The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian Season One

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as the canonical look at LED-wall virtual production, referenced in threads on game engines in film and CGI.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Industrial Light & Magic

Topic

virtual production led walls

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• This video has a lot of examples: [VIDEO] Part of the idea is to do as much as possible in-camera, by rendering the virtual surroundings at a high enough quality to directly film them as the actors' backdrop. It's sort of like a wildly more …

• Take a look at how they filled the Mandalorian. Quite a lot of it was filmed inside a large video wall / cube. One of the big advantages for them was that it resulted in far more realistic lighting. [VIDEO]

• The advances they've made in virtual production studio backdrops are amazing. Camera-linked floor-to-ceiling 180° LED screens and synced lighting is just amazing. The stuff they're able to do in The Mandalorian is incredible. Though once you know what to look for (the camo hiding the …