How to Manage Virtual Production Successfully

Understanding and planning use cases, budgeting, workflows, and the roles and responsibilities of key creative and technical departments

How to begin with Virtual Production? What types of scripts and ideas VP will suit the best and what not? What kinds of new teams, combining traditional and contemporary, VP-focused skills, are needed? How do you do breakdowns and understand costs? What challenges and opportunities open up to creative departments such as the Directorial and Camera? How do you create effective workflows and problem-solving solutions for small and big productions? The session brings together two top-tier Virtual Production supervisors, one from the US and one from Europe, to establish successful virtual production practices from the concept throughout breakdown, budgeting, directorial, camera, and departments to the on-site and delivery experiences.

Kathryn Brillhart is a Cinematographer, Director, and Producer who leverages volumetric capture, visualization techniques, and supervising visual effects to enhance projects. For the past decade, she has helped to redefine best practices and standards in virtual production and has advocated for diversity in the film industry through her role on the Global Board of Directors for the Visual Effects Society. Kathryn is a member of the Virtual Production Committee within the ASC Motion Imaging and Technology Council. Her recent work and role as Virtual Production Supervisor, incorporates real-time game engine and virtual production techniques to achieve in-camera visual effects, including such projects as Warner Bros. Black Adam (2022), Netflix’s Rebel Moon (2023), and Amazon Studios’ Fallout (2023).

Kathryn Brillhart’s talk “Leaning into "Collective Genius" will present a guide for filmmakers to maximize production value and increase artistic creativity by working closely with their Virtual Production team. She will introduce a collection of case studies that explore the art and practice of leading innovation from the perspective of a Director, Cinematographer, and Virtual Production Supervisor.