LOS ANGELES — Lightcraft Technology (https://lightcraft.pro) will preview Spark Story at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas. The rapid virtual-shot system is designed to help filmmakers start workshopping their story with their team. Spark Story lets users start visualizing their story in 3D right away by building scenes around realistic digital environments with physically-correct motion and actual camera & lens models. This allows directors, DPs and VFX teams to evaluate whether these early decisions will still hold up on shoot days.
Spark Story’s deep integration between its browser and mobile app allows global teams to work together live, using scripts, Gaussians Splats, imported USD assets, camera motion and more to create fast, interactive previs.
“The days of waiting until post to figure out if the story is working are over," explains Eliot Mack, CEO and founder of Lightcraft Technology. "With Spark Story, a team can go from 0 to 80 percent and be ready for pitching and planning almost immediately. Then they can pull people in, build momentum and radically accelerate the shooting process.”
Spark Story is the first piece of a comprehensive Spark platform that is still in development. At NAB, the company will highlight a number of key features, including realtime 3D shot construction, dynamic screenplay editing, instant virtual production and integrated shot lists.