The 2022 Hollywood Producers Association’s Tech Retreat Supersession will focus on virtual production. Helmed by post executive Kari Grubin and Erik Weaver from the Entertainment Technology Center, the event will engage participants in a hands-on experience of the promises and challenges of virtual production, from conception through post.
Attendees will have direct access to the latest virtual production example environments, including multiple LED walls, cameras. and game engines. Attendees will study different pitches, cameras and sensors and their impacts, and examine the engines that power virtual production.
The Supersession is set for February 22, the second day of the 2022 HPA Tech Retreat.
The entire Tech Retreat will take place exclusively in person at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage. Attendees are required to be fully vaccinated and current COVID safety protocols will be enforced.
Grubin said, “It’s critical to embrace the full picture of virtual production and how it affects every stage of production from conception through post. The Supersession we are developing will present an opportunity to experience firsthand the virtual production workflow and allows attendees to experiment with different technologies they may encounter in the field.
“We are excited to be working with the thought and technology leaders at work in virtual production, and they will be with us at the Tech Retreat to guide the conversation.”
Seth Hallen, president of HPA said, “The HPA Tech Retreat, and the Supersession in particular, has long offered prescient programming that has prepared our attendees for the technological leaps that await. This program, conceived with great creativity and insight by Kari and Erik, will serve as a launching pad for those of us just getting our feet wet in VP. I’m already looking forward to seeing what people do with the insights gained from Supersession 2022 when we come back together in 2023.”
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