NICK JONES - VIRTUAL PRODUCTION dIRECTOR
I’ve been shooting in Virtual Production since mid 2020, having shot over 23 days of VP on various stages – I’m the most experienced VP director currently in London.
MYLEENE VP
Yamaha VP
Nick Jones VP Supercut
Jaguar VP
Morgan VP
VIRTUL PRODUCTION SUPERHEROES
Standard chartered bank VP TVC
VP ALL DAY LONG
Standard chartered BTS/Finalshot
See how we made the film using VP:
REAL/UNREAL
Me, my mop, and I
The system uses a combination of game engine technology, camera tracking and 3D CGI environments to create real-time worlds that allow filmmakers to see their scenes unfold ‘live’, as they are composed and captured on set, in-camera, in real-time. Best of all it’s almost totally carbon neutral and creatively unlimited.
IKTVA - Transformation
IKTVA - BTS/FINAL SHOT
See how we made the film using VP:
Shooting in Virtual Production everything is captured in camera, live with little or no postproduction. Much of the work is done in Pre-vis, so you, your client & producer know exactly what you’re getting up front. It’s pretty risk averse – no bad weather, no cancelled flights, no location permits, no visa issues.
Performances are naturalistic and genuinely motivated, as VP immerses the actors within the scene all around them on the LED walls, so they can see the actual scene unfolding.
The skill is in matching the background 3D CG environments with the foreground elements of props, lighting and performance, so that through the camera everything combines into a seamless whole, and of course, it’s massively low carbon.
I love shooting this way and am enthusiastic about the possibilities and potential. You can have magic hour all day, change location, and adjust any part of your scene with just a click of a button.
Through my VP journey, I’ve contacts with VP studios and technical artists who can create the type of 3D CGI backgrounds required. I know the pipeline and working methodology – end to end. I can advise which scripts or scenes are suitable for VP, I can shoot, mentor, and explain to creatives, producers and DoP’s how it all works. It’s an exciting new world and I’m thrilled to be part of it. Feel free to drop me a line or give me buzz and I can happily fill you in and make something cool together.
Virtual production explainer video
I made a film that explains in simple terms how VP works:
