The cutting edge of production technology is getting cornered by the video game business instead of the usual Hollywood companies.
North Carolina-based Epic Games, creator of the global phenomenon “Fortnite,” is making a name for itself out West by providing its Unreal Engine software to TV and film productions looking to shoot with a new set of tools loosely known as virtual production. Epic rival Unity Technologies is also active in this space, as are other companies not known from the video game world.
Miles Perkins, business development for film and TV at Epic, and Connie Kennedy, the head of the company’s LA Lab, talked on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business” about how virtual production is catching on. TV shows like HBO’s “Westworld” and films like “John Wick: Chapter 3” have employed innovative new techniques that could revolutionize traditional production work by allowing all...
North Carolina-based Epic Games, creator of the global phenomenon “Fortnite,” is making a name for itself out West by providing its Unreal Engine software to TV and film productions looking to shoot with a new set of tools loosely known as virtual production. Epic rival Unity Technologies is also active in this space, as are other companies not known from the video game world.
Miles Perkins, business development for film and TV at Epic, and Connie Kennedy, the head of the company’s LA Lab, talked on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business” about how virtual production is catching on. TV shows like HBO’s “Westworld” and films like “John Wick: Chapter 3” have employed innovative new techniques that could revolutionize traditional production work by allowing all...
- 2/24/2021
- by Andrew Wallenstein
- Variety Film + TV
Timothy Cole, Alexandru Popescu and Isabella Povolny’s Cassini Logs has won the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge, a joint initiative of Epic Games and the state and territory screen agencies.
Following on from a free online Unreal Engine training course that saw over 1,800 artists and filmmakers from across Australia participate, 16 teams presented with $20,000 each to produce a short film.
With just six weeks to complete the project, teams collaborated with visual effects facilities, production studios, and universities to explore virtual production, including LED stage shoots, real-time animation workflows, performance capture, in-camera visual effects and VR.
Judged as the winner, Cassini Logs ultimately takes home a $50,000 grand prize. The project follows a scientist on one of Saturn’s moons trying to understand her parents’ disappearance.
“The level of production quality achieved in these shorts is remarkable considering the tight six-week turnaround,” said Epic Games head of Los Angeles lab Connie Kennedy.
Following on from a free online Unreal Engine training course that saw over 1,800 artists and filmmakers from across Australia participate, 16 teams presented with $20,000 each to produce a short film.
With just six weeks to complete the project, teams collaborated with visual effects facilities, production studios, and universities to explore virtual production, including LED stage shoots, real-time animation workflows, performance capture, in-camera visual effects and VR.
Judged as the winner, Cassini Logs ultimately takes home a $50,000 grand prize. The project follows a scientist on one of Saturn’s moons trying to understand her parents’ disappearance.
“The level of production quality achieved in these shorts is remarkable considering the tight six-week turnaround,” said Epic Games head of Los Angeles lab Connie Kennedy.
- 1/27/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
‘The Mandalorian’ (Photo: Industrial Light & Magic/Lucasfilm Ltd.)
Video game and software developer Epic Games (Fortnite) has partnered with Film Victoria, Screen Nsw, Screen Tasmania, Screen Queensland, Screenwest, Screen Territory and the South Australian Film Corporation to launch a national short film competition.
The initiative calls for creatives to produce a short using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, a real-time engine that allows photorealistic rendering and virtual production.
Unreal Engine has been used on more than 100 television and film projects, assisting with previs, VR scouting on virtual sets, in-camera visual effects and final renders. Industrial Light & Magic (Ilm) used the toolset to create virtual environments on The Mandalorian.
To ease creatives into the world of real-time technology, Epic Games will run a series of free training sessions to learn about the software across August 10-23.
Following the training program, participants are encouraged to submit a pitch using the engine. Each state...
Video game and software developer Epic Games (Fortnite) has partnered with Film Victoria, Screen Nsw, Screen Tasmania, Screen Queensland, Screenwest, Screen Territory and the South Australian Film Corporation to launch a national short film competition.
The initiative calls for creatives to produce a short using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, a real-time engine that allows photorealistic rendering and virtual production.
Unreal Engine has been used on more than 100 television and film projects, assisting with previs, VR scouting on virtual sets, in-camera visual effects and final renders. Industrial Light & Magic (Ilm) used the toolset to create virtual environments on The Mandalorian.
To ease creatives into the world of real-time technology, Epic Games will run a series of free training sessions to learn about the software across August 10-23.
Following the training program, participants are encouraged to submit a pitch using the engine. Each state...
- 8/3/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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