The preliminary planning stage before filming. We create rough, low-detail scenes using digital tools including 3D animation, storyboards or animatics. A vital process, pre-vis helps filmmakers conceptualise creative approaches and ideas, plan camera moves, block scenes and refine the visual storytelling of a sequence.

After previsualisation, technical visualisation, with images, plans and animation, can help resolve a variety of data questions, informing things like focal length, camera height and speed.  It can also be used for more technical shoots, to help drive motion control rigs for example.

Helping clients to quickly visualise a concept where they need to pitch ideas and approaches. This can be achieved either with a full VFX team and pipeline, or costs can be minimised with smaller, speedy teams.

Often teams creating the final pixel VFX delivery do not have the capacity or are unable to refocus their attention on creating quick screening temps. Post vis can be a useful tool to « colour in a sequence » using the normal VFX steps, but with a lightweight approach.

Working with Unreal Engine gives filmmakers the ability to interact with their films using a multitude of tools built with the game engine. This approach can be used to explore how to film environments being built with the Virtual Art Department, to explore camera angles or ideas for hand animated content or captured with real actors.

Pioneering capture specialists Imaginarium Studios are part of the global Cinesite group. As our partner company, we collaborate closely, utilising their facilities to facilitate projects with real actor and stunt performances and embedding them seamlessly into Unreal Engine environments.