady’s promotional video for Greentea Peng’s new song Look To Him, as Aria Wells narrates her own story, the camera circles two men dancing – or is it fighting? – on top of a speeding car. Creating this 360 degree shot involved spinning the car on a platform inside Europe’s largest virtual production […]
A history of motion capture, starting in 1774
As performance capture grows to become one of the most powerful tools at a filmmaker’s fingertips, specialists Animatrik and creative agency Territory have produced this useful infographic focusing on its history, mechanics and uses. Source: MovieMaker
Digitally restored 19th. century portraits brought to life using machine learning
Using machine learning-based tools, Lorenzo Folli and Olga Shirnina of Mystery Scoop have a put together a collection of digitally restored 19th Century that then appear to come to life as the camera lingers and subtly moves across them. Wonderful!
Shortcut LED Stage opens in Copenhagen
Nordisk Film in Copenhagen has launched a new virtual production facility to service both in-house productions and third party clients. The Shortcut LED Stage is operated by Nordisk Film Shortcut, the company’s in-house VFX and post-production division. 16m in diameter, it is being marketed as the world’s first 360° stage and includes a ceiling covered […]
How to get a job in virtual production
An article from earlier this year by Noah Kadner on the frame.io blog highlights the range of additional skills required to make movies using virtual production techniques and technologies, including games development, visual effects, video I/O, real-time animation, tech support and theatrical stage experience. With virtual production, the only people who actually need to be […]
