Is virtual production viable for your next project?

10 questions. 2 minutes. A weighted scorecard that checks your brief against the factors that actually determine whether VP makes sense.

Score your brief

No email required. No sales pitch. Just a useful answer.

Question 1 of 10

Does your brief need multiple locations in a single shoot day?

VP can switch environments in minutes. No travel, no weather delays, no losing half the day to a unit move.

Do you need precise control over lighting, weather, or time of day for extended periods?

Golden hour on demand, for as long as you need it. VP locks lighting conditions so you're not racing the sun or waiting out cloud cover.

Will the locations need to change significantly between shots or setups?

Different room, different city, different continent. VP swaps entire environments without rebuilding a single flat.

Are you shooting out of season? Summer in winter, snow in July, that sort of thing?

This is where VP earns its keep. Seasonal work traditionally means waiting months or faking it in post. VP puts you in any season, any time.

Is on-set client sign-off important for this project?

VP is WYSIWYG. Clients see the final environment in-camera on the day, not a green void and a promise.

Is on-set creative validation important?

With VP, the creative team can review, tweak, and approve final-pixel environments during the shoot. No more "we'll fix it in post" conversations.

Will you need to revisit this environment for future campaigns?

Digital sets are reusable. Once built, you can return to the same environment months later without rebooking a location or rebuilding a set.

Would this traditionally require compositing, CGI, or green screen in post?

VP captures VFX in-camera. Less post-production time, fewer compositing passes, and the talent actually reacts to a real environment instead of a green screen.

Is sustainability or carbon reduction a required and reportable priority?

Fewer location shoots means fewer unit moves, fewer flights, less diesel. VP is measurably lower-carbon, and the data is auditable if you need it for ESG reporting.

Is talent availability limited? Restricted days, unable to travel, or needed across multiple setups?

VP compresses shoot schedules. Multiple setups in one studio, one day. Less time on set means more flexibility with talent availability and fees.

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This brief is built for VP.

Multiple high-value factors stack up here. Your brief hits the exact scenarios where VP delivers the biggest gains in efficiency, creative control, and budget. The next step is scoping it properly. A good brief makes the difference between VP that delivers and VP that costs more than it should.

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This brief is built for VP.

Multiple high-value factors stack up here. Your brief hits the exact scenarios where VP delivers the biggest gains in efficiency, creative control, and budget. The next step is scoping it properly. A good brief makes the difference between VP that delivers and VP that costs more than it should.

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VP has clear advantages on this brief.

The factors that scored here are practical ones: schedule pressure, creative control, cost efficiency. The advantages are specific rather than universal, but where they apply, they'll save you time, budget, or creative headaches. Worth scoping properly to see what it looks like on paper.

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A few factors favour VP here.

The score is moderate, which usually means VP could add value in specific areas without being the obvious choice across the board. It depends on how those factors weigh against budget and timeline for this particular project. A quick conversation would tell you whether it's worth pursuing or whether traditional is the cleaner path.

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Traditional production is the stronger call for this one.

VP adds the most value when the factors align, and on this brief they don't stack up enough to justify the setup. That's a useful answer. Knowing when to use a tool and when not to is the whole point of a scorecard like this. Most agencies have more than one brief on the go. Run a different project through and the score might look very different.

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