Ed Moore BSC explores the evolving role of virtual production in cinematography, emphasising creative lens choices and the importance of fundamental techniques for believable visual effects.

In the days of miniature and optical effects, visual effects often used two lenses – one for photographing miniatures, the other for live action. With CGI, one lens became virtual, but virtual production has revived the idea of rephotographing something once captured through real glass.

Ed Moore BSC addressed the subject soon after wrapping the second season of Hijack. “I’ve just completed my fourth job with substantial virtual production, so I feel like I’ve got a good handle on what works and what doesn’t,” he begins. “But the industry has got better – it’s in a more sensible place now, and there’s lots of virtual production in Hijack 2. Before that, My Fault: London was the number one movie on Amazon for some time – that’s a young adult, teen romance car chase movie. We did loads and loads.”

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