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Global Virtual Production Summit to launch at the Marché du Film in May

Cannes Next is “an executive conference and innovation-driven business development platform exploring the future of the entertainment sector … [and] a unique gathering enhancing partnerships and fostering business opportunities by connecting world-class creativity with cutting-edge business and technological innovation”. The organisers have announced a 19 May Global Virtual Production Summit involving Disguise and Film Soho featuring interactive workshops, masterclasses […]

A roundup of new generative AI tools for filmmakers

In an article for Virtual Producer, as well as providing an introduction to generative AI and the possibilities it provides to content creators, Noah Kadner highlights a number of tools that are going to set the world of filmmaking alight. Here are some that you might not yet be familiar with. Cuebric by Seyhan Lee […]

Challenging perspectives

How filmmakers trick us into thinking that characters and objects are larger, smaller, farther away or closer than they really are A fascinating look behind the scenes at how visual effects companies, and particularly, here, Wētã FX, use camera angles, floating monitors, platforms, performance capture, virtual cameras and props to draw us in and sell […]

CGI

Twelve films that took advantage of virtual environments

Oblivion The Lion King Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The Irishman The Midnight Sky Bullet Train War for the Planet of the Apes Red Notice The Batman Ford v Ferrari Ghost In The Shell To Gun: Maverick A few highlights Oblivion – “the floors, walls, and ceilings of the towers were physical set pieces, […]

Content Creation

Universal Pixels box clever for in-car scenes on ‘Better’

Using a box lined with ROE LED screens driven by Disguise GX2c media servers, rental company and friends of Mondatum Universal Pixels helped the production team on BBC One crime drama Better to complete multiple internal car scenes during an intense three day shoot. The ‘Better’ crew was pretty new to this type of in-camera visual effects […]

Content Creation

LAMDA’s new virtual production training facility will get students ‘set ready’

To help address a yawning skills gap, the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is to offer virtual production technology training to students using a £1.9 million capital grant from the Office for Students, England’s independent regulator for higher education. It’s a first for a drama school in the UK. Training will be […]