>> HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE
WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN BELLS
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WAS PUT ON
PAUSE TV SHOWS WERE FORCED TO
GO VIRTUAL PRODUCTION CONTINUES
TO BE UNCERTAIN EVEN STILL TO
THIS DAY PRODUCTION DESIGNER
JAMES PERSE CONNELLY STEPPED UP
TO
THAT CHALLENGE HE'S BEEN USING
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION DESIGNED TO
BRING SETS TO LIFE ON THE AGE
OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING. FOR SOME OF
THE SHOWS LIKE THE MASK SINGER
AND EVEN THE KELLY CLARKSON
SHOW SO JOINING US NOW IS JAMES
PERSE CONNELLY JAMES GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE, THANKS SO MUCH
FOR
JOINING US. WHEN YOU FIRST
REALIZE SETS HAD TO GO VIRTUAL
WITH AUDIENCES AND HOST
AS WELL, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
YOUR HEAD AT THAT TIME ABOUT
THE CHANGE THAT PRODUCTION
DESIGN HAD TO GO THROUGH.
>> OH GOSH BAKER
YOU KNOW I REALLY THAT WE WOULD
GO OVER WELL TO BE HONEST
ACTUALLY WE WERE JUST KIND OF
WATCHING THE NEWS AND SORT
SEEING EVERYTHING ON ALL AND
WATCHING
THINGS CLOSE
REALLY VIRTUAL KIND OF HAPPENED
BY ACCIDENT HONESTLY WHY IF THE
WHOLE LAW STORY IS
MY STUDIO DOES A LOT
OF PREVENT THIS RENDERING SLICK
ARCHITECTURE FOR
SET DESIGN FOR TELEVISION
THROUGH A SOFTWARE PROGRAM
CALLED ON REAL
BY GAMES. WHAT WE SAW FOR A
REALLY LONG TIME.
AND BUT BY CONNECTIVITY THROUGH
PRODUCER THAT I WORK SINGER WHO
KNEW I WORK IN
THE SOFTWARE. I WAS APPROACH
REALLY WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF
THE SHOT,
AND THE SOFTWARE IT
TRANSLATES INTO A VIRTUAL
ENVIRONMENTS I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE YOUR
WHORLS AND WITH A LITTLE BIT
MORE PRODUCTION VALUE
CREATE BASICALLY A WRAPAROUND
GREEN-SCREEN WERE ALSO WE'RE
WATCHING IT.
WE LIKE YOUR YOUR STATION'S
CAN BECOME A LIFE BEHIND OUR
HOSTS AND HOW WOULD YOU BE
INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US
ON A BRIDGE IN SHOW.
SURE I MEAN AT THAT TIME WHAT
WHO WASN'T SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT TO DO NO LONGER COULD
YOU EVER RELY ON IT
SAYS ANYMORE TO
GIVE YOU AN ARENA DEAL OR A
LITTLE WARM OVATION. ALL
OF THEM. HUNDREDS OF YEARS
WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON MASS
GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER AND
CLAP AND
LAUGH AND CHECK CHANT AND CHEER
AND YOU CAN'T SO WE HAD TO READ
AS DESIGNERS WE HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT SOLUTION TO THIS. SO YEAH,
LET'S DO IT.
WE EXPERIMENTED
WITHOUT PROP UP SHOW CALL AFTER
THE MASK, IT WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL WEEK. PUT THIS 3
STORY TALL SPACE AROUND
HIS NECK. WHERE HE COULD NEVER
REALLY BE A BUILD
SOMETHING THAT NORMALLY BECAUSE
NO RESTRICTIONS AT ALL. AND
LOOK REALLY MAGICAL SO FROM
THERE IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO
SORT OF SELF TEACH OURSELVES
HOW CAN WE DO THIS MORE AND
WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH
PROGRAMS LIKE SULLIVAN SHOW
LOTS OF TEST PILOTS WITH
OTHER PARTNERS FIRST WORKING TO
MAKE MUSIC VIDEOS RIGHT NOW AND
THEN OF COURSE WE ARE
INCORPORATING THE SAME
TECHNOLOGY WITH MESSINGER RIGHT
NOW ON TELEVISION
ON FOX. AND YOU YOU'RE ABLE TO
SEE A LOT OF REALLY COOL
PERFORMANCE LOOKS
GIANTS SONS YOU KNOW MASSIVE
LIKE
THE ARTIST.
>> JAMES AND CHRIS IS GRIPPED
BY THE WAY THIS IS BEYOND
IMPRESSIVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND
AND CREATE THIS BECAUSE FROM A
VIEWER'S
PERSPECTIVE AGAIN YOU HAVE NO
IDEA THAT IT'S EVEN
GREEN-SCREEN WHATSOEVER SO
THAT'S REALLY GOOD ON YOUR END
DID
YOU HAVE ANY AND SEEN THIS
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHAT WAS
THIS ALL LEARNING ON THE
GROUND.
>> THIS IS A
100% SELF-TAUGHT WE HAVE WE
HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE IN
THE SOFTWARE. I HAVE ABOUT
FULL-TIME 3 D ARTISTS SO.
>> WORK WITH ME AND
WE WORK AND THIS SOFTWARE LIKE
ON THE DAY TODAY WE EXPORT WE
OUTPUT,
EVERYTHING WORK CLIENTS THROUGH
THE SOFTWARE, HOWEVER, WHEN
YOU'RE
TAKING THESE 3 D MODELS THE SET
DESIGNS AND YOU'RE MAKING
THAT BROADCAST. QUALITY AND
WORD THE THERE'S ANOTHER FEW
STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND LEARNING WE'VE BEEN
SELF
TEACHING ART, OURSELVES
HAS A LOT OF PRO UP A LOT OF
EDUCATIONAL PRO GRAHAM'S A LOT
OF FELLOW SHIPS THEY ARE
AGGRESSIVELY COMING INTO THE
HOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY.
AND INSERTING THEMSELVES INTO
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION AND WE'RE
PART OF THAT AND WE'RE TALKING
THE WHOLE TIME
AND IT IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY A
RENAISSANCE PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THESE ARE THE SONGS IT'S REALLY
INCREDIBLE AN EXCITING TIME
TO WATCH. PRODUCTION DESIGN
INDUSTRIES AND YET THAT'S
INDUSTRIES JUST CHANGE
LIGHTNING SPEED. I MEAN NO
LONGER ARE YOU DOING THIS MAGIC
AND OAKES SURGERY LIVE RIGHT
NOW AND
SINGLE CAMERA SHOWS NARRATIVE
SHOWS AND MULTI CAMERA SHOWS.
SO TEACHING
IS THERE THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY
HOW TO DO PRODUCERS ARE CALLING
ALL THE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY CAN INCORPORATE THIS.
>> LEVEL OF.
>> SORT OF EFX WORK OR FIRST
FLOOR INTO THEIR SHOWS AND ITS
AND THE FX HOUSES WE WORKED WE
TALKED TO MAJOR VFX HOUSES
REALLY
WEEKLY ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER
WITH THEM WITH THEIR PRODUCTION
ARTISTS BECAUSE THEY ARE
WORKING IN
THE UP PREPRODUCTION PROCESS
THEY ARE MOSTLY WORKING IT
POSTS SO IT IS JUST IT'S VERY
EXCITING TIME. IT'S CHANGED US
AND CHALLENGING US AND WE'RE
REALLY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF.
>> I JUST THINK THAT FROM A
VIEWER'S PERSPECTIVE. I THINK
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY
GOOD JOB GIVEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND IT'S GOING TO
BE FASCINATING
TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THIS STAYS
WITH US EVEN WHEN WE GO