BCineSkills Supplement Category: VFX Integration
Wildlife filming and CGI
WORLD UNITED Find out how some productions are combining visual effects flair and natural history expertise to create the next generation of wildlife documentaries. In 1999, Tim Haines, BBC Studios Science Unit, Discovery Channel, and Framestore released an ambitious six-part nature documentary television miniseries, Walking with Dinosaurs, that mixed real locations with CGI to give … Read more
Lens to screen
Brownian Motion has honed a seamless end-to-end workflow for virtual production content from set capture, through offline to final pixel delivery. “We specialise in no-compromise plate capture and delivery. Why wouldn’t you want to use the same cameras as the rest of your shoot just because it’s going on a screen?” says self-titled Head Honcho, … Read more
Mapping the way to a new industry standard
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 since 1999, working in Portugal, Sweden, and now the UK. He served for several years … Read more
Comandante: Reconfiguring virtual production in near real-time
A Near Real-Time workflow brings together key advancements in lens calibration, machine learning and real-time rendering to deliver higher quality composites of what was just shot to the filmmakers, in a matter of minutes. The artistry of cinema has always advanced when filmmakers push the limits of technology. New film Comandante is breaking new ground. … Read more