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Ripple Effect is a short film produced by the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California (ETC). The project was commissioned to test virtual production and remote workflows, emphasizing COVID safety and acquisition of “Final-Pixels.” It serves as a case study to test critical steps for restarting and continuing film productions during COVID-19 shelter in place orders. This panel is a discussion with the production team about what they learned during the making of The Ripple Effect, what the state of Virtual Production is right now, and where it's going from here. Not to be missed if you're interested in this new set of creative and production tools. REGISTER HERE Panelist: Erik Weaver - Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) Erik Weaver is a specialist focused on the intersection of cloud and the M&E industry, and is currently running Virtual & Adaptive production projects for the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California (ETC). Project include EP on “Ripple Effect” a production focused in Covid safety and Virtual Production. Recently, he led Global M&E Strategy for Western Digital. Prior work at ETC includes spearheading the Production in the Cloud project, which encompassed many aspects of the cloud, including transport, security, metadata, long-term storage, and the creation of an agnostic framework that unites key vendors and studios. Moderator: Ben Baker- NextGen Production 
Ben's professional experience has been across a broad range of projects in the US, the UK and Australia, working for broadcast networks, feature film studios and independent producers as a post supervisor, producer, project consultant, manager and executive. His most recent credits include VP of Studio Services at HBO and VP of Post Production for Vice Studios.
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