Building structure developers heavily rely on a detailed blueprint in their construction work.
It is their roadmap in executing the plans and designs for their building project based on an established budget.
Filmmakers and directors are also using the same principle in their pre-production work by doing motion picture previsualization.
Motion pictures, commercials and other media based entertainment projects will not move an inch without a crude 3D mockup which we collectively refer to as previsualization.
It is the tool used in order to assess the feasibility and appeal of the shots that are going in the main production phase.
The previz is the blueprint or roadmap that is extensively used by the production team even before the actual shoot is made.
This blueprint provides the production and post-production team with the tool in formulating the plans and designs in completing complicated shots.
This tool ensures that these complicated and difficult can be executed without sacrificing the aesthetic elements of the entire shoot.
The previz may provide a wide range of information and data depending on the requirements of the production and the post-production teams.
This 3D mock up can help the film director and his team to formulate the best approach in shooting a particular scene.
The previz expert provides a virtual representation of the set being contemplated on and the director and his teams can incorporate all possible scenarios in doing the shoot.
They can virtually look at the set at different angles, blocking and movements while employing different camera lenses using the virtual camera that goes with the 3D software.
They can also pre-view the shot and sequences with their actors and other members of the production and post-production teams as the workshop pieces in preparation for the actual shoot.
From this 3D template, they are able to make the final preparations in the execution of the actual shoot of the sequence or sequences covered in the previz.
A carefully designed previz is also an important tool for the production team in addressing the technical and creative issues of a particular sequence.
The previz can answer the requirement of the pre-shoot which normally involves the use of storyboard and test shoot footages.
Pre-production is the most critical phase in all types of media production and due to some limitations, this phase gets subordinated by the other aspects of the production due to production capability and budgetary issues.
With the access to previz software, one can do the requisite pre-production activities to ensure that the project is done in the most expeditious way and within the limits set in the production plan and design.
Previz templates effectively free the production team for the necessity of storyboards and test shoots before embarking on the actual production activity.
You will no longer require the services of an expert sketch artist for the storyboards as the previz software works as your virtual graphic artist.
This software also allows you to make the necessary changes in your virtual storyboard in real time making the pre-production phase a breeze-through activity.