Black mirror

VP + Tech Labs

Black Mirror was the project on which VFX Art Director Dan May first explored the possibilities of virtual production. Dan was drafted in for season one’s Fifteen Million Merits, an episode in which society exists within an enclosed space, surrounded by contiguous video screens. In order to stay within budget, Dan identified the necessity of capturing motion graphics in-camera, thus – in an era before volume stages were in the public consciousness – the Black Mirror sets were built with connecting high-tech screens, allowing the on-set team to cue up motion graphics which corresponded with the actions of actor Daniel Kaluuya.