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What Is a Virtual Art Department?
A Virtual Art Department builds the digital worlds used in virtual production, from LED volume backgrounds to virtual scouting environments. Its real impact is less about shiny screens and more about moving creative decisions, budget and risk earlier in the production process.
VADs matter because they move major creative and technical decisions earlier. That can make production more visual and predictable, but it also asks producers, directors, designers, cinematographers and…
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