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