The Secrets Of Virtual Production

This week we are joined by Anastasia Marshall a creative producer and filmmaker with a background in scripted and commercial content, for the likes of Disney, the BBC and Condé Nast. She was the Creative Director for 100% Shutterstock, a TV commercial shot entirely on LED virtual production stage, for Shutterstock Studios in partnership with Ridley Scott's Associates, Final Pixel and 80six. She is passionate about DEI in the creative industries and fascinated by storytelling via new and immersive technology, with current ventures in Web 3 and NFTs.

This week we are joined by Addy Ghani, Vice President for Virtual Production at Disguise.As the VP of Virtual Production, Addy is immersed in Studio workflows and Industry standards for real time visualization for film and television. Addy is building a Disguise creator community and strategies that will further the proliferation of Virtual Production. Prior to joining Disguise, Addy designed and built world class stages for DreamWorks, Verizon Media and NBCUniversal to help creatives visualize their dreams. Addy is well versed in VFX and animation, as well as emerging formats like AR and VR. He is an unofficial Unreal Engine Evangelist and a Fellow and loves to converse about the possibilities of game engines as a storytelling tool.

This week we are joined by Rob Fowler, Business and Development Manager for Brompton Technology. Brompton Technology is dedicated to the specialist design and manufacture of cutting-edge, rugged, and tour-ready LED video processing products for the live events, film and broadcast industries.

In this episode we are joined by Katie Cole, Gaming & Virtual Production Evangelist, Director of Product Marketing at Perforce Software. We delve into Perforce Solutions and how they are being used for virtual production,  touching on the history of Perforce, Katie's background, version control and more.

This week we are joined by Chris McKenna, the Director at Final Pixel. A global creative studio specializing in end-to-end virtual production, we explore the creative process and role a director plays in virtual production. Chris McKenna has over 20 years of experience as a writer and director of commercials, promos, and branded entertainment.  He is known as an “actor’s director” as he puts high-flying actors and celebrities at ease and draws out great performances in the most difficult of situations.

This week we are joined by Dr Jodi Nelson-Tabor, A senior lecturer at the University of Greenwich in the Film and Television Production department, she is also a Digital Researcher, Filmmaker/Practitioner, Actor and Creative Consultant. Her PhD was a critical and creative practice thesis entitled, "Digital Technology, Social Media and the Emerging Alternative Documentary Production Methodologies" Her teaching subjects cover a huge range, including business of film and the creative economy, writing for screen, emerging documentary practice, new production methodologies and of course new media film practices including VP. In today’s episode we will discuss virtual production training and changes in the academic sector.

In this episode we discuss virtual production from the producers point of view, and how it can vary from more traditional filming methods. We're joined by Monica Hinden Executive Producer and co-founder of Final Pixel, we cover benefits of VP as well as sustainability and more about Final Pixel.

In this episode of the Secrets of Virtual Production we are joined by Allan Rankin the Director and Co-founder of Target3D, he is a business development professional in the technology sector. We talk all about Target 3D, discuss tracking solutions and virtual production training as well as recent case studies from Target 3D and Final Pixel.

In our first episode, we get a taster of the new and exciting technologies of virtual production and how they work. This week we are joined by Michael Mckenna, the CEO of Final Pixel, a global creative studio specializing in end-to-end virtual production.

Welcome to The Secrets Of Virtual Production podcast by Final Pixel.We are excited to share insight from people working in the new and exciting world of virtual production. In each episode, we will be joined by a range of amazing guests who are prominent in virtual production.Follow the podcast to get notified when new episodes go live.