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Virtual
Production
@ RIT



















Our four-day LA-based Virtual Production Master Class, October 11-14, 2024


RIT and Synapse Virtual Production are offering a four-day, hands-on certification training in virtual production, designed specifically for industry and early career professionals looking to up-skill in the virtual production workflow. Join us for this rare opportunity to learn from top industry experts and pioneering faculty in a small group setting (limited to 20) at the flagship Synapse Virtual Production facility in downtown Los Angeles.

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What is
Virtual Production?

Virtual production is the current revolution in film and media production, representing the deployment of extensive computer-generated graphics, 3D art, motion capture, in-camera visual effects, and real-time rendering via game engines. With partners and alumni from Epic Games to The Third Floor and most of the major Hollywood studios pioneering these technologies, RIT is building a full research and learning ecosystem around these emerging workflows.

Meet the
Virtual Production
Faculty at RIT

By converging experts from across campus at its MAGIC Spell Studios, RIT is building curriculum and research efforts through the School of Film and Animation, 3D Digital Design program, School of Interactive Games and Media, and more.

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Partners

We have been honored to work with some amazing partners in the industry, including alumni and friends, to help us build our virtual production stages and curriculum at RIT.  Together with the generous support of Epic Games and their education megagrants team, we have worked closely with The Third Floor to immerse faculty in current workflows, Production Resource Group (PRG) to stand up a modern virtual production stage, and Optic Sky Productions to put the full workflow through a proper initiation, culminating in our pilot production,  RIT EVT.


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Student Virtual Production Projects

At MAGIC Spell Studios at RIT, we learn by making things. Students immediately take lessons in previsualization, virtual art production, in-camera visual effects, and real-time filmmaking straight to the studio.  See below for some of the fantastic work produced with and by RIT students in virtual production.



Virtual Production 101

Learn more about all things virtual production at RIT. From the basics of the workflow, to the people fueling the innovation, and the technology that allows it, this series chronicles the introduction of virtual production at MAGIC and the construction of an entirely new curriculum at RIT.

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Case Study: RIT EVT Virtual Production

During the spring of 2021, RIT partnered with Optic Sky and PRG to produce its first virtual production at MAGIC Spell Studios, a promotional commercial for RIT’s Electric Vehicle Team.  You can read more about the creative and technical learnings from this full in-camera visual effects workflow produced by RIT students, faculty, and industry pros.

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Teaching the
Next Generation

RIT faculty are exploring and designing new curricular models to teach the next generation of virtual production creatives and technologists.  Learn more about courses developed on campus as well as our partnerships for online education through EdX and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineer’s training catalog.

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