Welcome to Your Pathway into
Virtual Production
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The Virtual Production Fellowship is an exciting and transformative, 9-month Virtual Production training programme that provides in-depth, highly qualitative experiences for a small, focused cohort of mid-to-senior level crew working across film, HETV, games, broadcast and live events who wish to skills up and learn core virtual production (VP) competencies, both creative and technology skills required to work in high-pressure environments. The Virtual Production Fellowship programme trains talent from foundational, to advanced leading to an expert practitioner by the end of the 3-year programme. The four cohorts working together are:
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Producing Virtual Production (e.g. producers, line producers, script supervisors)
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Creating Virtual Art (e.g. 3D artists, technical artists, VFX, production designers, post production)
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Running a Volume (e.g. stage technicians, stage operators, vp supervisors)
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Filming in a Volume (e.g. dops, directors, art department)
With a thorough, blended delivery of course content, mentorship, specialist learning (creative and technical), independent study, industry-led masterclasses, and on-set, practical experience on an LED Volume, our Virtual Production Fellowship programme establishes a high benchmark for training virtual production skills needed in our industry. Learning outcomes and impact are defined for each specialism track for proficiency and level achievement in alignment with Final Pixel’s Accreditation Framework.
Integration with industry, studios, employers, and university partnerships, will create a lasting legacy and embed virtual production training into the local community where it is delivered.
Who it's for?
The Virtual Production Fellowship will introduce the concepts and principles behind a range of virtual production technologies, creative techniques, and applications. It provides Fellows with hands-on, experiential learning that will successfully and confidently teach a wide variety of creative and technical skills necessary to navigate virtual production and real-time industries. This experience will also provide a roadmap to carve a successful career path in virtual production, as well as how to best utilise and diversify transferable skills across multiple industries (e.g., manufacturing, automotive, health, fashion, architecture, metaverse, social media, music, etc).
The Virtual Production Fellowship is for:
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Mid- and Senior-level professional crews across HETV, film, unscripted, advertising, drama, and TV
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Talent who work across a variety of creative and technical departments who are interested in skilling up and learning how to work within virtual production environments and apply those skills to projects
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There are 16 places for Fellows available for the Virtual Production Fellowship (Scotland Program)
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There are 4 places available for students/emerging talent to shadow Fellows, who are currently either enrolled in a university program or have less than 2 years of industry experience (Scotland Program)
“I want to be part of virtual production teams building and creating virtual worlds in the art department and on the technical realisation side helping to create shared creative visions and storytelling.”
“The 1-on-1 sessions with the instructor and being able to go through the fundamentals of in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) and operating a volume step-by-step with expert guidance was invaluable. His deep knowledge, clear explanations, and patience allowed me to accelerate my learning by allowing me to tailor each session to my specific interests and questions.”
“I want to be part of virtual production teams building and creating virtual worlds in the art department and on the technical realisation side helping to create shared creative visions and storytelling.”
How to Apply
Please choose one of the Virtual Production Fellowship Programmes from below.
Note that some locations have restrictions due to funding rules.