2. digital pre-visualization
Nowadays producers and directors are using pre-visualization with increasing
frequency to understand creative potential of the future project. Directors
of photography are using pre-visualization as a equipment tool during set
and filming planning. This makes future shooting process more see-through,
effective and cost-cutting.
We have all kind of specialist in our pre-visualization team – there are not only technical
professionals but directors of photography along with film director whom take part in pre-
visualization.
Motion Capture system offers the possibility for the director to speed up the work with
characters animation to 80% and allow testing actor plans without high-priced actors on set.
3. pre-visualization tasks
DECISION MAKING & PROJECT’S INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
— project’s creativity evaluation;
— digital movie for the project’s presentation to the potential
investors.
PRE-PRODUCTION
— detailed planning for shooting period;
— editing, playwriting and directing work before shooting:
— production development for the high-profiled staged and
VFX acts;
— actors’ shots work in studio and in virtual staged space
without high-priced actors on set.
PRODUCTION
— visual and accurate instructions for all departments;
— providing help with short-time shooting plans for the director
and director of photography.
POST-PRODUCTION
— technical specification’s shaping for post-production team and
CGI/VFX studios, costs reduction for creating and duration of
production period for computer-generated graphics and visual
effects;
— maximal forecasted result obtaining.
5. screenplay analysis shooting sheet
primary
pre-visualization
producer’s
pre-visualization
% OF PRODUCTION
COST SAVINGS
technical
pre-visualization
cost impact
Writer, director and
pre-visualization
director collaboration
Animated spot with key
objects’ motions and
characters within the
frame, frame duration
and draft background
music
Animated spot with
all in-frame motion,
character’s dialogs, draft
visual effects
Additional spot to the
primary or producer’s
pre-visualization with
set’s circuitry associated
with real set locations.
Statically script’s
visualization
6. pre-visualization’s
collaborative work
CLIENT
economic efficiency evaluation
estimate documents generation
production control
creative task’s
definition
creative control
pre-visualization setting in
motion
director’s comments
processing
primary editing
work with virtual camera
location sets’ reference
MOVIE
PRODUCER
MOVIE
DIRECTOR
MOVIE
DIRECTOR OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRE-VISUALIZATION
DIRECTOR OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRE-VISUALIZATION
SUPERVISOR
VFX
PRODUCER
STUDIO
10. additional information
TECHNICAL INFORMATION BUILD-UP
frames time sheet
dialogs time sheet
primary editing
camera lenses focal distance set up
set’s circuitry
planning for equipment usage
