Virtual Production Foundations

Learn the basic techniques and most commonly used technologies of professional video production in virtual environments.

Introduction

• Welcome to virtual production foundations
• Who this course is for and how to best use it

1. Virtual Production

• LED volumes and virtual production
• Live demonstration of an LED volume
• Examples of recent virtual productions

2. Key Virtual Production Technologies

• Virtual production in an LED volume vs. green screen
• What is driving the massive increases in LED volume usage?
• Create and use a camera frustum
• Survey of camera tracking technologies
• Cinema lighting in an LED volume
• Applying pixel mapping to sample and match backdrops to lighting

3. Pre-Production Workflow

• When to use previs and techvis
• Storyboarding using virtual cameras in game engines
• Exploring the marketplaces for environments and models
• How a virtual art department differs from a traditional one
• Optimizing for real-time performance
• Creating highly realistic assets with photogrammetry
• Visual effects in virtual cinematography
• Using virtual scouting to explore an environment
• Evaluating the best remote collaboration tools

4. On-Set Techniques and Roles

• Key crew positions in the brain bar
• Identifying optical challenges in an LED volume
• Color grading in a volume
• Optimizing image quality with color science
• Live compositing in an LED volume

Conclusion

• Opportunities for veterans and newcomers in virtual production
• What’s next in virtual production?