What kind of films would you make if your tools matched the speed of thought? It can be frustrating for a filmmaker to have an imagination full of amazing stories and no budget to tell them with. What if the tools used on big-budget productions were suddenly made available to you? “The holy grail for filmmakers is to be able to work in real time, iterate in photorealistic environments, and do anything you want in the moment,” said Frank Patterson, President of Pinewood Atlanta Studios. “When you start iterating this way, think, what would your brain come up with if you had these tools?” Participating on a SXSW panel about Virtual Production, Patterson was joined by Chris Edwards, CEO of the Emmy-Award winning visualization company, The Third Floor, Shannon Justison, Sr. Previs/Postvis Supervisor at The Third Floor, and Wes Ball, director of The Maze Runner. This session, featuring players at the forefront of previs and virtual production, gave an inside look on their process and how advances in the techniques of iteration can soon make these tools available to the indie film scene. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 2 April, 2018