Inside the Dojo: Unreal Experiences
Expert voices, shared knowledge, real impact.
Episode 07
Scanned, Splatted, and Ready to Shoot
On this episode of Inside the Dojo, we welcome the brilliant minds from District Cinema, John Makar, Barnabas Csutak, and Nolan Kearney, for a deep dive into cutting-edge workflows that are transforming virtual production. From scan-to-scene workflows and set preservation to Gaussian splatting and markerless mocap, this episode explores the new frontier of immersive pre-production and digital twins.
John Makar
Co-Founder | Executive Producer, District Cinema
Nolan Kearney
Filmmaker | Unreal Gold Authorized Instructor
Barney Csutak
Reality Capture | Virtual Production Specialist
Step into the cutting edge of virtual production with District Cinema. In this special episode, John Makar, Barnabas Csutak, and Nolan Kearney unpack the end-to-end immersive pipeline—from markerless motion capture to photogrammetry, Gaussian splats, and high-fidelity set preservation. Whether you’re building virtual worlds, planning pre-vis with digital twins, or scaling indie production with real-time workflows, this episode offers practical insights and future-facing techniques to enhance your creative toolkit.
Jeasy Sehgal
Founder | Unreal GOLD Authorized Instructor Partner
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker. Unreal GOLD Authorized Instructor. Mastermind behind Virtual Production Dojo, AnimaSentio, and an academic Professor spearheading the MFA in Digital Filmmaking, Virtual Production & VFX at Georgia State University.
Jeasy is where cinematic storytelling meets emerging technology, a fusion of empathy-driven digital humans, real-time pipelines, and transdisciplinary pedagogy. Whether leading high-stakes Fortune 500 virtual production projects, pioneering AI and Virtual Production research, or reimagining civil rights history through XR, Jeasy is shaping the future of immersive storytelling with academic rigor and industry foresight.
From Aotearoa to Atlanta, Jeasy isn’t just pushing boundaries, he’s redrawing the map.
Brigita Biondić
Virtual Production Producer | Academic Director
A creative force with over 30 years of transformative impact in education, Brigita Biondić is the Academic Director of Virtual Production Dojo and a Virtual Production Producer. She doesn’t just teach innovation, she builds the frameworks that shape it.
With roots in science education and a passion for Design Thinking, Agile Learning, and mindful pedagogy, Brigita fuses classroom insight with cinematic vision. Her work bridges the gap between traditional education and real-time production, crafting immersive learning ecosystems where empathy meets technology and creativity powers career-readiness.
Brigita is redefining how we teach, produce, and lead in the 21st century. Where creative leadership meets immersive education—Brigita is already there.
