VIRTUAL PRODUCTION: THE FUTURE


VIRTUAL PRODUCTION


PRODUCTION/POST


Net f l i x ’s 1899 shoot ing at DARK BAY (copyr ight : Alex Forge/NET F L IX )


inside the displays, how they blend into the foreground, how you can manipulate the foreground to blend into the background,” says Klausing. “That was Faber’s expertise.” Also on board is ARRI, chosen


not just because the production is shooting on ARRI cameras but also for its lens expertise. “Our DOP Nik Summerer and ARRI’s lens engineers customised a set of the new ARRI Alpha anamorphic lenses for 1899,” says Klausing. “They are specially designed to push the bokeh on the lenses to perfectly fall into the LED wall; the goal is to have a more foreground in focus, while keeping the LED Wall slightly out of focus. Having more space to direct the scene inside the volume is essential on scripted drama formats.” Klausing sees virtual production


as a methodology in the middle of production. It obviously requires investment, but the key factor is getting the fullest cooperation. “You need to


really work with every department to see what the synergy is, what you can take out of that department in order to give it to virtual production.” “We’re only at the end of the very


first cycle of this way of working,” says James Whitlam, Managing Director - Episodic at Framestore. “Once the investment is made in a bespoke build there’s usually a desire to continue as an ongoing studio for hire. Those studios who invest in a library of high- quality vanilla content (for example, a castle courtyard, an airport, a city street) which can then be digitally dressed relatively quickly to make it unique to each production will have an advantage over those who just dry hire the hardware.”


Game on A key driver behind the current VP


wave has been the Unreal Engine from Epic Games. “Next year is going to be very exciting for virtual production across the board, with the release of


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Michael McKenna FINAL PIXEL


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