...that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognized FrameForge as so extensive an improvement on existing methods or so innovative in nature that it has materially affected the recording of television when they awarded us Television's highest honor:
a Technical Achievement Emmy Statuette for FrameForge's proven track record of saving productions time and money.
Sure, it can produce storyboards, but at its core, it's an OPTICALLY ACCURATE VIRTUAL FILM STUDIO where you can explore, experiment, troubleshoot and discover, just as if you had unlimited time on set.
With FrameForge, we've taken all the power and advantages of the kind of optically accurate previsualizaton that studios have typically been spending about $10,000 per minute of previs to get, and we've democratized it, making it fast, easy and affordable for anyone to create their own previs.
FrameForge can mimic the optical properties of virtually any camera and lens set on the planet. And when some new one comes along--as they inevitably will--simply enter the size of its recording medium (chip or film frame) into the program and now you've got that one as well.
The biggest avoidable expense on any film is having your cast and crew stand around while you figure out your next shot... or worse, when you need to scramble to come up with replacements for shots you'd already planned in your drawn storyboards but which turn out to be impossible to shoot.
Prep it in FrameForge's virtual film studio, however, and when you step on set, that optical accuracy will guarantee that the shots you've prepped are absolutely possible, while also giving your crew the data needed to get them.
FrameForge's unique Data-Rich Boards give you not only the image you want to appear on screen--which is where a drawn or clip-art board stops--but it also gives your crew all the technical data needed to get that shot.
With traditional boards, the cinematographer and gaffer have to figure out where and how to place the camera in order to get each shot on the set. This typically requires a lot of consultation between them and the director, even if the shot basically works as drawn.
In comparison, FrameForge's boards can supply the crew with all the camera data for each shot, including an overhead blueprint view showing exactly where the camera is on the set, and what it will see. This completely streamlines the process, resulting in everyone being able to work far more independently, and turning wrapping on time to be the expectation, not the exception.
Rather than just draw an idea of what your camera will see on the set, FrameForge has you you place your camera on a virtual representation of your set and show you what it actually WILL see.
Setting up shots in FrameForge is the closest thing to shooting live, and as you do so, it naturally identifies shots that you might want but which aren't feasible in your space, with your equipment.
In some cases, that will inspire you find a new and even more compelling shot, or encourage you to scout for a different location, or even let you show your producers exactly why they need to give you that larger crane, or redesign the set build to accommodate that killer shot that is absolutely going to make that scene.
And what it won't dois allow you to prep a shot that is fundamentally unshootable.
With FrameForge you can try it all, immediately seeing the impact it will have on your scene's flow and its dramatic (or comedic) impact, raising the level of your work to new heights.
You'd never shoot from the first draft of a script, but all too often, filmmakers find a workable shot and move on. When making a change means redrawing everything, there's a lot of disincentive to revise a sequence that's "good enough."
If you want to make something that's great, however, then "good enough" simply isn't.
Which is why FrameForge makes trying shot variations as easy as moving a camera, and loads of our users--including Academy Award Winning Director, Mike van Diem--credit FrameForge with inspiring them to some of their best work.
FrameForge 4 Core is designed for indie directors, web series makers, budget feature filmmakers, and more. Featuring optically accurate cameras, this is no "lite" version and is fully capable of previsualizing / storyboarding your entire production.
FrameForge 4 Pro adds physical cameras and support equipment (dollies, cranes, jibs, tracks, etc), individual lighting elements with overlapping shadows (both practical and production instruments) depth-of-field, true mirrored reflections, prime lenses, ground glass, green screens and much more.
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BEHIND THE SCENES WITH FRAMEFORGE
WITH EMMY NOMINATED DIRECTOR, DAVID EVANS
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH FRAMEFORGE
WITH EMMY NOMINATED DIRECTOR, DAVID EVANS
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