Virtual Production

Hosted by Noah Kadner

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May 2024

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About the show

Meet the filmmakers behind The Mandalorian, The Avengers, The Lion King, The Jungle Book, and more. Host Noah Kadner wrote The Virtual Production Field Guide for Epic Games and is a contributor to American Cinematographer magazine. Topics include remote collaboration, visualization, real-time game engines, in-camera compositing, and LED wall cinematography. Hear how movies and TV shows used virtual production techniques from directors, cinematographers, visual effects supervisors, production designers, and others. The Virtual Production Podcast is a co-production of The Virtual Company and AbelCine. Discover how the industry is pivoting.

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May 23, 2024Episode 226 min

Phil Galler Live

The Virtual Production Podcast is back with a brand new live format! Our guest Phil Galler co-founded Lux Machina Consulting. Focusing on in-camera visual effects, real-time mixed reality, and the future of film making and live broadcast, Phil's been fortunate enough to find himself at the crossroads of technological innovation and creativity. To check out this and other recent episodes live with video, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahkadner/recent-activity/events/Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

January 4, 2024Episode 121 min

Disguise

Disguise is a creative platform powering major live entertainment from Taylor Swift to U2 and beyond. LED volume stages also leverage Disguise for virtual production. Addy Ghani, Fernando Kufer, and Tom Rockhill from Disguise join us in this special expanded episode of the Virtual Production podcast.Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

July 6, 2023Episode 525 min

Kenneth Nakada • Amazon

Kenneth Nakada is the Head of Virtual Production Operations at Amazon Studios. He was instrumental in Amazon’s efforts to build an LED volume in Hollywood, which became one of the largest in North America when it opened in 2022. Before Amazon, Nakada worked as a visual effects supervisor and artist on movies like Avatar, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3, and X-Men. But a far earlier special effects film got him interested in filmmaking as a career. Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

May 18, 2023Episode 424 min

Pinar Seyhan Demirdag • Generative AI

Pinar Seyhan Demirdag is an AI director, multidisciplinary artist, and opinion leader originally from Turkey. In 2020, she founded Seyhan Lee with renowned advertising executive Gary Koepke. Demirdag is on the cutting edge of generative AI and exploring how it can enhance virtual production workflows. Her current project is Cuebric, a generative AI tool for creating virtual production environments instantly. Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

March 30, 2023Episode 326 min

Paul Debevec • Netflix

Paul Debevec is the Director of Research for Creative Algorithms and Technology at Netflix. A pioneer in new techniques such as photogrammetry and image-based lighting, Debevec's work formed the basis of breakthrough visual effects for movies like The Matrix, Spider-Man, and Avatar.Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

February 23, 2023Episode 222 min

Emma Needell

Emma Needell is an independent writer/director. Her screenwriting skills caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey, who came on to produce her script, The Water Man when Needell was 24 years old. She also completed a short film, Life Rendered, using Unreal Engine and motion capture virtual production techniques which played at the Tribeca Film festival.Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

January 20, 2023Episode 125 min

1899 • Nikolaus Summerer & Udo Kramer

The Netflix mystery series 1899 is set on a migrant steamship on the high seas and was shot in a giant LED volume in Germany. Writer/producer Jantje Friese and producer/director Baran bo Odar created the show with collaborators, including director of photography Nikolaus Summerer and production designer Udo Kramer. In this special episode, we speak with both Summerer and Kramer about their experiences. Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

December 7, 2022Episode 825 min

Erik Weaver, ETC

Erik Weaver is a specialist focused on the intersection of cloud computing and the media and entertainment industry. He's currently the director of the Entertainment Technology Center's Adaptive Production project and special projects in Los Angeles. That means he gets to test out new technologies and report to the major movie studios on his findings.Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

August 31, 2022Episode 725 min

Brett Leonard

Brett Leonard is an American film director, producer, and music video director specializing in science fiction and horror. He also hosts a podcast called What the F is the Metaverse. One of Leonard's first films, The Lawnmower Man, is considered the first significant movie to feature virtual reality as a cautionary tale long before our present fascination with all things virtual production. Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.

July 20, 2022Episode 624 min

Alex Proyas

Alex Proyas is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He's best known for directing films like The Crow, Dark City, I Robot, Knowing, and Gods of Egypt. A longtime master of visual effects wizardry, Proyas is currently in pre-production on a horror movie to be shot in an LED volume. The Virtual Production podcast is brought to you by Puget Systems and Blackmagic Design. Please visit Abel Cine and The Virtual Company for all your virtual production needs. Follow Noah Kadner on Linkedin.