How virtual production is redefining the filmmaking process

Virtual production has exploded in popularity due to a demand for incredibly high-quality film and TV production, at a fraction of the time and cost. With the rise of large-scale production companies such as Netflix and Amazon, audiences are spoiled for choice while film­makers face the challenge of delivering visually stunning pro­ductions at a rate unimaginable in pre-streaming days.

To meet this huge demand, filmmaking processes need to be reviewed. Traditional film produc­tion occurs in a linear phase: scenes are storyboarded, actors are filmed on set, location or greenscreen, then visual effects teams add the finishing touches during post-production. But this is both lengthy and expen­sive as teams can only see and decide on the final output during post-production.

What if these creative decisions could be brought in much earlier in the process? Virtual production enables filmmakers to render photorealistic computer-generated scenes on an LED background and interactively visualise them in real time.

With much of this technology rooted in gaming, filmmakers can now build incredibly high-quality scenes with game engines such as Unreal Engine. Together with high-power graphics cards, camera tracking and augmented and mixed reality, these technologies marry the digital and physical world, where what you see in camera is what you get.

disguise, a leader in extended reality, envisioned a solution where all these technologies integrate into one core workflow, breaking down barriers between creative and technical implementation. Our Extended Reality (xR) plat­form for virtual production takes in the real-time rendered CG content and delivers it into the physical LED space, at any scale.

disguise xR brings everyone together – from the director to the producers and the talent on stage – enabling them to see how their scenes will progress and make creative decisions on the fly, improving content using the dis­guise software.

With disguise xR, filmmakers can capture the creative magic of working together as they would with physical sets, while minimis­ing the amount of time, money and uncertainty of conventional post-production.

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