Coffee was himself a pretty small channel before he did the Save the Kids story. He used to have his own pod called the Drip where he was incredibly down to earth.
@@kenbobcorn True, I clicked on many videos but becoming a fan of a particular channel because of how much value they provide and watching them succeed over time isn't the same as merely clicking and forgetting they existed.
43:20 Without a doubt. I noticed immediately when that "fake blind" light got added. That actually makes the virtual set pop out of, like 2.5d into full 3d, in my brain at least.
Yeah I remember noticing that and saying to myself, "wait, I thought this was a virtual/green screen setup," and I spent a bunch of time watching to see if the patch of "sunlight" moved gradually like it does in real life.
I love how much you can tell Coffee just LOVES this part of it, he's really got this down to a science. He's just so passionate about making the set look exactly how he wants it to look and it really sells that aesthetic so well.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I wanted this. I really was in awe of coffee's (especially recent) production work. And to see that he actually knows the production side of things so thoroughly instead of relying on external people makes me so happy.
You're happy but I'm sad. Because I see a lot of people falling into the trap of parasocial relationships (definition: « Parasocial relationships are one-sided relationships, where one person extends emotional energy, interest and time, and the other party, the persona, is completely unaware of the other's existence. »). And I believe that the implications of this are bad enough to be sad.
@@brinckau brother, I didn't say that looking at him makes me want to marry him or something, as a creative professional I get inspired by a lot of people's work and to see that someone knows the whole creative workflow instead of just outsourcing it all to some one is what makes me happy. I think you fundamentally don't understand what a parasocial relationship actually is (or maybe you do and you just see the world through that one lens).
Linus from LinusTechTips made an interesting observation when they moved from the House to the warehouse office. He'd just spent a load of money on a professional studio space with special sets only for his set quality to be worse. The house kitchen made for a perfect, if cramped, set. That's why when they revamped their sets they built them as if they're actual living spaces.
WOOOAHH!!! this same situation happened with the RU-vid channel / brand/company Just Kidding News - they had this iconic, casual, "amateur-like" setup which they did for yeaaars and then they wanted to expand and invest tons of money into a bigger studio/set and it actually had a negative ROI so they actually went back to the original setup
I have no idea whatsoever about virtual production and all the terminology your threw around in this video, but I watched the whole thing. Coffeezilla is a gift to humanity. Thank you for doing the interview with him!
@@temporarychannelname8620 he's talked about this before, his chemical engineering degree helped him think critically about these things even though he doesn't work as a chemical engineer. He's clearly a smart dude!
I legit enjoyed this video, i was always curious about the workflow of coffeezilla's video production, its so high quality and it feels good to know he knows his stuff does most of his production himself. Brilliant interview
This was so entertaining! I've always had so many questions from this exact perspective that I've always wondered about Coffee's videos and production pipeline. Great episode! You could have told me this was a 800k sub channel and I wouldn't think twice about it. Super helpful video to watch as someone who's always been a creative and is messing with the idea of getting started on a budget setup!
The actual f. I thought the same, this interview was absolutely fantastic and I loved seeing Steven nerd out about this and answer questions from a clearly knowledgable interviewer. What a great job here
As a fan of Coffeezilla and kinda wowed by the new cyberpunk set - I am grateful for this interview / video as an intro to 'virtual' set / virtual production - definitely checking out that TedTalk !
15:05 I love this point - he’s teaching by example instead of talking head. Thanks for this as I hadn’t known of him or this $10M studio and I’ve been gearing up my set to do it myself.
Love the $10M studio, gives so much to the story telling! Great That some RU-vidrs Care about quality these days💪💪 Thank you for your great content, Stephen!
First, as a newcomer, I think you're a great interviewer! And I love to hear so much about a side of Stephen's channel we don't normally have an insight into! I consider his one of the very best channels on RU-vid, and a great inspiration for that level of independent production! Re the flipping screen, it was a perfect solution for what he wanted, and also produced the opportunity for the ongoing gag of him dodging it like it's gonna hit him in the back of the head lol
It is awesome to get to listen to him describe the process. I’ve been watching Coffeezilla for a long time and watching his success has been really fun.
This is so cool, I’m fascinated by Coffees work. I’ve wanted to understand and learn how he put he’s videos together for some time now, every time I watch he’s stuff I get that “wow” feeling and it’s not only the production quality but everything as a whole, professional journalism, story, characters as well as making a often dark story into something interesting and entertaining. Thanks for the interview and I wish both of you a great day!
This video is so full of non-stop valuable information, I really like your editing and including examples of his videos when he mentions certain things. I hope you grow a lot and keep sharing all these interesting topics
I’m a visual effects supervisor. 10 million dollars is a lot for a green screen studio. One reason led screens are more challenging is that you will need to produce the environment in advance before the shoot. It can delay production schedules. it’s usually easier to shoot the green screen and add the background later. It’s good to see RU-vid creators using vfx and virtual production in their content .
just stumbled across this, awesome insightful interview. I think at the talking point about other mainstream content creators working with virtual productions, dr.disrespect should have been mentioned, for sure one of the biggest influencers building a narrative universe supported by vp!
I am not surprised that he does it in post. The reality of a lot of virtual production in industry is that clients still want the flexibility to change stuff later which is why you are seeing setups where they use those giant LED panels as big green/blue screens.
Such a great conversation. Informative & fun between intelligent & experienced producers. Really enjoyed hearing about Coffeezilla’s tech growth as someone who has watched since he had his shelves background.
Dear Coffeezilla, this topic is so interesting and I would like to propose to you to make it into a video on your second channel. Just a walk through your process of solving all this problem is really interesting to me. Make me wanna learn about videography..
well i did 25 years of VP for broadcasters. There are many tracking solutions. There are also realtime running slider systems that can rerun the shot, like motion controls. FreeD is an interesting approach as well. Stype is also very interesting. But as a youtuber you need to know what you want and what you use in the end. One of the first systems i worked on 1999 was a trackless virtual studio system. That is not a bad idea for youtubers. Also the small integration in VMIX is not too bad if you get a good background and just want to zoom in. There are many solutions and if someone is a unity/unreal developer you can develop your own system with an iphone.
Wow, super-cool episode. I've never seen you, but I watch every Coffeezilla episode and I am interested in virtual production etc. and I have always been interested in the tech behind his. I did surmise he was using Aximmetry, so cool to see that confirmed. Thank you RU-vid algorithm.
I've seen a few coffeezilla vids but i have to say, that is what more people should aim for, to make each video an experience in of itself. its more fun and it sure last longer than the bedroom set.
This interview has caused me to subscribe to both you and Stephen. One of the best interviews I've had the privilege of watching. Made me excited about the whole craft. Thank you so much.
Yeah I always dig it though. He purposely doesn’t light himself exactly like he would if he was trying to make a convincing composite. That video game comparison is spot on. If you light the main character perfectly, they don’t stand out enough.
I've always loved coffee, and watching his evolution has been really something. I've never seen your channel before, but watched because of Steven and his $10 million studio. Great interview!
Happened only shortly beforehand but I think DrDisrespect was the first person I saw with a really silly virtual $170m studio but Coffee has built it out into something much more elaborate.
Great Podcast Joey! If I may 1) How did you get coffeezilla to do an interview with you? 2) Do you have any advice for someone that is looking to build a team for virtual production? Ex: Coffee said he has a smaller team of only an editor and a CGI person. How/where would someone go about finding the right people to build a team? Thanks a million Joey! 🙏❤️
Fantastic video, love the detail and enthusiasm Coffee was able to bring to the discussion and the further peak behind the scenes of his virtual production.
00:02 Coffeezilla upgraded to a virtual production studio 02:03 Coffeezilla's evolution from basic setup to elaborate studio. 05:45 Exploring the creation of a virtual production studio 07:48 Aximmetry is a competitive keyer with better compositing 11:33 Creating immersive experiences for the audience 13:21 Creating original and expressive content through virtual production 17:18 Virtual production complements practical tools on set. 19:04 Utilizing practical set pieces for enhanced visual depth 22:36 The development process includes research, script compilation, storyboarding, pre-vis, and simple rendering. 24:16 Shooting a scene with multiple angles and CGI elements 27:30 Using Aximmetry for node-based video editing and live production 29:22 Transitioning from post-production to real-time keying and rendering. 32:44 Choosing Mo-Sys StarTracker for virtual production stability 34:26 Indie virtual production has challenges for layman RU-vidrs. 38:08 Virtual production moves all production to pre-production. 40:02 LED panels offer unique lighting benefits 43:16 Virtual production involves creative problem-solving 45:10 Deciding between post, live, practical, or CGI is a fun part of the job. 48:30 Virtual production is subservient to storytelling and skill. 50:21 Sony FX3's low light performance and its importance for green screen work 53:44 Teleprompters help in ensuring accuracy during presentations 55:23 RU-vid allows for unpolished projects and learning on the go
You know it’s crazy. I was just thinking about his set design yesterday then the algorithm throws it into my feed. This technology is getting crazy lol
Coffeezilla's presentation style with his virtual studio and sets heavily inspired me to create some of my own as part of a unified design system for a network of publications I'm working on, however those wouldn't be present from the beginning for several reasons, but even then, what I have in mind would still be quite a bit different visually to better fit in with the topics each publication (and their respective RU-vid channels) would cover. The virtual studios wouldn't be available at the launch of the first publication in the network and some time for several reasons, and I would instead start with a PNGTuber and background (sort of like what Hideaki {another RU-vidr} currently has for his main videos) before upgrading over time. I could write a longer comment, but in doing so I would end up revealing ideas that I want to keep secret for now.
In one of videos of Coffeezilla Logan Paul talks about Stevens 10 million dollar studio. And somehow I got the impression that he might actually think it's that expensive. I might be wrong, but considering Logan's intelligence I wouldn't be surprised.
I was happy to help him with some advice for getting the key better. De-spill etc Using my previous experience working a a vfx compositor at Weta Digital
@@vp-land I think I as he said, adding more movement and those mimic lights to really increase the illusion of him being in those spaces he creates. I’d like to see him look more heavily into unreal engine with aximmetry. Likely just needs to invest in a dedicated machine for VP. A6000 etc. but I understand that doing it in post works better for him at the moment.
I'm amazed that he hasn't been dragged down by multiple frivolous lawsuits considering how many conmen he has revealed. Spencer Cornelia and Karl Jobst deal with way less of them and still have lost so much money and time due to it.
Very good interview and makes me want to do something more interesting with my online meetings as just having a static background etc is not good enough as want to be able to have more interactive and informative interaction (not just switching to a presentation etc)!! Awesome inspirational stuff with this so thank you!
You can achieve a lot of the same logical node pipeline stuff in OBS, but it's very manual, very "functional" data pipeline stuff. You have to really think hard about wrapping objects in scenes, then wrapping scenes in scenes, then wrap those scenes in scenes... If you edit the effects on an object, it does it everywhere that object is referenced, so you can share objects between multiple scenes, wrap the layers in folders, then apply effects to those layers. You canalso wrap multiple layers in a scene and switch between those layers as an intermediary, etc etc etc
Really great interview, was interesting to see how the whole production works. Only critiicism is I don't love the ceaseless jump cuts which made it irritating to watch at points, but I guess it makes sense for such a long in-depth interview.
the mood blinds lighting are called gobos. the steam is called a png alpha. He most def outsources 90%-100% of his virtual production. It still looks cool tho!!! Props to the Artists!
54:29 you actually have fully manual treadmills who are small in floor space. Just level the mat to the actual floor and the treadmill can be sinked into the floor
