VFX has had a remarkable journey from being in the post production department to occupying a key position in the preproduction and production process. With virtual production, in-camera visual effects and remote pipelines sprucing up the content quality, a select bunch of filmmakers is blazing a trail for others to follow suit.
How are these emerging new-age tools raising the storytelling quotient? How are the filmmakers planning to strike a balance between flexibility and overall budgets? With virtual production, game engines and remote pipelines making their way into the workflows, what are the future possibilities of filmmaking?

Experts believe that the onus is on the academic institutions to lay emphasis on conceptualisation and churn out creative artists more than button-pushing technicians in order to witness the breakthroughs that the country aspires to.
With the demand for VFX increasing by the day, are academics ready to groom the aspiring talent to be industry ready? Are artists trained in a manner that is commensurate with the demands of this ever-expanding and vibrant global industry? How can they be equipped with the new-age tech that modern content production is leveraging?

Centers of Excellence across the country in various states are paving the way for the renaissance of content with new age technologies being made available to the content producers. How is the VFX policy going to benefit the industry and empower them to chart the billion dollar story?

With emerging tools like virtual production, in-camera visual effects, advanced chip-sets, real-time rendering, ray-tracing, performance capture, cloud storage, deep fakes, AI-assisted processes and advanced software amping up the content quality, the production engine is roaring and hurtling in full swing.
What are the most potent ways of leveraging these new-age tools and engines in a content production pipeline? How will these emerging technologies speed up the workflow? What are the bottlenecks, challenges and opportunities viz-a-viz new tools and software?