Introduction to Becoming a Virtual Production Supervisor at MARS Academy.
We want to give a huge shout-out to the entire team involved in delivering an exceptional course at MARS Academy. Your dedication and expertise have left an indelible mark on the future of Virtual Production Supervisors. In particular our MARS Academy lead tutor David Gray who curated a stellar cast of world-class speakers such as Bild Studios Lauren Rogers (Gangs of London, Culprits), Spencer Chase (Hijack), Colour expert Daniel Mulligan, Julia Lou & Neil Graham (DNEG, House of The Dragon), India Vadher-Lowe (Lux, Love, Death & Robots), Simon Legrand (Untold, Chemical Brothers music videos) and more.
Thank you to all the attendees for your passion and enthusiasm during this course- we hope you are more inspired than ever to branch into this new role and look forward to keeping in touch with you as our MARS Academy alumni.
A special thanks to our partners ScreenSkills for making this all possible and continuing to support the freelance film and HETV professionals Another thank you goes to Sony for supporting us with equipment to ensure the students could get “hands-on, in Volume.”
Key topics discussed in this course:
- The Role of the Virtual Production Supervisor
- Other Virtual Production Roles
- Approaching the Role
- Budgeting and Scheduling The Stages of a VP Shoot
- Budgeting and Scheduling: Traditional vs VP Shoots
- LED Volume Orientation – Meet The Volume
- 2D vs 3D workflow
- Camera Tracking
- And many more!
About MARS Academy
MARS Academy provides training for the next generation of Virtual Production Specialists to support this high growth and highly innovative field for the film industry. With courses catering to recent graduates through to existing industry professionals from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, MARS Academy addresses the need by directly delivering key skills in high demand to those looking to upskill.
Based at MARS Volume, our 12,000 square foot, state-of-the-art Virtual Production film studio located in Ruislip, West London is the home of MARS Academy. Used as our studio to deliver clients a fully serviced offering, combining the facilities space with our inhouse team of industry leading Virtual Production practitioners and producers, our clients at MARS include some of the leading content producers delivering projects across the film, high-end TV and TV commercial markets.
Our courses are taught by both in-house MARS Volume staff and our industry partners. Train with us in the knowledge that you’re learning from the UK’s leading VP experts.
