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Immersive
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Virtual Production
Virtual Production:
At the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Ash leads the creative and technical direction of virtual production shoots, where cinematic storytelling meets real-time worldbuilding. Working within the school’s advanced production volumes, featuring Sony’s B-Series CLED Wall, OptiTrack motion-tracking systems, and cinema-grade cameras such as the Sony Venice—Ash integrates physical cinematography with digital environments powered by Unreal Engine.
Collaborating with students, faculty, and industry professionals, Ash has guided teams through the creative challenges of real-time storytelling—mentoring new filmmakers while refining his own craft in virtual cinematography and scene direction. Each project pushes the frontier of narrative immersion, proving that virtual production isn’t just a technical innovation—it’s a new language for emotional storytelling.
Watch the reel below for a glimpse into some of these productions, where imagination, technology, and performance converge inside the volume.
In his productions, Ash acts as both director and architect—designing scenes where light, perspective, and performance seamlessly interact between real and virtual space. His work bridges the gap between practical filmmaking and digital simulation, leveraging tools like Unreal, Motion Capture, Photogrammetry and real-time rendering pipelines to deliver authentic, photoreal experiences on-set. See examples of Ash’s work below, where theory is put into practice within the volume:
What Ever Happened to Betty Boop? - Narrative (Virtual Production Supervisor)
Achilles Heel - Narrative (Immersive Capture / VFX Supervisor)
Jump aboard the Achilles Heel for an immersive science fiction adventure through the cosmos with a barely functioning ship and just as dysfunctional crew.
Lionfish Tacos - Immersive Narrative Experience (Director & VFX)
A taste of the extraordinary awaits.
When two friends wander into a seaside taco shop, they’re plunged into an underwater realm where myth meets menu.
Guided by a mischievous merman, they learn that saving the reef might just be the most satisfying meal of all.
Lionfish Tacos — an immersive cinematic adventure where every bite makes waves.
Prismatticus - Narrative (Director of Photography & VFX)
When light divides and worlds collide, reality itself splinters into chaos.
But one unlikely hero holds the power to restore the fractured prism, in a game where every card you play shapes the fate of the universe.
This is Prismatticus.
