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Most undergraduates who pursue film and media are familiar with the limitations of student set design: the reliance on repurposed backdrops, scant resources for creating intricate scenes and minimal access to locales beyond what’s readily available in the neighborhood.
But thanks to a generous gift to UT’s Department of Film, Animation and New Media, students can now produce whatever their imaginations can dream up. Back in April, Vu, a local virtual production company, presented the department with an LED “volume” — a massive, curved screen that connects to a computer and can be used to create virtual backdrops. The technology (plus training at Vu) is valued at $750,000, but the world it opens up for students? That’s priceless.
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