Virtual Production is a difficult concept to communicate, because as soon as that phrase is mentioned, all sorts of convoluted thoughts spring to mind: LED Screens, Virtual Reality, Point Clouds, all very technical, complicated, messy, and expensive ideas.
So in this video (plus the extended article on my website) I'll endeavour to clarify the core concepts at the heart of Virtual Production, and hopefully inspire the solo artists out there to discover more of what's hiding in this Cloud of Possibility.

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📖 "The LIE of Virtual Production"
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⏲ Timestamps ⏲
00:00 Intro
00:38 Opening Sequence
00:59 Prologue: The Cloud of Possibility
02:03 The Location Scout
03:12 Context: How CGI Works
04:27 GIG
05:17 Why GIG Matters
05:40 Chapter 1: Why Studios Care
08:21 Jargon: Enter the Vis
08:38 TechVis
10:32 StuntVis
10:54 PreVis
11:11 VAD (Virtual Art Department)
12:13 PitchVis
12:27 PostVis
13:24: PostVis: In-Camera VFX
14:09 Why Camera-Tracking is SO Important
14:40 Compositing 101
15:18: PostVis: LED Volumes
15:45 LED Workflow Graph
16:50 does any of this really matter...
18:17 Chapter 2: Why YOU Should Care
22:15 Virtual Production Bias & Communication
24:03 Chapter 3: How To Virtually Produce
24:14 3.1 "Virtual Production Studios"
26:25 3.2 "Educators"
28:06 3.3 You
28:35 my advice to you
30:19 Epilogue: Closing Thoughts