Virtigo Pictures

02/17/2025

We collaborated with Ballet Austin once again to produce a commercial spot promoting their new original show by Stephen Mills, "Loves Gentle Spring". In this production we utilized Unreal Engine's tools with After Effects to bring these scenes to life! No AI was used in the making of this production :)

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12/03/2024

Virtual Interiors - Throwback (December 2023):

This commercial spot was produced by The Bear, a talented production company that made incredible use of the LED volume. The custom grocery store scene and two kitchens were developed by us. These featured photoscans that the Virtigo Team captured to ensure realism.

Preproduction:
Digital assets were created and scanned to be integrated into the virtual scene to add depth in our 2,500 sq ft studio.

Set:
Fridge and a kitchen counter for the tags.

Technology features:
Path Traced stills
50’x12’ Unilumin LED wall, 2.6pm

11/27/2024

Virtual Interiors (November 2023):
This short, written by Hunter Bartley, was created to showcase in camera-vfx with a variety of scenes including a desert, professor’s office, bar, jungle, museum and our favorite, the Temple.
We used the advantages of photogrammetry to integrate assets virtually and expand the scale of the temple scene.

Preproduction:
Minimal set pieces were created, purchased, scanned and integrated into the virtual scene to create depth and add detail in our 2,500 sq ft studio.

Set:
Pillar and Head of Chaq

Total Cast & Crew:
Justin Krichhoff, Kristina Smith, Hunter Bartley, Brittaney Ortiz

Technology features:
RED Komodo Cinema Camera - Global shutter sensor
Cinema robot with Live Link tracking and lens data to Unreal Engine
50’x12’ Unilumin LED wall, 2.6pm

11/22/2024

Virtual Interiors

Throwback (Feb 2023):
The Dell Blue team came to us for their first virtual production utilizing robotics and In-Camera VFX. Only the desk and products were brought in for the physical set pieces. Everything else was created in Unreal Engine, projected on our LED Volume and tracked in real time using a cinema robot live link connection.

Preproduction: 4 environments were created, reviewed and integrated in two weeks.

Set: Desk, Dell product, and physical office supplies.

Technology features:
RED Komodo Cinema Camera - Global shutter sensor
Cinema robot with Live Link tracking and lens data to Unreal Engine
50’x12’ Unilumin LED wall, 2.6p

09/12/2024

Sometimes shooting on an LED volume only requires a handcrafted environment. We teamed up with our friends at The Bear last year to provide virtual production supervision, support, operation and our Stage 2 volume to produce this spot! Door No. 3 collaborated with the production teams to make this shoot possible.

All backgrounds were created by our VAD team, with scanned photogrammetry assets and great reference photos provided, by The Bear team, to use as a starting point to build the scenes.

This shoot was a wonderful example of simplifying the virtual production process by using photorealistic stills to project behind the talent with zero camera tracking. It was a blast working with The Bear team!

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09/10/2024

We provided virtual production and stage support for Revelator's latest released production, from ButterCo! This spot made it as Editor's Choice on Ad Age. We love what we do and are ecstatic to be a part of this recognized work.



Client: Better
Head of Creative – Michael Rosenau

Agency: ButterCo
Chief Creative Officer – Jeffrey Butterworth
Producer – Bo Butterworth
Account Director – Sarah Hudson
Project Manager – Joy Leslie
Creative – John Butterworth
Copywriter – Mr. Pink
Art Director – Mr. Fuchsia

Talent:
“Detective” - Robert Ashker Kraft
“Air Traffic Controller” - Mai Le
“Bomb Tech” - Devin Finn

Production:
Production - Revelator
Director - Matt Muir
Producer - Sam Johnson
Executive Producer - jonn herschend
Virtual Production Design / Visual Effects - Deepak Chetty
LED Volume Stage - Virtigo Pictures
Volume Stage Technician - Justin Kirchhoff
DP - Alonso J Lujan
Production Manager - Stacy Claye
Production Coordinator - Hunter Brown
1st AC - Adam West
Sound Recordist - Brian Ramos
Art Director - Shelby Bohannon
Wardrobe Stylist - Devin England
HMU - Cat Lane

Post Production:
Post-Production Supervisor - Daniel Tarr
Editor / Colorist - Chris Saenz
VFX Artist - AJ Sison
Sound Mixer - Joe Olmstead

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08/07/2024

From features in AdWeek, Pointe Magazine and Dance Magazine, here are two of our favorite quotes.

(On Virtual Production) “…having the ability to build these environments, build this world and live in this world—there’s really no other way to do it.” – director Paul Michael Bloodgood

(On Sales) …has the trailer translated to ticket sales?
“It has,” says Bloodgood. “We’re having some of the best March ticket sales that we’ve ever had.”


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The artistic director collaborated with Virtigo Pictures for the epic promo film.

07/31/2024

Learn how this Ballet Austin project utilized our LED volume.

Video by Jazz Collins!

07/24/2024

Path tracing technology in Unreal Engine!

07/17/2024

With the vision of director Paul Michael Bloodgood and the oversight of Ballet Austin’s Artistic Director Stephen Mills, we produced a commercial capturing a gloomy 19th century aesthetic worthy of the breathtaking show!

Commercial Credits:
Stephen Mills: Concept & Executive Producer
Paul Michael Bloodgood: Director, Producer, Editor
Virtigo Pictures: Virtual Production & Volume Stage, Virtual Art Department, Motion Control, Camera Tracking, Cinematic Development, Color Grading, VFX
Justin Kirchhoff: Virtual Production Director, Director of Photography
Kristina Smith: Virtual Production Producer & Supervisor, Assistant Director
Hunter Bartley: Unreal Engine Developer, Virtual Production Stage Operator
Graham Reynolds: Composer
Margaret Mitchell: Costumes
Wendy Sanders: Hair & Makeup
Set Decoration: Valerie Sadorra & Paul Michael Bloodgood
Paul Martin: Dancer "Poe"
Ian J. Bethany: Dancer "Raven"
Vivien Farrell: Dancer "Madeline Usher"
Edward Carr: Dancer "Death"

07/10/2024

Behind the scenes from the "Poe / A Tale of Madness" commercial shoot for Ballet Austin!

07/03/2024

"Poe / A Tale of Madness" is a commercial filmed entirely on our LED Volume. With Paul Michael Bloodgood & Ballet Austin

04/30/2024

Previsualization in

04/19/2024

When filming “Poe / A Tale of Madness”, our team implemented multiple production techniques to create the most realistic and visually stunning product.

We worked with a small lighting package that perfectly emulated the dark and moody candles, soft moon glow, and harsh sun shining into the mental institution and then used fog to compress the space between our subject and the LED wall to lean into the dark aesthetic of Edgar Allen Poe’s writing.

With Ballet Austin

04/12/2024

Creating these virtual scenes for Stephen Mills' “Poe, A Tale of Madness” for a recent Ballet Austin commercial was a pleasure.

03/22/2024

Amazing design and choreography! The artists behind this show are on a completely different level. Catch STEPHEN MILLS’ POE / A TALE OF MADNESS this weekend at The Long Center in Austin.

03/21/2024

FOX7Austin featured our virtual production commercial spot we co-produced with Paul Michael Bloodgoodand Ballet Austin for STEPHEN MILLS’ POE / A TALE OF MADNESS.

Stephen himself talks about the original work he created for the show, with clips of the spot, created with Unreal Engine 5.3 and shot in our Stage 2 LED volume studio, trickled through the interview.

We couldn’t be more excited to attend the show this weekend!

You can catch the interview here: https://www.fox7austin.com/video/1428529