How does virtual production work?

The desert behind the actor is a wall of LEDs, redrawn 24 times a second for exactly where the camera stands. An LED volume is a curved wall and ceiling of LED panels around a small real set. A game engine draws a 3D place on it.

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Chapters in this interactive model

1. A room made of screens: A curved LED wall shows a 3D place around a small real set.
2. The wall redraws itself for one camera: Only the patch the lens sees gets the true perspective.
3. The screen is also the light: Change the world on the wall and the actor is lit by it, at once.
4. Keep the wall soft, and don’t move too fast: A wall is made of dots, runs a little late and can’t be the sun.
5. “Can we move that mountain?”: A team at a desk runs the engine and changes the world between takes.
6. Car chases that never leave the stage: Films, series, ads and driving shots, from Hollywood to Hyderabad.