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Visualization will supercharge more productions
Virtual production is a term most often applied to blockbuster productions, which incorporate Previs, Techvis, and SafetyVis to imagine new workflows and complex scenes before physical work begins.
In 2021, these valuable visualization technologies will become seamlessly integrated with more productions of any scale – scripted and non-scripted television, animation, and Indie budget filmmaking.
This is playing out in two ways for our Cinecode clients. First, Apple’s introduction of Lidar on their devices has supercharged Cinecode’s ability to provide remarkably in-depth LiDAR scans at a substantially reduced cost and with less planning or manpower to accomplish well, opening the door for more collaborative teams, a better depth of Pre-production planning which helps the bottom line, and creative outcomes.
Second, economies of scale will benefit more productions. Our animators and developers work in tandem on tools, some of which can be show-specific, while others have a broader appeal. Inevitably, both are empowering clients at the speeds they need to produce.
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The Convergence of Virtual and Real
After emerging from the isolation of last year, people want to feel normal; to feel connected. They’re exploring new home purchases, going to virtual concerts, dreaming of vacations, hoping to create new memories. Those memories – those connections – can now be created in a physical or digital world, or both. For the media and entertainment industry, 2021 will be the year Virtual Production, Digital Twins, and Connected Spaces converge.
In Connected Spaces, both the digital and physical are one and the same. Through virtual production technology, consumers will be able to go a concert at their favorite venue in a Connected Space. Digital users will attend by visiting a Digital Twin, while physical users will visit the location in person. And both audiences enjoy the same entertainment, together.
If there’s one thing that the pandemic has taught us, we all can connect socially and create just as meaningful memories through a digital connection in 2021 and beyond.
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If there’s one thing that the pandemic has taught us, we all can connect socially through a digital connection in 2021 and beyond.
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Sally Slade
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The Emergence of Virtual Personas
Content creators are often pressured to streamline their brand; to create their signature style, and stick with it. When an individual feels like pushing boundaries, they may insulate their existing body of work by publishing under a new name – an alias, or a secret pen name.
Likewise, as creatives feel pressure from society to conform, we may desire alternative outlets for creative or professional self-expression.
Enter the Virtual Persona – the “Virsona.”
In 2021, we can create entire fictive personalities as platforms for our content. These “Virsonas” can host talk shows, release albums, or chat in real-time with fans. They can offer a shield of anonymity, or act as amplifiers towards an existing person or message.
With today’s Virtual Production techniques and avatar builders, it’s increasingly accessible to forge and puppeteer custom characters: Just as we watched the rise of Bloggers and Podcasters, the era of VTubers (broadcasters of video content via Virtual Personas) is now upon us.
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Christian Faber
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Storytelling will drive innovation
Businesses coming back into full production in 2021 won't want to rush into big investments, especially investments they can’t use until a project comes around that leverages them. It will begin to shift the other way around.
Here at Rig21, instead of leading with tech, first we explore a certain effect or a specific scene. When we eventually do buy the software or equipment, it’s almost like Christmas – the anticipation of finally using it and seeing how it works – in service of our creativity. The visuals, the storytelling, the engagement – that's what drives the innovation and development of the studio, instead of getting a lot of technology and then waiting around for the right project to fit the tech.
We see creativity as being first. This is what will attract the skilled people who bring talent and vision and creative ideas into the studio. Only then will the investments in tools and technology follow.
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Deconstructing the M+E Production Model
The traditional studio production model favors computer generated imagery as a postproduction process; while the art department, responsible for the physical build, start on day one. Green screen is an established, well-understood technology that post people use to optimize the scene and overcome its shortcomings.
But just walk onto a set with a LED video wall, driven by tools and processes only made possible with game engine technology, and you realize where we are headed: The physical and digital co-exist.
We think studios will begin adopting pre-visualization initiatives directly into the creative process – allowing creatives to take the written word, visualize it, put it up on a screen, and communicate their vision with all the department heads, before committing to final content creation.
This serves creatives, but also allows financial models to derive true costs much earlier in the process than the previous pipeline allows. All while providing an environment that fosters creativity.
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We think studios will begin adopting pre-visualization initiatives directly into the creative process – allowing creatives to communicate their vision.
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