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The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) will become one of the first drama schools in the UK to offer students virtual production training in a new studio after receiving almost £2million in funding from the Department of Education.

Founded in 1861, LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the United Kingdom and was awarded £1,934,746 funded by a capital grant from the Office for Students – England’s independent regulator for higher education.

With the help of the funds, the school, which has Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch sitting as its President, has been able to invest in virtual production (VP) and motion capture (Mocap) technology in ultra-modern studios, where there is ‘industry-wide skills gap’. LAMDA hopes to open the studios and offer courses to students by the end of the year.

VP merges the technique of physical and virtual filmmaking on a 9 x 3.5 metre or full training size virtual production LED wall background where production teams can... continue reading: LAMDA receives £2million in funding for virtual production technology

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