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VP Foundation · Record

Your record.

Finish every lesson and your online record is ready. The end-of-course self-test is optional practice. Next: a short competency check with us, online or in person.

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Lesson by lesson

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Progress in each lesson
Lesson	Watched	Check	Task
1. Workflow and planning	–	–	–
2. Content: plates and worlds	–	–	–
3. Camera, lens and tracking	–	–	–
4. Colour and light on LED	–	–	–
5. Unreal for film-makers	–	–	–
6. Previs, techvis, postvis and the roles	–	–	–

Demo reviewer buttons show what a trained reviewer does in the pilot. A learner never marks their own work.

Self-test10 questions · ≥3 safety

End-of-course self-test

Optional practice for the competency check · 10 questions drawn from all 48 in the course · aim for 8 of 10, with every safety-critical question right · 3 attempts in 24 hours

Practice taskTime · 45 minutes

VP Foundation practice task

Optional practice for your competency check: a person marks it if you send it. It uses one scene. Some details in Part 2 are wrong on purpose: find them.

How it's marked

Part 1: wall with 2D plates (city through windows, an array plate shoot); a 3D world or extended plates for the walk if the camera moves a lot; plate shoot and sign-off before the stage days; schedule grouped by plate
Part 2: finds all four: racking to the wall causes moiré; tracking is calibrated daily and after any build change; lamps must be flagged off the wall (brightness is set from the brain bar); worlds are signed off in prep, not changed freely on the day
Part 3: a real role with evidence from the course tasks
Clear, readable, and safe throughout

Model answer (for reviewers)

Part 1: wall, 2D plates of the city at night through both sides, shot with an array from a train or vehicle at matching speed; the carriage built as a real set. The walk: plates may hold if the camera tracks parallel; a 3D city if it moves a lot. Plates shot and signed off weeks before; stage booked with plate changes grouped. Part 2: no racking to the wall (moiré); calibrate daily and after any change; never light the wall with a lamp: brightness comes from the brain bar, and spill kills contrast; worlds and plates are signed off in prep, with world changes scheduled. Part 3: as in lesson 6.

Your record

Online learning record · Online

Demo learner

Virtual production Foundation, version 1.0 (pilot, 12 Nov 2026).

Status: Not yet complete
Date: –
ID: Issued on completion

Futures in Film confirms that [name] completed Virtual production Foundation (version 1.0 (pilot, 12 Nov 2026)) online on [date], including all lessons, checks and set tasks. This is a record of learning completed online. It is not a qualification. It is not a certificate.

An online learning record shows you completed the lessons, passed the checks and had your tasks marked. The FIF Certificate comes only from an in-person practical with us. Credentials from other bodies, such as a safety passport or first aid, are shown as self-reported. Both are awarded by Futures in Film CIC. Neither is a qualification, accredited, or endorsed by ScreenSkills or any awarding body. Our outcomes are mapped to ScreenSkills skills checklists, which are guides, not accreditation.

What happens next

Book a competency check, online or in person.
Do the practical on our unit.
The trainer signs off your FIF Certificate.

Check a record · Records and the certificate

What next

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