The UK’s National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield, Bucks has announced the creation of a brand-new 24 week part-time blended learning Virtual Production course that will begin in January 2023.
The course synopsis
Virtual Production (VP) is a rapidly growing area of content production. By combining CGI, game-engines, and virtual reality technologies, VP enables completely new ways of making film and TV, from virtual scouting, to set design, to real-time, on-set visual effects. VP techniques impact many core disciplines within filmmaking, from cinematography, to production design, VFX, animation, directing and beyond.
The UK screen sector is currently facing unprecedented demand for VP skills. This new part-time National Film and Television School (NFTS) Certificate, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), WarnerMedia Access and StoryFutures Academy, has been designed to give students the foundation on which to build a virtual production career in the thriving VP industry.
This course aims to introduce students to the core technical and filmmaking skills required to work on a VP project using an LED Stage driven by Unreal Engine. This course is designed for those who will fill key artistic and technical disciplines, including Technical Artists, Lighting Specialists, Colour Specialists, Technical Designers/Directors, Camera Hardware/Software Pipeline Engineers, LED Hardware Engineers, or VP Technical Generalists. Participants may come from varied technical and creative backgrounds, such as games, VFX, 3D animation, graphics design or film crew camera departments.
The course offers theoretical and practical experience delivered via weekly online seminars as well as six (6) weekend hands-on workshops at our VP LED wall and facilities at the NFTS Beaconsfield Film Studios.
The course costs £3,450 to attend. Visit the NFTS’s website or call them on 01494 671234 for more information