We’ve been wanting to start this for a while. Vedri has been a working studio for long enough now that we’ve built up a real body of knowledge — technical decisions we’ve made and revised, workflows we’ve refined through production, things we’ve learned by doing rather than reading. The Journal is where we’re going to share that, openly and in detail, for anyone who finds it useful.
What Vedri Is
Vedri is a virtual production studio based in North Wales. We built the studio specifically to make real-time compositing accessible to the range of productions that need it but can’t access or afford the largest stages in London or Manchester. That means commercials, short films, indie features, music videos, and corporate content that wants a cinematic production value but is working with a realistic budget.
Our stage runs an Unreal Engine pipeline with Mo-Sys StarTracker Max camera tracking. We work with productions from initial concept through to delivery, either as a full-service facility or by providing the stage and technical infrastructure for crews who want to bring their own team.
What This Journal Is For
We’re writing this primarily for people who are thinking about virtual production — directors, producers, DoPs, and production designers who’ve seen the technology from the outside and want to understand what’s actually involved. There’s a lot of noise in this space, and a lot of marketing material that makes things sound either more futuristic or more straightforward than they are. We’ll try to cut through that with practical, honest writing grounded in how we actually work.
We’ll also write for the technically curious — posts that go deeper on specific systems, tools, and workflows for people who are building or evaluating their own setups. The Mo-Sys StarTracker, our Unreal Engine pipeline, colour calibration, real-time compositing workflow — these are topics we’ve spent real time on, and we’d rather contribute something useful to the wider community than keep it proprietary.
What to Expect
Expect posts at irregular intervals — we’re a small team and the Journal will fit around production rather than the other way around. When we have something worth writing, we’ll write it. We’d rather publish twenty posts over two years that are actually useful than a hundred that exist to fill a content calendar.
Topics will include technical deep-dives into specific equipment and software; behind-the-scenes looks at productions we’ve worked on (with client permission); broader pieces on virtual production methodology and best practice; and occasionally, honest reflections on what hasn’t worked and what we’ve had to change.
If there’s something specific you’d like us to cover, or if you have questions about how our setup works, the best way to reach us is through the studio visit form or directly at contact@vedri.studio. We read everything.
Welcome to the Journal. We hope it’s useful.
