TEACHING - VFX II Virtual Production
Teaching Assistant & Technician
NTU ADM Undergraduate course
STORYTELLING with real-time keying and camera movement
Keywords: teaching, virtual production, motion capture, Unreal Engine
Challenges:
Technical: What hardware and software do we have?
Educational: What to teach and How to teach?
Student: How many students do we have? What is their background?
Solution:
Technical: Vicon, OptiTrack, Unreal Engine, Greenscreen
Educational: 13-week schedule + Industry Tour
Student: 6 students, all of them are new to UE
Reference: Hinostroza et al. (2008)
(1) the technologies that can be used,
(2) the contexts in which technology can be used,
(3) the pedagogical approaches being used,
and (4) the types of learning activities.
hardware and software
-BLACKMAGIC URSA MINI PRO 12K
-Video Capture Card
-Unreal Engine
-Vicon and Motive
-HTC Vive
-Green screen
Student background
-6 BA students from Animation
-Learnt green screen production, visual effects (Nuke)
-New to Unreal Engine, motion capture
what to teach? how to teach?
All: learn UE, Motion Capture, Keying etc
Final Project: studio-like teamwork
Director
Sound & Lighting
Cameraman
UE Operator x2
Keying
Motion Capture
REAL-TIME KEYING
FINAL PROJECT
FINAL PROJECT - ANIMATIC & SAMPLE SHOTS
shotA_v1.mp4shotB_v1.mp4INDUSTRY TOUR - VP Studio in Singapore
