Most people's first experience of VP goes badly. We started Supervision to fix that.
VP is powerful. But too often it gets sold as a technology, not a production tool. The result: overpromised, misunderstood, and expensive for the wrong reasons.
We started Supervision because someone needed to be in the room who understood both sides — the tech and the production. And who'd be honest about when they don't fit together.
What we kept seeing
Virtual production enters most projects as a tech demo. Pixel pitch. Unreal versions. Tracking systems. And that's where you lose people — because in production, new means risk.
What teams actually buy into is reliability. Predictability. Solutions that make tomorrow's schedule easier — that's what gets a green light.
How We Think About It
We don't start with what VP can do. We start with what you need — your goals, your constraints, your reality. Then we work backwards to the right tools.
Sometimes that's an LED stage. Sometimes it's a plate shot in a car park. Sometimes it's not VP at all. Knowing when not to use it is part of the job.
Why independent matters
Supervision isn't a vendor and isn't a facility. We're independent — which means we recommend what fits, not what we happen to sell.
We sit between the technology and the production, making sure everyone speaks the same language.
When the tech disappears, it's just filmmaking again.
Ben Saffer, Founder
15 years in the camera department — including No Time to Die, Bridgerton, and The Meg 2 — before moving into virtual production. Now VP Supervisor and Award Winning Cinematographer.
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