Favreau was able to shoot the first live-action Star Wars series using a video wall that gave the show an immediate sweeping sense of scope. "Mandalorian was novel not just for its storytelling — and the memeable charm of The Child (aka Baby Yoda) — but for its production, which relied on video game engines, real-time rendering and video wall technology to thrust audiences into a world of desert planets and spaceship cockpits," says The Hollywood Reporter's Rebecca Keegan. "Favreau, 53, didn't add these effects in postproduction, as is commonly done on CGI productions, but rather shot his actors against the video wall scenery. The technology, which allows filmmakers to place casts in far-flung locations without leaving a soundstage, has practical applications, but is particularly valuable in the COVID-19 era, when travel for shoots will be scarce." ALSO: Baby Yoda is getting its own cereal from General Mills.
TOPICS: Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Disney+, Jon Favreau (actor/director), Marketing, Star Wars, Visual Effects