With travel limited, Hollywood looks to 'game changer' tech New LED video wall technology used in making last year’s “The Lion King” and “The Mandalorian” series could become more widespread as Hollywood production ramps back up during the pandemicNEW YORK -- New LED video wall technology used in making last year’s “The Lion King” and “The Mandalorian” series could become more widespread as Hollywood production ramps back up during the pandemic. “The Lion King” visual effects supervisor Robert Legato calls the video wall and move toward virtual production a “game changer” that’s being embraced by necessity during the pandemic. “We’ve been helping the ‘Avatar’ folks for a while,” said Dave Hoffman of Blackmagic, an Australian company that makes cameras and video production hardware. Still, virtual production can provide a viable solution during the pandemic, and perhaps become a useful production technique moving forward. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who stars in the new Netflix film “Project Power,” agrees: “It’s about sort of finding a good pairing between the tech you’re using and the story you’re trying to tell,” he said.

Source: ABC News August 17, 2020 17:15 UTC