Filmmaker Joe Sill has teamed with Jerad Anderson, founder of production company FLORENCE, and screenwriter Matisse Tolin to create L.A.-based Impossible Objects, a world-building lab that uses virtual production to tell branded and original stories. Comprised of a team of artists and engineers, Impossible Objects mobilizes the power of imagination through design and animation, offering tools for visualists to create alternate realities that break through creative limitations. The company’s first original project, the short film Autonomous, was co-created by Sill and Tolin. Created entirely in a virtual environment and rendered in real-time, the short has spawned plans for a TV series now being developed by Stampede Ventures, produced by Jon Berg and Greg Silverman with Sill and Tolin serving as co-creators. Sill and Tolin began the project by compiling models together to create the world and characters, and utilized the power of a real-time game engine to pre-vis and stage compositions and build out realistic sequences with lighting, texturing, and rigged character animations. Each shot was lit using real-world cinematic lighting principles, and the camera recorded each move as one would on a live-action set. Virtual production and real-time rendering are powerful new tools for creating cinematic effects. With the ability to capture an actor’s performance from anywhere in the world and bring it into an infinite number of virtual environments, myriad possibilities are now starting to be realized....

VFX house Glassworks has promoted two leaders from its production team in Amsterdam. Belen Palos has been named head of production and Chris Kiser as COO. Palos previously served as sr. VFX producer in both Glassworks Barcelona and Amsterdam branches dating back to 2015. She has produced ad campaigns, animated sequences for features, music videos and immersive content for brands and studios worldwide. Kiser joined Glassworks in 2018 as EP and new business director....