3D previs built on your camera data · Barcelona · French-speaking Switzerland Pilot service
Your shot, solved before you shoot.
We build your set as to-scale blocks, with your camera and your focal length, and send you back three solutions side by side. You choose at the table, not on set.
The problem
Today, a lot of shots get decided on set. With the crew waiting.
A lens that doesn’t work, a track that won’t fit. These are tests you can run beforehand, to scale.
The framing gets decided at the monitor, with everything already rigged.
Stock · PexelsChanging lens or camera height means starting over.
Stock · PexelsIn the end, it all comes down to measurements: degrees, centimeters, millimeters.
Stock · PexelsWhatever isn’t decided beforehand gets decided here.
Stock · PexelsTake it to the table: three measured solutions before you get to set.
See the sample sheetDecision sheet · full example
The decision sheet. Three solutions, measured.
This is how it arrives, shown with example values. The floor plans are calculated; the frames are diagrams, which on a real sheet will be Blender renders.
Blockout versus location
What we model and what’s really there.
Drag the line: the same kitchen reduced to volumes, the way we build it in Blender. To decide framing, camera height and travel, the measurements are all you need.
Illustration over a stock photo, not a measured location.
Stock photo · Pexels| Solution | Movement | Lens | Gear | Still to check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Short handheld push-in · 5 s | 35 mm | Stabilizer | Door opening and space outside (starts in the doorway) |
| B | Zoom, locked-off camera · 5 s | 24 → 50 mm | Tripod and fluid head | Door opening and space outside |
| C | 45° orbit · 5 s | 50 mm | Stabilizer | Operator space along the arc |
All three use only the gear on the list. The choice belongs to the director and the DP.
Floor plans: faint start, solid end; A1 and A2 are the actress’s marks. Frames: illustrative diagrams, not renders.
Discarded variantsIllustrated here; on a real sheet, tested in blockout
Limits of this sheet
- Focal length and sensor active area as given in the header; lens distortion not corrected.
- Accuracy: only as good as the measurements received. Anything pending is shown in red and not filled in.
- Paths are for the camera point; operator and rig only once we have their measurements.
Source of measurements (simulated in this example)
| Measurement | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen width | 2.80 m | Client, tape measure |
| Kitchen depth | 3.40 m | Client, tape measure |
| Ceiling height | 2.45 m | Client’s dimensioned photo |
| Table | 1.20 × 0.80 m | Client |
| Counter, depth | 0.60 m | Estimated from photo |
| Door opening | 0.80 m | Assumed, still to be measured: affects A and B (camera in the doorway). Space outside for the rig and operator is missing |
| Actress’s height | 1.68 m | Client |
| Sensor active area | 24.9 × 14.0 mm | Manufacturer’s spec sheet (example) |
What you get
Three order sizes. The same rigor.
Decision sheet
- Three solutions, each with a dimensioned floor plan and a clip
- Gear and trade-offs for each one
- Discarded variants with the reasons, plus one revision
Full sequence
- To-scale blockout of the set
- A sheet for each problem shot (animatic: in development, not included in the pilot)
- Editable Blender file
Previs for the whole shoot
- All sequences, weekly review
- Deliverables for each department
- Lens and camera-move list
Indicative pricing
Indicative pricing. Confirmed when we talk.
Pilot hypotheses, not a rate card. Every order is confirmed with a written quote.
Includes the blockout set, three solutions, discarded variants and one camera revision (height, focal length, travel). A change of location or set is a new sheet at the same price.
Includes a sheet for each problem shot and an editable Blender file. The animatic is in development and not included in the pilot.
Ongoing work throughout preproduction, with weekly reviews.
How it works
Four steps. AI only at the end.
You give us the problem and the measurements
Photos or dimensions, camera, lenses and gear. Anything missing stays pending; nothing gets made up.
We block out the set
In Blender, to scale: volumes, distances and the actors’ marks.
We work out three solutions
With your focal length and your sensor: what fits, what’s in frame and what gear each one needs.
Later: dressing the shot
Realistic AI-video version: not available in the pilot. If it comes, it will be labeled as a synthetic demo.
Images: Pexels stock footage and frames from Smart Poly and Version 2.0 (YouTube). They are not BeastViews work.
How to order
How to order. A short list.
Tell us about the shot and its problem
Using the form below; five lines and some photos with a tape measure in view are enough.
We get back to you
Whether we can do it, what’s missing and a written quote. Target: 24 business hours.
You accept and the clock starts
Once you accept in writing (a reply saying ‘I accept’ is enough), with the agreed payment and all inputs received.
You get the sheet and one revision
PDF and clips with a version number; a change of location or set is a new sheet.
What we need to get started
- The shot’s problem, in one sentence
- Measurements or dimensioned photos of the set
- Camera, recording mode and lenses
- Actors’ heights and their marks
- Available gear, with measurements if you have them
If it’s a screen-direction (axis) problem, also the shot before and the shot after. And in the brief: what the shot tells and who signs off (director and DP).
What the process looks like
From blockout to shot. The generated image comes last.
From blockout to result · frames from the videos
An object in the Blender viewport and its generated version.
A building in gray blocks and the finished, dressed shot.
What we don’t do
So there are no surprises.
Frequently asked questions
Questions from camera and production.
01How accurate is the floor plan?+
As accurate as your measurements. Anything missing is marked as pending and not filled in; the figures get checked with a tape measure on the tech scout.
02What if the location changes?+
It’s a new sheet, with its own revision included, at the same price. The delivered sheet stays valid for the space that was measured. The included revision covers camera height, focal length, travel or swapping a solution for a discarded one; moving a table or a door changes the measured set and is also a new sheet.
03What isn’t included?+
Final render, lighting design, a drawn storyboard, a second revision or a scan of the space. We propose; the director and DP decide.
04Does my script go through any AI?+
Not without your written permission, which names the service and the material. Before that, we agree on how everything is sent, stored and deleted.
05What format does it come in?+
The sheet as PNG and as an A4 landscape PDF (split across several full-width pages so it reads when printed), one H.264 clip per solution with the figures burned in, each solution’s floor plan as PNG and the blockout .blend, all with version and date. Cases has a real pipeline sheet for a fictional example; not yet tested in print by a crew.
06How long does it take?+
Pilot target: 48 working hours (2 working days) from when we have everything; after 12:00 it counts from the next working day. Not yet validated. The date is confirmed when you accept.
Request a decision sheet
Tell us about the shot. We’ll tell you if we can do it, and when.
Nothing gets sent: it prepares a text that you copy and email to us.
Copy this text and send it to magisherzad@gmail.com