As some readers know, despite focusing more on audio fiction these days, I still am keenly interested in how films are put together, especially when it comes to speculative fiction stories… as they almost always employ some tricks to show the fantastical with as much thrift as craft. Last year, I learned more about how the latest version of Dune departed from traditional blue and green screens.
I’ve heard a lot about the “virtual sets” that The Mandalorian uses, but I think this just-under seven minute video does a good job of explaining how it helps the production process as well as contextualizing it amid similar filmmaking techniques that have come before.