In nuce: According to a recent press release, the programme of events for this year’s FMX can now be viewed on the conference homepage. Discover many new events!
What FMX highlights can you expect? Some of the absolute highlights of this year’s FMX include the stop-motion anthology “The House”, Marvel’s “What if…?”, “Eternals: AR Story Experience (AR stands for Augmented Reality, of course) and a brand new event track about NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). If you hear rumours at this year’s after-show party that NFTs are “horoscopes for men”, we would like to disclaim all responsibility.
The House (from the track “Feature Animation”): The Netflix film is an eccentric comedy about a house, telling three surreal stories about its inhabitants* in the process. Directors Paloma Baeza, Marc James Roels and Niki Lindroth von Bahr and production manager Joost Zoetebier provide a look behind the scenes of the stop-motion anthology produced by Nexus Studios. For a first impression, click on the trailer below.
The House | Official Trailer | Netflix
What if…? (from the track “Animated Series”): VFX Supervisors Anders Thönell and Greg O’Connor talk about the Marvel series, taking you to where 2D and 3D animation meet. Anders and Greg will use some shots to illustrate solutions and methods for complex camera work, line work, environments and general workflows for integrating 2D and 3D techniques.
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens): The buzzwords Metaverse, Web3 and NFTs are everywhere – but how are these new technology trends impacting the creative industry? The new NFTs track at FMX will explore this question using various case studies. Rouslan Ovtcharoff, founder of the Blockchain Global Entertainment Alliance, will explain what NFTs are and how they can be applied together with blockchain – for example for entertainment platforms.
Eternals: AR Story Experience (from the track on augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality): Marvel Studios takes a look into the future of the entertainment industry with its augmented reality story experience. In the game for the Eternals film, Marvel fans can get up close and personal with superheroes as well as experience the story from the film immersively. Volumetric captures are perhaps the most exciting technology here, as they make it possible to create cinema-quality VFX assets. Dane Coffey, Technology Innovation Research Lead at Disney Studios Technology, and Daniel Baker, Senior Producer and Manager, will shed light on how the lifelike characters from the game were created. We have linked the trailer for the game below.
Eternals: AR Story Experience | Official Trailer
Further programme highlights: But that’s not all: visitors to FMX 2022 will also discover how director Robin McNicholas and artist Joaquina Salgado have brought virtual narrative worlds to life using modern virtual production techniques in their project Dream.
In addition, Sol Rogers (Magnopus/Rewind) will discuss why cross-reality spaces are important and what this has to do with the metaverse as part of the Expo 2020 Dubai programme item.
In addition, Chris Ebeling, co-founder and creative director of Virtually Human, will tell you everything you always wanted to know about blockchain gaming but didn’t dare type into your Google search.
Take advantage of the early bird discount: For all those who were still unsure whether their budget would cover an FMX ticket: The organisers are extending the sale of early bird tickets until 20 March 2022 and you can secure your tickets at xing-events.com .
Click further: You can find out about the FMX 2022 event programme in its entirety at fmx.de. New programme items are added here on an ongoing basis. So it’s worth checking back from time to time.
