Beyond Virtual Production: Integrating Production Technologies

Beyond Virtual Production brings together a range of creative practice research projects that have been undertaken in The Void, an early-adopter university-based virtual production studio at Flinders University in South Australia.

From a cross-disciplinary short virtual production film, to a VR simulation of the last 100 seconds of life of earth, to the live performance of the virtual band Big Sands, to augmented and extended reality, to archaeological projects, this collection captures the potential applications of virtual production technology and provides a framework for cross-disciplinary work and industry collaborations both in a university context and beyond. It offers insight into the development of virtual production courses and encompasses research into theories of performance, liveness, methods for co-creation, gender in virtual production careers, and object digitization and its representation while highlighting significant pathways of industry partnerships alongside experimental art practices.

Creative technology and interdisciplinary practitioners, researchers, students, and teachers will find inspiration and practical guidance in these chapters.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Tully Barnett is Associate Professor of Creative Industries at Flinders University in South Australia, where she serves as Director of Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts. As an interdisciplinary scholar, her research considers digitisation and its impact on cultural experience and cultural work, as well as cultural policy and value.

Jason Bevan is a Senior Lecturer in Visual Effects and Entertainment Design at Flinders University, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and practitioner in Visual Effects, Postproduction, Animation, Virtual Production and Film-related projects.

Cameron Mackness is a cinematographer/editor/director. In 2020 he co-founded The Void – Flinders’ Motion Capture and Virtual Production Studio. Cameron is now the Digital Business Developer for the Void and an expert in all thing Motion Capture and Virtual Production.

Zoë Wallin is a research assistant at Flinders University. She has published research on the industrial operations of the film Hollywood industry and is the author of Classical Hollywood Film Cycles.