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Real-Time In-Camera VFX for Next-Gen Filmmaking | Project Spotlight | Unreal Engine

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Epic Games shows how LED walls can provide both virtual backgrounds and real lighting, letting scenes be captured in camera in a single pass with Unreal Engine.

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Cited as an example of LED volume virtual production, as used for Star Wars shows, in threads about VFX.

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jiggawatts · 2022-08 · Reference

This is a “solved problem” now with technologies like this: [VIDEO] The backgrounds are “real” and can be captured in-camera, so there is no need for special effects to blend hair. Similarly, reflective surfaces aren’t a problem either. This was used to good effect for the Mandalorian series where the protagonist wears shiny metal armour.

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josteink · 2022-08 · Criticism

> This is a “solved problem” now with technologies like this: [VIDEO] The backgrounds are “real” and can be captured in-camera, so there is no need for special effects to blend hair. Similarly, reflective surfaces aren’t a problem either. While at the same time, when seeing that initial shot I could immediately tell the background was fake. Like in any fake-ass marvel-movie. And I’m not into VFX tech, I’m not into the industry as whole. I’m just a casual movie-watcher (going from being a hard-core movie-watcher), and my involvement in these movies is getting lower and lower as the movies increasingly gets less and less real. The last truly great movie I saw was Mad Max Fury Road. It has you engaged all the way through, because everything which matters there actually is real, something your mind can tell. I recently saw Bullet Train. It was OKish because it was mostly about characters, and it had a semi-decent story to tie it all together. All the excessive VFX bits at the end was pretty “meh“ though. It would have been a better movie without it.

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firefoxd · 2022-08 · Reference

For Netflix, I know what he means, but the article has a hard time describing it. It's kinda like you know what a tiktok video looks like, even when the logo is absent. But here is a better phenomenon. Star wars tv series are all shot in a circular room. Everything is arranged in a virtual circle even when they are outdoors. When you see it, you can't unsee it. Ps: having a hard time finding images from the shows. But here is the set. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]

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