Matt Workman is a cinematographer and virtual production pioneer, known for his viral videos showcasing Unreal Engine, Metahumans, motion capture, and cutting-edge virtual production tools. He’s also the creator of Cine Tracer, an innovative software that empowers filmmakers to plan and visualize scenes with ease. Through his YouTube channel, @CinematographyDatabase and other social media platforms, he educates and inspires filmmakers about the potential of virtual production, helping to make complex filmmaking techniques more accessible to a broader audience. Episode 55 Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:05 Matt's First Spark Into the Creative World 00:05:13 Matt's Early Hustle In the Film Industry 00:08:54 How Posting Your Work Can Create AMAZING Opportunities 00:14:04 This is How Matt Started His 3D Journey 00:18:34 Matt Shares His PREVIS Hustle While Being a DP 00:22:23 Using Previs and Unreal Engine to Land Clients 00:25:00 Building Cine Tracer 00:29:03 Transition From Traditional Cinematographer To Virtual Production 00:30:48 The BIG Problem Cine Tracer Solved 00:33:29 Matt's Biggest Challenge When Building Cine Tracer 00:42:31 Matt's New Project 00:47:36 The Truth About Being a Generalist (Is Not What You Think) 00:54:26 The Lessons Matt Learned From Building Games For Filmmakers 01:05:14 The Future of Fortnite 01:15:27 Opinions about AI 01:20:07 Matt Is Getting These GADGETS Soon If this podcast is helping you, please take 2 minutes to rate our podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, It will help the Podcast reach and help more people! Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/12jUe4lIJgxE4yst7rrfmW?si=ab98994cf57541cf Apple Podcasts (Scroll down to review)- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-decisions-podcast/id1677462934 Find out more about Matt: https://www.youtube.com/@CinematographyDatabase https://x.com/cinedatabase https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattworkman/ https://www.instagram.com/cinematographydb Join our discord server where we connect and share assets: https://discord.gg/zwycgqezfD Bad Decisions Audio Podcast 🎙️: Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badxstudio If you wanna see us to do cool things follow us here too: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/badxstudio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/badxstudio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badxstudio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/badxstudio Our personal handles: (if you wanna stalk us) https://www.instagram.com/farhad_baddecisions/ https://www.instagram.com/faraz_baddecisions/ https://www.instagram.com/farhad_sh/ https://www.instagram.com/farazshababs/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazshababi/ #virtualproduction #3dartist #artist #unrealengine #cinema4d #houdini #blender3d #blender #3dartist #podcast #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStudio #BadDecisionsPodcast

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