virtual production

Skills for the Future of TV: VFX, Animation and Virtual Production

TV production is always evolving, with technological advancements creating new roles and opportunities to explore. Our panel of experts discuss the growing impact of Virtual Production, the overlap between traditional production and VFX, and the new careers and specialisms emerging in this exciting new sector.

Panellists: Micheal McKenna - CEO, Final Pixel

Ana Sabolic - Senior Environmental Artist, Final Pixel

Jonathan Privett - VFX Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic

Hannah Smith - Texture Artist, Industrial Light & Magic

The rise of virtual production

Wall and ceiling-mounted LED screens provide a virtual forest (Credit: ARRI)

Technologies have always been central to the evolution of the programme­ making process, but we have a revolution on our hands with the advent of virtual production.

Virtual production is the ability to augment TV and film sets with walls of LED displays that show a virtual location, whether that’s faraway planets (used in The Mandalorian) or the tennis courts of Wimbledon 2021 (apparently overlooked by the BBC’s virtual studio).