VP Day One
- Lesson3 of 6
- Time30 min
Who's who on the stage
Outcome
Name the virtual production crew, what each does, and who they answer to.
Mapped to 1 ScreenSkills checklist line
- ScreenSkills virtual production competencies: VFX creation (virtual art department) roles · Create storyboards, animatics or other preparatory visualisations: "collaborate with the director and other colleagues to facilitate the creative process and delivery of required outcomes"
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Watch
3 films · about 57 minutes
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On the stage
- LED or stage technician: builds and maintains the wall and processors; swaps faulty modules.
- Tracking technician: sets up and calibrates camera tracking and lens data.
- Real-time (Unreal) operator: runs the engine and makes live changes to light, sky and set.
- Media server or playback operator: plays plates and feeds content to the wall.
- VP colour: calibrates the wall and matches it to the camera and the DoP's look.
In prep and the office
- VAD artists and leads build the worlds with the production designer.
- VP coordinator and VP producer: budget, schedule, stage booking and content delivery dates.
- VP supervisor: the creative and technical lead. The DoP, designer and VFX supervisor work through them.
Who you answer to
- Stage crew answer to the stage's technical lead or the VP supervisor. The brain bar answers to the VP supervisor.
- The 1st AD still runs the floor. Calls, safety and the schedule come from the AD team, on a volume as anywhere else.
Check
3 questions drawn from 8 · pass mark 80% · safety-critical questions must be right · 3 attempts in 24 hours · new questions each time
Watch the films to open the check.
Do
Who do you tell? · 10 minutes
For each problem, write who you would tell first.
1. Tiny ripples on the wall in a close-up on the monitor. 2. A cable from the tracking sensor is across a fire exit. 3. A dark square appears in the corner of the wall. 4. The DoP says the world's light doesn't match the set.
How it's marked
- 1: the camera team (focus) and the brain bar
- 2: the AD team or the tracking technician, straight away
- 3: the LED technician
- 4: the brain bar via the VP supervisor (and colour)
Met or Not yet, with a comment from a trained reviewer. Until accounts open, open the model answer after you submit and mark your own work against it.
Model answer (open after you submit)
1 The focus puller and the brain bar: moiré. 2 The AD team straight away (fire exit), and the tracking tech. 3 The LED technician. 4 The VP supervisor, who brings in the real-time operator and colour.
Reflect
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