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Realtime Filmmaking and the Metaverse with John MacInnes Ep. 10
CG Pro Podcast
English - December 06, 2021 22:05 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week's guest is John Mclnnes, an award-winning producer, writer, and director working in movies, games, AR, VR, and XR for companies like Sony and Netflix. He first gained recognition as a screenwriter in writing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the biggest selling videogame of 2014. He won the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars) for his action/thriller script OUTSIDE THE WIRE which was produced and starred in by Actress Zoe Saldana (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek).
John launched his own virtual production studio in 2020, MCINNES Studios. His journey in producing using the Unreal Engine started in 2015 with Call of Duty. From then on, he produced a real-time UE4 television pilot for Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap), working with Epic Games, Cubic Motion, and Ninja Theory.
Today, his current clients include Sony and HTC Vive.
Highlights of the Episode:
00:35 - Intro of Guest
02:18 - Guest Background
07:24 - Bringing story elements in a multiplayer game
10:14 - Self-funding of VR Demos
15:14 - Writing the Call of Duty
18:16 - Earning money vs Getting out of the box
24:40 - Goal: Making 2d linear to 3d immersive
26:08 - Filmmaking and Game Engine
31:15 - Pitching a Movie and Pitching a new Pipeline of Technology
35:17 - Pitching a great story
37:17 - Knowing your audience
42:44 - The strength of the Industry
45:13 - Struggle of VR
47:01 - Mix of money and vision
47:33 - Talking about metaverse
48:59 - Investment culture in stories and content creators
50:17 - Real-time short films as a proof of concept
54:06 - Fundamental skill in making real-time films
56:34 - Knowing your Passion
59:25 - Real-time shorts films challenge
1:02:10 - Renaissance of Creativity
1:03:11 - Troubles in experimentation
Connecting with the Guest:
Website: https://www.macinnesstudios.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-macinnes-07a00145/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacInnesStudios/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1228815937315194/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TN3MxlA8jRSmr-fXnKScg/featured?view_as=subscriber
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macinnesstudios/
Connecting with CG Pro:
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