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The art form of visualization is as exciting and boundless as an artist s imagination so we re launching a virtual visualization series to help demystify the process step by step. Work spanned nearly two years as the team collaborated with director patty jenkins and visual effects supervisor bill westenhofer to map out key action and visual effects scenes. The third floor contributed previs postvis and extensive technical schematics to doctor strange. To help realize the cinematic world of warner bros s wonder woman artists at the third floor london led by vincent aupetit visualized key scenes using previs and postvis.

The third floor ttf a vfx heavyweight that specializes in pre visualization previs has opened a new outpost in beijing its first in china. For more than 15 years the third floor has used virtual tools and workflows to help top creators design ambitious feature films tv series video games and theme park attractions. The third floor london provided previs and techvis to plan out climactic action sequences and determine how to efficiently shoot signature story driven moments. They can rapidly refine the delivery exploring ideas to hone the final narrative and then ingest the final version into their game engine so it provides the in game template to iterate on.

Our ceo chris edwards joined experts from across vr to discuss how not. Crossing the uncanny valley at vr on the lot. Since 2004 the studio has helped clients visualize and maximize content by producing computer animated blueprints known as previsualizations. They start building the 3d environments objects and characters working closely with the art department.

The third floor is awarded a certain number of scenes and production hires a previs supervisor who usually works under the visual effects supervisor. Next the third floor assembles a team of asset builders. A greenscreen plate of chewbecca and a postvis frame which is a rough composite of the scene. The third floor helped bring the magic to the newest story in the wizarding world.

Virtual visualization series pitchvis previs. This was designed to aid in visualizing how certain scenes could be captured how sets were constructed and what the visual effects process might then involve. In addition to previs and postvis the third floor delivered techvis for some sequences.