Narwhal Studios supports the journey of bringing concepts to cinematic life with a range of visualization and virtual production services. Designed for filmmakers, game developers, and content creators, our approach is rooted in collaboration and expertise, aiming to surpass project expectations.
Image: Virtual Review with our Studio Art Director, Safari Sosebee, VFX supervisor, Rob Legato, and DP, Caleb Deschanel for Academy's Science and Technology Council special, "Virtual Production, Are You Game?"
We bring your narrative to life through engaging concept art and dynamic storyboards.
Often a great step for support with green-lighting a project.
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We stress the importance of creating worlds that are both beautiful and practical, this means creating worlds that have a foundation in real-world physics. We use everything from traditional blueprints, to photogrammetry and virtual scouts to appropriately represent what the client will get on the stage, or in VFX.
Virtual Location Scouting is a collaborative process where creatives explore real-time environments, discussing shot compositions, shoot locations, and story narratives collectively.
**This image includes a representation of our virtual location scout process on "Ahsoka," alongside images sourced online to depict the key creatives involved.
Virtual Camera Blocking sessions are often with the cinematographer, used to start blocking and lensing the scenes in VR or IPad VCam. This process offers a way to pre-visualize shots in a virtual space, enabling the discovery of angles and movements prior to previs or filming.
**Image Featured: VCam blocking for "Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania"
As the digital set starts taking shape, we initiate our virtual pre-light sessions to define the look and lighting as it will appear on set. These lighting scenarios are subsequently shared for scout reviews, stage crews, or VFX teams to utilize. Virtual Prelights entail collaborating with a virtual gaffer to illuminate digital set locations in real-time. Our team works closely in this process.
Our Mocap solutions capture dynamic performances with real-time and AI motion capture technology.
We use our VR tools as a design tool, to walk around superheroes, large scale creatures, and costumes as if they were right next to you, in full detail.
