Virtual Production Workflows & Insights

Remote Control: The Virtual Production Conference Live on September 17, 2020.

After months of re-imagining, rebuilding and troubleshooting, new concepts around remote production and collaboration have taken shape. We’ve asked several industry leaders to give you their insights and lessons learned, in short and sweet presentations.

In this episode, our host Buzz Hays of ‪@googlecloudtech‬ curates a discussion on virtual production featuring top content creator Matt Workman of ‪@CinematographyDatabase‬ and hears from a panel of experts with ‪@ProducersGuildofAmerica‬ on how virtual production is being used today. Moderated by Jenni Ogden, the panel includes Christina Lee Storm of ‪@Netflix‬ , John Canning with ‪@DigitalDomainDD‬ , and producer/cinematographer Kathryn Brillhart.

Thank you to our sponsors DELL, ‪@NVIDIA‬ , Meetmo.io, Computer Graphics World and ‪@TheNABShow‬ .


0:00 Introduction from Jim & Buzz
1:27 Rethinking collaboration
3:00 What's to come on Remote Control?
6:10 How are we broadcasting?
9:15 Production after the pandemic
11:07 Welcome to Remote Control
13:24 Thank you to sponsors and partners
14:03 Today's line-up of presenters
14:30 Introduction of Matt Workman
15:50 What will Matt talk about today?
17:10 Gear in Matt's virtual production studio
19:26 Overview of vector camera tracking system
21:25 Recording the drum set in the virtual scene
22:31 XR drum scene on handheld cam
23:18 Backlight control
24:30 DummerXR summary
25:00 Second demo
29:10 Capturing the virtual scene with handheld cam
31:20 Conclusion of demo
32:22 Start of Q&A with Matt
32:34 How does virtual production relate in previs?
35:07 Matt explains his career path
37:45 Why green screen over LED walls?
39:28 Tips for breaking into virtual production
42:00 Does the 3D sensor need to be center for parallax?
45:18 Remote Control poll results #1
46:02 "Producer's View of Virtual Production"
46:26 Panel introductions and backgrounds
1:01:27 What is virtual production?
1:05:44 How Kathryn got involved in virtual production
1:07:54 Tools and techniques for virtual production
1:13:22 Key factors for considering virtual production
1:20:41 How are producers approaching budgets?
1:26:21 What types of shows benefit from these techniques?

The full panel "Producer's View of Virtual Production" can be found here:
   • Producer's View of Virtual Production