We’re a small group of passionate people working on virtual cinematography for games, virtual production and storytelling!

Group Leader

• • Marc Christie

Marc Christie Associate Professor at University of Rennes 1, IRISA/INRIA.

I focus on smart tools to assist the creation of complex 3D contents by mixing Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence techniques. real-time path planning for camera control formalisation of cinematographic conventions (encoding characteristic viewpoints, continuity in edits, composition) languages for cinematographic specifications interactive tools for cinematographic content creation tracked virtual cameras cinematographic drones

 

Post-Doctoral Fellows

• Quentin Galvane, Drone Cinematography, Automated Editing, Automated Lighting

 

PhD Students

• Amaury Louarn, Virtual staging
• Xi Wang, Visual SLAM for onset previs
• Alexandre Bruckert, Gaze tracking and film editing

 

Master Students (2018-2019)

• Alberto Jovane, Automated generation of static and dynamic virtual cameras
• Anthony Mirabile, A Visual nodal interface for controlling Virtual Camera Systems
• Ludovic Burg, Real-time estimation and anticipation of visibility for dynamic cameras
• Yueh Lin, Deep learning of cinematographic features
• Hongda Jiang, Camera Behaviors (Collaboration with BFA)

 

Former members

• Hui-Yin Wu (PhD student), now post-doc at North Carolina State University
• Christophe Lino (PhD student then post-doctoral fellow), now post-doc at Télécom Paristech
• Cunka Sanokha (PhD student)
• Billal Merabti (PhD student), now Associate Professor at École Polytechnique Algers
• Emmanuel Badier (Research Engineer), now Research Engineer at University of Geneva