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French VFX studio Les Tontons Truqueurs, located in the South of France, shared with us the secrets behind the production of Un Si Grand Soleil, a well known French soap. On this show, they use various techniques such as on set previs, virtual production. They also told us why they chose to install Vicon cameras on their set, and what they have in store for the future.
Chapters are available under the video. The interview is in French, but subtitles are available in English & French.
00:00 – Introduction
00:24 – Presentation
01:37 – “Un Si Grand Soleil”, production, tracking
03:24 – car sequences
03:24 – car sequences
04:04 – tracking & LED panels, motion capture
05:42 – Unreal, Blender, Houdini
06:36 – open for business!
08:03 – training
08:48 – future goals
For more information
- Les Tontons Truqueurs on 3DVF, their official website.
- Tracking & mocap systems mentionned during the interview: HALIDE FX by Lightcraft, Mo-Sys, Vicon.
- Progiss, our sister company, is a Vicon reseller and they supported Les Tontons Truqueurs on this project. To get in touch with Progiss: +33 1 49 89 07 90 / info@progiss.com.
