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Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine is one of the most powerful 3D game engines available. It offers the ability to create photo realistic immersive 360 environments with dynamic lighting, volumetrics and particle effects such as rain, snow, water, fire and more. Used in conjunction with our Stype Red Spy optical camera tracking system, we're able to sync the real-world camera with a digital camera in the UE environment to create a seamless integration of camera movement that accurately blends the virtual world on the LED wall with your actors and physical set. It has been used is such high-profile projects as Disney Lucas Films' The Mandalorian.
Use when
You need a custom-built environment that you can't find anywhere else
You are not shooting with a locked camera
You want the ability to make on the fly changes to a scene such as time of day, object positions, camera angles, lighting or volumetrics.
Driving Plates
Driving Plates refers to a video captured from the perspective of an occupant inside a moving vehicle. These videos are used in composited visual effects (VFX) shots or onstage playback. They are positioned outside the windows of a static vehicle to create the illusion of movement during scenes involving driving or travel. These plates can come as a single file showing the front, rear, side or top view of a moving vehicle or as a set of files that covers all views from the vehicle.
Use when
You need to film interior shots from a vehicle that give the illusion that the vehicle is driving or otherwise in motion.
You need to capture the lighting and or reflections of a moving scene on the windshield or body of a vehicle
You need to film close up exterior shots of a vehicle that give the illusion that the vehicle is driving or otherwise in motion
Stock Video
Stock Video can include video files of real-world places or prerendered CGI, animation and abstract backgrounds created in a graphics program. Playback is typically through Resolume Arena or Di Vincci Resolve and can be played either on a loop or once through.
Use when
You are shooting with a locked camera but still need a moving background such as blowing trees, clouds, people walking etc.
You need a VJ set up or similar backdrop that does not require real world parallax for camera movements
You do not require real time changes to the scene such as time of day, lighting, perspective, object placement and volumetrics
Stock Images
Stock Images can include photos or scans, a single frame of a video or animation, or any rendered image created in a software program or app.
Use when
Background motion is not an important element for your shot
You're shooting with a locked off camera
You're not shooting with a locked off camera, but the camera's movement does not need to sync with the background environment
You do not require real time changes to the image such as lighting, perspective, or object placement
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