Virtual Reality Filmmaking Techniques & Best Practices for VR Filmmakers

Virtual Reality Filmmaking presents a comprehensive guide to the use of virtual reality in filmmaking, including narrative, documentary, live event production, and more.Written by Celine Tricart, a filmmaker and an expert in new technologies, the book provides a hands-on guide to creative filmmaking in this exciting new medium, and includes coverage on how to make a film in VR from start to finish. Topics covered include:

• The history of VR;
• VR cameras;
• Game engines and interactive VR;
• The foundations of VR storytelling;
• Techniques for shooting in live action VR;
• VR postproduction and visual effects;
• VR distribution;
• Interviews with experts in the field including the Emmy-winning studios Felix & Paul and Oculus Story Studio, Wevr, Viacom, Fox Sports, Sundance?s New Frontier, and more.

Introduction and Definitions

PART I - Theoretical and Technical Foundations

Chapter 1 - History of VR by Eric Kurland

Chapter 2 - Live action VR capture & post-production

Chapter 3 - Game engines & interactive VR

Chapter 4 - VR headsets and other human-VR interfaces

PART II - Virtual Reality Storytelling

Chapter 5 - VR: A New Art?

Chapter 6 - VR as a Storytelling Tool

Chapter 7 - Make a Film in VR from Start to Finish

The Future of VR / Conclusion

Interviewees

About the Author

Index

Celine Tricart is a filmmaker and founder of Lucid Dreams Productions, whose work was showcased at the Sundance Film Festival and gathered numerous international awards. Her past credits include "Stalingrad" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction." Celine produced and directed Maria Bello’s "Sun Ladies," a VR experience about the Yazidi women fighting ISIS in Iraq. She has previously published another book, 3D Filmmaking: Techniques and Best Practices for Stereoscopic Filmmakers (2016).