Virtual Production Portfolio
Below are a few projects that showcase unique applications for virtual production, all filmed on our LED wall.
Accenture
An early adopter, Accenture approached Virtigo to provide virtual production and cinema robot support for their upcoming commercial. Using a combination of pre-made assets and environments, Accenture asked us to edit the virtual scenes and utilize the cinema robot for kinetic motion. Their post-production team implemented the raw footage with VFX to create the finished scenes showcasing various activities and scenes. This was all shot in one day on our LED stage.
Dell
Dell Blue's creative team approached Virtigo to create and produce various virtual environments as backgrounds for their new business product videos. With only a couple weeks to produce, our team went to work immediately and supported the production with cinema robot motion and data, allowing the Dell Blue post-production team to seamlessly feature their product while cutting between locations.
Ballet Austin's “Poe A Tale of Madness”
Virtigo produced Ballet Austin's award-winning commercial for "POE, A Tale of Madness”, created by Stephen Mills. Paul Bloodgood's visual direction came to life after presenting 4 specific scenes to us for creation in Unreal Engine. Filmed entirely on our LED volume, this commercial promoted record ticket sales for the show.
Big Commerce
Big Commerce's recent rebranding led to the Tilted Chair Agency creating a wonderful campaign around constant struggles with retail business software. Tilted Chair approached Virtigo to produce the video aspects of the project. Produced by Kristina Smith and directed by Justin Kirchhoff, this Severance-like spot magically morphs into a beautiful world with exciting changes!
Mahlkönig
Canyon House Films was tasked to create a compelling video for Mahlkonig's enterprise coffee grinding products. Virtigo provided virtual production support, camera and lighting packages along with custom motion graphics displayed on our LED volume. The combination of cinema robot movement and motion graphics uniquely made the product shine. The production went flawlessly, with this video featured at the official Mahlkonig product launch.
Ballet Austin's "Love's Gentle Spring"
This beautiful commercial for Ballet Austin used a mix of in-camera visual effects and traditional VFX via green screen. The production was filmed in a single day at our studio to accommodate the dancers’ schedules. Motion control was achieved using a cinema robot provided by Ari Motion Control, enabling camera tracking both during filming on the Volume and in post-production through data exports. We designed all of the environments (real and fantasy) from scratch. The VFX shots were composited inside Unreal Engine using virtual cameras and image plates, with finishing touches done in After Effects and Davinci Resolve.
Better Mortgage
Revelator came to us needing virtual production support on a new campaign for Better Mortgage, led by the Butter Co. agency. With animated virtual video plates in hand, Virtigo operated the plate playback, color and projection on our LED volume while providing additional support and space for a successful production.
Malk
The Bear knew that they did not want to battle the complications of filming in a grocery store, so they came to Virtigo to create original background plates to support their product spot for Malk. After we created dozens of 3D scanned products for photorealism, we built an entire grocery store with product filled shelves in Unreal Engine in one week. Produced in our studio, the remaining props were built by the art department, with a large cooler showcasing the hero products.
AMD
Mile 80 was in need of a virtual production studio that could support an important AMD keynote to be premiered at CES 2024. Virtigo provided our studio draped in green with cinema robot support to supply the post-production team with FBX data that was needed for a quick turnaround. This data was imported into Unreal Engine for a virtual camera match movement. The result is Lisa Su in the "future" lobby of AMD HQ.
Mastering the Volume Ep: II
Virtigo's satire take on Indiana Jones was a team building project that turned into a short film. We challenged ourselves to create a script taking place in various types of environments to showcase the versatility of virtual production. The cinema robot introduced sweeping shots with precise motion control, and our LED volume allowed us to create depth that extended well beyond the limits of the studio. All environments were created using Unreal Engine with a combination of available assets and 3D scanned props produced in-house.
Indian Motorcycle
Revelator was among the pioneering production companies in Austin to adopt virtual production techniques. The team utilizes the studio on a semi-annual basis to create high-quality, informative videos that introduce new products from Indian Motorcycle. These projects feature sophisticated branded motion graphics that highlight the craftsmanship and distinct features of each motorcycle. We're honored to have supported Revelator with our virtual production and media playback on the last few years of Indian Motorcycle product launches.
Mastering the Volume Ep: I
Mastering the Volume was Virtigo’s first short film created in 2022. This short, followed by a Q&A with the creative team, is an educational experience showing the possibilities of virtual production followed by answers to some of the questions that we consistently received from the filmmaking community including how we got the information needed to build and operate an LED Volume.
Inspired by HBO's The Last of Us series, we used a combination of cinematics and LED in camera visual effects. Filmed over a 2-day period featuring our own staff, we shoes to film this handheld using our Zeiss (NCAM) camera tracking system and went through a gallon of fog juice to get the look just right.
Elkay, Pro-Filtration
Mile 80 contracted Virtigo to produce 9 virtual scenes complimented by physical set construction. Our motion control specialist utilized a cinema robot that provided precise camera movement with export data to use for postproduction work. The skillful Art Department designed modular custom sets based off previsualizations on wheels to move proficiently between scenes.
With the support of an excellent local team, over 300 shots were captured in three production days all while consistently finishing ahead of schedule.
