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CG Pro Podcast

Edward Dawson-Taylor

Come and join the discussion about where CG and filmmaking meet, particularly in this new world of virtual production and Realtime.

tv & film visual arts

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66:23

Building a Movie, Game and Metaverse in real time...

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2022/11/15

Haz started his career in Video games cinematics before moving into Visual Effects where he was nominated for several VES awards for his VFX Supervision work on CG heavy Docu-series for BBC, Discovery and History Channel. His short films (Project Kronos and SYNC) gained traction in Hollywood leading to his transitioning over to Directing & Producing with his breakout feature film THE BEYOND, the indie sci-fi was released in 2018 and was number 2 in the iTunes Charts before being

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71:45

Worldwide Recruiting for Animation and Virtual...

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2022/11/01

Onyi Udeh is a Los Angeles-based founder focused on using technology to help creatives tell their own stories through animation. He currently runs the largest animation community, Animation Club, in the world with 25k members; while building the first dedicated talent marketplace for animation services called ‘Pipeline’. Onyi's past experiences include working for companies like Walt Disney Studios, Buzzfeed, and Apple. He also ran his own boutique animation studio, Kolanut Productions,

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66:45

Unreal Engine and Following Your Passion with...

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2022/10/12

Winbush is a multi-award-winning motion graphics artist with over 15 years of experience working in a wide range of mediums from television, movies, to virtual & augmented reality. Over his career, Winbush has done work for Epic Games, Marvel, Netflix, DC, Warner Bros, & Happy Madison to name a few. Notable works include Iron Man, Lego Batman 2, Lego Harry Potter, Transformers, NFL on FOX, Power Rangers, Fantastic Four, Deadliest Catch, and My Little Pony. In the education space,

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60:14

Cinematography and Virtual Production with Luc...

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2022/09/27

Luc Delamare is a virtual production cinematographer, supervisor, and visualization artist. Defined by his admiration for the convergence of technology and creativity, his passion is bridging the world of live action cinematography and virtual production. With both LED volume and CG cinematography experience, Luc’s work is grounded in reality thanks to his live action DP background. Enabled by his past experience as a vfx supervisor and compositor, he prides himself on speaking–and

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66:43

Building Immersive Experiences with Alex Coulombe Ep 30

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2022/09/13

Designer, developer, and educator, Alex Coulombe is the CEO of Heavenue, a new high-fidelity cloud platform to connect performers with audiences across the metaverse. He also runs Agile Lens: Immersive Design, the award winning XR creative studio. Alex has always had a passion for purposing emerging technology for creative visions. In 2010 he graduated from Syracuse University with a B. Arch (and Drama minor!) and after working for several architecture firms, when the Oculus DK1 hit the

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64:56

Fostering Innovation at Scale with Barbara Ford Grant...

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2022/08/30

Barbara Ford Grant is President, NEP Prysm Stages, a business of NEP Virtual Studios. She is responsible for growing NEP’s global network of permanent virtual production facilities, stage partnerships and client relationships in Film and TV, and for building solutions with her team to empower artists and storytelling.Barbara has contributed to media and entertainment for nearly 30 years across both creative and technical aspects of film production. Her experience includes emerging

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62:42

Immersive and Experimental Storytelling with Brett...

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2022/08/16

For over 25 years, Brett Leonard has been at the forefront of the digital media revolution - whether it be as Director/ Writer of the groundbreaking hit film Lawnmower Man, which introduced the concept of Virtual Reality to popular culture - or being the first to pioneer modern stereoscopic techniques and photo-realistic CGI in his hit IMAX 3D film “T-Rex” - or introducing American audiences to Russell Crowe and many other talents both in front of and behind the camera. Brett’s work as a

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72:40

Technology Meets Filmmaking in Virtual Production...

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2022/08/02

Paul Debevec is Netflix’s Director of Research for Creative Algorithms and Technology, overseeing R&D for visual effects and virtual production with computer vision, graphics, and machine learning. In 2002, his Light Stage 3 system surrounded actors with LEDs displaying images of virtual sets and environments for lighting-accurate compositing. Techniques from Paul’s work have been used to create key visual effects sequences in The Matrix, Spider-Man 2, Benjamin Button, Avatar, Gravity,

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64:39

Storytelling Through Practical World Building with...

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2022/07/19

Have you ever considered what your story could do for others? And how it can change their lives forever. Dani Bellar Pilukas, Director of Physical Production at Lux Machina, who used to work as a Disney Imagineer, told stories through world building. With a theater background as an actress, she harnessed the power of storytelling into her work.She created worlds that allow every delighted child, grandparent and person from all walks of life to become emotionally affected. In this episode,

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65:07

Virtual Production with James Blevins Ep 25

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2022/07/06

What sparks your interest? Is it a painting? A movie? A song probably? For James it was the movie, ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ by Steven Speilberg. James Blevins is an amazing product consultant. He has worked for Disney, Netflix and The Mandalorian. When James was a kid, he was amazed by filmmaking & storytelling, and it gave him the inspiration he needed to work for the film industry. Fast forward to now, he has worked on amazing movies and has met many great movie making

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64:21

VAD and Previz Roles in Virtual Production with Punn...

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2022/06/21

On top of being a filmmaker and graphic designer, Punn has lived his dream job—working for some of the most renowned studios in Hollywood. Some titles include Jurassic World, Mandalorian, and Jungle Book. As a kid he was influenced by comic books but growing up in Thailand he deemed it impossible to work for Disney. But when he got into the United States, all doors of opportunity opened for him. He discovered his passion for art at an early age and this is what he wanted to do for the rest

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65:50

Changing Careers to VFX and Virtual Production with...

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2022/06/07

There are professions where age is important, but with visual effects, it is never too late to become great and move up the ranks, which is proven by our guest Eran Dinur’s experience. According to him, “There is no limit to when you can start this.” So today we spoke to him about the VFX industry, changing careers, his book “The filmmaker's guide to Visual Effects”, and being an elder statesman for an industry thought to be dominated by younger people. Eran’s career in visual effects

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70:56

Raytracing and Future Realtime Pipelines with Chris...

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2022/05/24

Ray Tracing is overhyped. At least this is what most visual effects artists thought when it took an ungodly amount of hours to render a single frame, including Chris. Years ago, rendering architecture felt endless. Today, technology has caught up. Where ray tracing on any rig used to be requirement heavy, now clean rendering is possible on a laptop. Chris has worked on massive films like After Tomorrow, I.Robot and Stealth, a film which presented an incredible amount of challenges in

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59:46

Virtual Production Possibilities with Erik Weaver Ep 21

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2022/05/10

Erik Weaver is a specialist focused on the intersection of cloud and the M&E industry and is currently running Virtual & Adaptive production for the Entertainment Technology Center@the University of Southern California (ETC). Projects include Executive Producer on Ripple Effect and FatHead production focused on Virtual Production and ICVFX. Mr. Weaver graduated from the 3rd Unreal Fellowship.Highlights of the Episode:0:00 - Introduction0:36 - Introduction of Guest1:29 - What lead

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68:22

From Close Encounters to Virtual Production And...

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2022/04/26

As a director, Scott Squires has done national commercials for HP, Intel and many other high profile companies. Scott has also directed specialty ride films, VR films, music videos and shorts. One of Scott’s commercials was selected by SHOOT Magazine as Best Work You May Never See. Scott Squires is always thinking of story and how to make the most of visuals and humor.Squires has always been interested in pushing creative and technical boundaries. Scott co-founded Pixvana, a company that

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60:02

Realtime Production and LED Stages with Phil Galler...

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2022/04/12

Phil Galler is the principal and founder of Lux Machina Consulting, he strives to push the boundaries of technology and design in the entertainment industry. Focusing on in-camera visual effects, real-time mixed reality, and the future of filmmaking and live broadcast, Phil has been fortunate enough to find himself at the crossroads of technological innovation and creativity. Join us in this episode as Phil Galler shows us the method behind his success with Virtual Production. Highlights

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63:27

From Photogrammetry to Virtual Reality with Simon Che...

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2022/03/29

Simon Che de Boer is a renowned virtual reality content creator and photogrammetrist. He is the founder of realityvirtual.co – a visual effects technology company streamlining real-world encapsulation. His work has received international recognition and has been featured on places such as Forbes, NVIDIA, Autodesk and Epic Games, and is often cited as the gold standard for photo-realistic digital-twin experiences.Simon’s real-world encapsulation uses 3D photographic datasets to create ‘being

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77:16

The Unreal Fellowship with Brian Pohl from Epic Games...

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2022/03/15

For the past 17 years, Brian J. Pohl has experience being a visual effects artist, layout artist, and previs supervisor. A veteran of George Lucas’ pre-vis team and Industrial Light and Magic's art department, he is credited for creating or supervising previs on over twenty-seven feature films. Pohl has also served six years within the software development industry; designing new tools that assist the digital artist's workflow. He can provide creative and managerial skills capable of

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63:33

Mastering the fundamentals Unreal and Virtual...

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2022/03/01

This week, we are joined by William Faucher. He is a 3D artist who now focuses on bringing high quality tutorials about Unreal Engine on Youtube. Today, he will share with us the importance of learning the fundamentals, why he chose to Unreal Engine, The future landscape of virtual production, and more.William has been in the entertainment industry for the past 11 years, starting as a 3D Modeler in the games industry, then becoming a Lighter, and DoP. The Canadian-born, Norway-based Unreal

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61:20

A Dive into the Virtual Art Department with Joy Lea...

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2022/02/15

In this week’s episode, we are joined by Joy Lea. Her background in the video game industry has led her to be in the world of virtual production. She has worked on the Lion King, the upcoming Avatar Sequels, and more. Joy shares her knowledge on how to get better at virtual production, things to be wary of when mixing kits, her thoughts on Unreal 5 and more. Highlights of the Episode: 00:00 - Introduction 00:14 - Introduction guest 01:10 - Background of the guest 02:38 - Inspiration to get

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