In this, the second episode of The Pulse, host Mike Seymour, Co-Founder of fxguide is joined by Sam Nicholson, ASC, CEO and Founder of Stargate Studios; Felix Jorge, CEO and Creative Director at Happy Mushroom; and Matt Madden, currently Director of Virtual Production at Epic Games. Together, they look at how real-time filmmaking and virtual […]
A behind-the-scenes look at how the Director and creative team made the most of what virtual production currently offers, and then began to think of new ways of working. Over 50 percent of The Mandalorian Season 1 was filmed using this ground-breaking new methodology, eliminating the need for location shoots entirely. Instead, actors in The […]
Epic Games has published a new Virtual Production Primer containing more than 15 hours of curated content in a self-paced learning path, comprising eight courses and 10 videos. The primer teaches the fundamentals of Unreal Engine and real-time production, and how these skills and techniques may be applied to the emerging area of virtual production. […]
Montreal now also has a new real-time virtual production environment, at MELS Studios and Postproduction, which is part of Quebecor Media Group subsidiary TVA Group. The turnkey installation, which uses Epic Games’ Unreal Engine took just six weeks to complete, with the support of Solotech, who supplied the Absen M2.9mm LED screens. ARRI has supplied […]
Pixomondo intends to open its doors by the end of 2020 International VFX company Pixomondo, whose credits include The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones, Perry Mason and Raised By Wolves, is opening a new $7.5 million virtual production studio in Toronto which it hopes to have ready by the end of 2020. The new facility, said to be […]
While conventional physical productions remain hampered by Covid-19 related restrictions, a group of companies is looking into how to get the most out of LED stages and real-time engines Virtual stages are inherently safer, more flexible and more efficient places to create new film content while virus-related restrictions are in place. Using just a single […]