#24 Virtual Production, Cinema, and Unreal Engine with Jim Geduldick | Bad Decisions Podcast

Jim Geduldick is a visionary Virtual Production/Visual Effects Supervisor and Production Executive with a solid background as a cinematographer. He's had a distinguished career in virtual production and visual effects, notably serving as the Director of Virtual Production and SVP at Dimension North America, while simultaneously acting as the Virtual Production Supervisor at DNEG. Jim's experience also spans across companies such as Apple, GoPro, and Autodesk, and he's widely recognized as an early adopter and experimenter of emerging cinematic technologies.

In today's episode, we delve into a variety of topics, including Jim's early career, experiences at industry-leading studios such as DNEG and Dimension, his role as a VFX and Virtual Production Supervisor, and his advice on entering the industry and essential skills to learn.

Episode 24 Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:06:03 Importance of Content

00:11:46 How easy it is to get noticed?

00:14:27 Early career

00:21:20 Formal Education or Online?

00:24:11 Experience at Big Studios (Dneg, Dimension and etc.)

00:42:59 VFX and Virtual Production Supervisor Role

00:46:12 Unreal Engine in Virtual Production

00:49:52 How to get into Virtual Production?

01:02:26 What should you learn?

01:14:06 Latest tech in feature films

01:23:30 Gatekeeping in the industry

01:29:53 NeRF and its use-cases

01:39:48 Power of iPhone in production sets

01:42:25 Zero cost production

01:51:31 Developing for Vision Pro

01:54:38 [Ur Questions] Softwares for Virtual Production

01:55:20 [Ur Questions] Films and Games Blending

01:57:14 [Ur Questions] Shooting without Vive tracker

02:00:15 [Ur Questions] Dynamic lighting on LED Walls

02:07:26 [Ur Questions] Multiple cameras and frames

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