VFX in the Age of Virtual Production

(4 Credits)

In the contemporary era of virtual production, time-based media faces new opportunities and challenges in terms of pipelines, workflows, and distribution. Decentralizing, hybridizing, and outsourcing among film studios, production houses, broadcast design, interactive and gaming industry become the major discourses of the academia and the industry. The course focuses on the history/context, present practice, and the emerging trends of the VSFX studies and applications. Through the collaborative research among academia and industry, the course investigates the theory and practice of VSFX studies, and further exams the feasibility of emerging technologies through the entrepreneurship spirit. Prerequisite: Interaction Lab / Creative Coding Lab / Communications Lab Fulfillment: IMA elective; IMB major IMA/IMB elective.