11.03 Virtual Production Resources

Virtual Production Videos

Aputure Virtual Production Presentations

Aputure is a lighting company and wants people to buy its lights so take some of the absolute pronouncements with a grains of skepticism but there is a lot of valid virtual production advice in their presentations below.

Non-Narrative Virtual Production Examples

Often LED volume virtual production is use to attempt to recreate “reality” but there are many other creative uses of virtual production LED volumes to create theings that are not possible in reality and may not even be visually representational.

• Touch Designer with RenderStream  

Virtual Production Workflows and Behind the Scenes Examples

Selection of examples and walkthroughs of virtual production setups and examples. The Into The Volume – A Deep Dive into Virtual Production   by Media Division   gives a nice overview of the process and how the addition of physical items can help sell the scene.

The videos showing the use of Unreal Engine on large productions have techniques and equipment that is out of reach of students and small production crews but nevertheless have helpful tips and workflows that can inform your own projects.

How to see the Behind the Scenes Shots at your own Pace?

When you see the behind the scenes shots of the stage adn set in the videos, often it is only a short glimpse and your are unable to study the setup. A good way to see what is happening and to study and learn from others is to take screen shots of the videos when the scene changes, then you have a series of images that serve as your own custom textbook.

Virtual Production Equipment

Gio @4 Lighting Console

• EOS Gio @5 Documentation  
• ETC EOS Gio @5 Console Knowledge Base  
• ETC Lighting Boards Documentation App  
• EOS Online Learning  

mimik Lights

• mimik 120  
• mimik 120 Manual