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In today’s edition:
🎙️ Our interview with Jim Rider, head of VP at Pier59 Studios
📺 New hardware at InfoComm
🎨 Runway’s Gen-3 model is open to everyone
Chatting with VFX Legend Jim Rider on Virtual Production
"It's a little bit bleeding edge. It's a little bit fingers crossed sometimes with what's going on," says Jim Rider, a veteran of visual effects turned virtual production supervisor, encapsulating the thrilling uncertainty of Hollywood's latest technological revolution.
In the latest episode of the VP Land podcast, Rider charts the course from his early days manipulating miniatures and optical composites to his current role overseeing a state-of-the-art LED volume at Pier59 Studios.
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The Breakdown
Pier59 Studios in NYC has the largest LED volumes on the East Coast with a 65' x 18' curved wall with a 2.6mm dot pitch
The stage uses Disguise for their media server, Unreal Engine for 3D scenes, Sony VENICE and RED Komodo cameras, complete with Asus ProArt Monitors and Asus ProArt Studiobooks
A recent WWE spot with Meek Mill was shot entirely on the LED volume with a 1-week turnaround, only possible with VP
But virtual production is increasingly proving its value. Jim shares how a recent spot for the WWE featuring rapper Meek Mill would have been impossible to pull off in the available time frame without an LED stage.
By using an LED wall to create virtual environments, the Pier59 Studios team was able to shoot multiple complex setups in a single day without the need for extensive post-production work.
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