Visual Disruptors

Mike speaks to cinematographer Matt Workman, whose incredible Cine Tracer software brings video game mechanics to film production.

Mike speaks to Patrik Forsberg, head of Stiller Studios. Patrik discusses the work he and his team are doing in bringing incredibly accurate new technology to motion control and virtual production—including a little robot they call ‘Cyclops’.

Mike speaks to Øystein Larsen of The Future Group—an award-winning, Oslo-based technology and creative services company. They discuss virtual production for live TV, including The Future Group’s stunning work for the Weather Channel.

Mike explores how movie franchises are being brought to life through virtual and augmented reality experiences, speaking to Mohen Leo, Creative Director and Visual Effects Supervisor at ILMxLAB—the immersive entertainment arm of the studio behind blockbusters including the Star Wars series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Jurassic World. We’re also joined by NVIDIA’s Senior Solutions Architect, Rick Grandy, to discuss the new technology powering it all.

Mike talks to Vladimir Mastilovic, founder of 3Lateral, about creating realistic digital humans for blockbuster video games including Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty and Red Dead Redemption—and how this translates to the silver screen. They also discuss the company’s plans now that it has become part of the Epic Games family.

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Mike chats technology in filmmaking with world-famous director Robert Zemeckis, whose repertoire includes Back to the Future, The Polar Express and Forrest Gump. VFX Supervisor Kevin Baillie also discusses how he used virtual production to turn Steve Carrell into a plastic doll on Zemeckis’s most recent release, Welcome to Marwen.

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Mike is joined by stunt legend Guy Norris and his son, Harrison. With their new joint venture, PROXi, they’re transforming action sequences through virtual production. They’re the brains and the brawn behind stunts in the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road and Suicide Squad, and discuss their work on two upcoming movies—X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Netflix's Triple Frontier.

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Mike is joined by Doug Roble and Scott Meadows of Digital Domain – the VFX masterminds behind box office hits like Black Panther, Beauty and the Beast, and The Jungle Book – to discuss the role machine learning and deep learning are playing in virtual production.

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In our first episode, Mike chats to Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor Ben Grossman about how virtual production is revolutionizing the movie-making business. He’s also joined by David Morin, chairman of the Virtual Reality Committee and the Virtual Production Committee, and head of Epic Games’ Los Angeles Lab.

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