Merging Reality with Fantasy: Virtual Production & Visual Effects on HBO Max’s “Our Flag Means Death”

Over the years, the worlds of visual effects and live action production have lived in two different places on a project’s timeline. But with the application of new techniques in virtual production combined with modern visual effects tools, the lines are becoming increasingly blurred.

Sam Nicholson, ASC, the virtual production designer from Stargate Studios, and David Van Dyke, visual effects supervisor, breakdown how they combined forces to bring the pirate world of HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death to life. See how modern virtual tools and massive, high-resolution imagery brought the open ocean to life, and merged with visual effects techniques to create the exciting ships, worlds and battles on screen.

The session, a Post|Production World keynote, is produced in partnership with Blackmagic Design and is open to all registered attendees.

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