The Mandalorian Volume
The adventures of the mandalorian a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy are now retold in the new screen comix format.
The mandalorian volume. The volume formally called stagecraft was created by industrial light magic and epic games partnering with fuse lux machina profile studios nvidia and arri in collaboration with jon favreau s golem creations. This virtual production workflow was used to film more than half of the mandalorian season 1 enabling the filmmakers to eliminate location shoots capture a significant amount of complex vfx shots with. On the mandalorian this space was dubbed the volume technically a volume is any space defined by motion capture technology this concept was initially proposed by kim libreri of epic games while he was at lucasfilm and it has become the basis of the technology that holy grail that makes a live action star wars television series possible.
Months later the los angeles set of the mandalorian was a bustling hive of activity. It begins five years after the events of return of the jedi 1983 and stars pedro pascal as the title character a lone bounty hunter who is hired to retrieve the. The mandalorian is the first production to combine this revolutionary tech using real time rendering in concert with video wall in camera set extensions and effects and virtual production workflow.
The crew inside the led volume was also able to control the scene remotely from an ipad working side by side with the director and dp. 1 publishers summary 2 media 21 editions 3 appearances 4 notes and references 5 external links. Meet the volume formally called stagecraft its 20 feet tall 270 degrees around and 75 feet across the largest and most sophisticated virtual filmmaking environment yet made.
At the epicenter the volume a curved 20 foot high 270 degree led video wall made up of 1326 individual led screens topped with an led ceiling. Volume 1 star wars. The mandalorian screen comix is a graphic novel style retelling with full color images and dialogue from the show.
Opening up multiple shoot possibilities during covid 19 and beyond top spanish producer adrian guerra is bowing orca studios a new spain based virtual production facility that uses the same led v. It will adapt episodes of the first season of the mandalorian and is scheduled to be published on january 26 2021.