Virtual sets are a recent trend and have always been out of reach for budget filmmakers.
But where there’s a will, there’s a way. A DIY way.
The Volume. It’s a high-resolution behemoth that Disney has been using to create realistic interplanetary backgrounds for their hit TV show The Mandalorian. The company invested millions to create a tool that gives them total control over the background and gives actors a realistic environment to react with. That kind of technology investment is too expensive for regular filmmakers to take advantage of. But is there a way to fake it?
Why yes, there is.
Still Images and a Big-Screen TV
As TV prices go down and screen sizes go up on ultra high-definition 4K displays, the idea of using a high-resolution television screen as a virtual background display becomes viable for indie filmmakers on a budget. Users are even turning to short-throw video projectors and virtual background software like Unreal Engine to provide production value like big-budget projects are doing.
More on that later.
Author: James DeRuvo
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
