From Virtual Production to ‘Integrated Production Technologies'
Jason Bevan, Cameron Mackness · Focal Press eBooks · 2024
Flinders University’s virtual production space, The Void, as one of the early adopters of virtual production technology, has elicited valuable findings around models of practice and potential applications for research, pedagogy, and collaboration, which can be applied within and beyond university contexts. In addition to being a core teaching space for topics across Digital Media, Drama and Screen, The Void has been used by different disciplines across the university, as well as for commercially focused projects with key industry partners in South Australia. Such external partnerships developed between the university, the creative industries, and other sectors demonstrate a range of beneficial relationships that can support virtual production facilities in higher education. This chapter explores the evolving use of virtual production technologies in the university context, considering its various applications across such areas as pedagogy, collaborations, both internal, and in providing fertile ground for research.