VFX supervisor, Matt Kasmir and executive producer, Greg Baxter, enlisted NVIZ and their virtual camera system, ARENA, to help in the planning of the space walk and Maya’s subsequent death on George Clooney’s Oscar nominated film, The Midnight Sky. Led by head of visualisation, Janek Lender, the team at NVIZ initially helped to visualise Maya’s … Read more
What does it take to create a virtual reality segment for national television? Keep reading to dive deeper into the virtual production of The Today Show segment that aired during Super Bowl weekend. 1. Creative Our primary goal with the segment was to showcase the power of virtual production. The trick to good virtual production … Read more
Mo-Sys Engineering has integrated its virtual production software – Mo-Sys VP Pro – with the Sony Venice camera. Capturing the dynamic camera settings data direct from the Sony Venice, users can simplify and speed-up virtual production workflows. The Sony Venice full-frame digital cinematography camera is rapidly gaining popularity, not least for the large number of … Read more
The Future Group, the maker of virtual production tool Pixotope, has received development grants from the Epic Games MegaGrants fund and Innovation Norway to create virtual production cloud software. The grants will allow The Future Group to develop, as an industry first, Pixotope Live Cloud. This will enable companies to connect to the power of live virtual … Read more
ON A MISSION The filmmaking maestros behind sci-fi epic The Midnight Sky shot in snowstorms, created photorealistic virtual environments, and seamlessly blended stellar visual effects with stunning cinematography to tell a tale of two disparate environments. When the opportunity arose to explore two worlds – the Arctic and space – while lensing apocalyptic space drama … Read more
Quite Brilliant is one of a new wave of multi-disciplined media companies awake to the infinite creative possibilities of this method of film production. The agency has worked on a large number of short-form projects, and believes virtual production is a great choice for clients looking to deliver content such as TV commercials on fast-paced … Read more
Training provider Escape Studios are teaming up with ScreenSkills, to offer free training for furloughed workers, (and heavily subsidised fees for sole traders, micro-SMEs and self-employed) in the Unreal Engine, a new disruptive real-time technology that is changing how film and TV productions are created. Escape Studios – the UK’s only Unreal Authorised Training Centre … Read more
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.26, delivering powerful new tools that extend the ability of creators to craft believable real-time environments and characters for games, film and TV, visualisation, and training and simulation; as well as continued advancements to Unreal’s virtual production toolset; higher-quality media output; improved design review tools; and more. Highlights of … Read more