Innovation

Where film goes next.

LED volumes, real time 3D, motion graphics and cinema cameras. The tools we build into every production, so complex subjects can be shown, not just described.

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The subjects we film are often impossible to point a camera at: a mechanism inside the body, a product that is not built yet, a system too large or too small to see. LED volumes, real time 3D and modern cinema tools let us build the thing itself, light it like a film set and put real people inside it.

Lumen tests these tools on its own productions first, so by the time they reach a client film they are proven, not experimental. Everything is built in house in Toronto, from the 3D world to the final grade.

Four tools, one pipeline.

Each one is useful on its own. Together, the same 3D world moves from the wall to the edit to every cutdown.

LED volume virtual production

A real time 3D world plays on an LED wall behind the talent, lit and captured in camera. The same technique behind modern film and television, used to put your people somewhere a crew could never go.

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Real time 3D

Scenes built in a game engine can be lit, framed and changed live. You see the shot on set, not weeks later, and the camera can move freely through the world.

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3D and motion graphics

Molecular, anatomical, mechanical and product visualization built from the real science, with data and diagrams as motion on your own brand system. No stock footage, no generic AI generated video.

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Cinema film production

Cinema cameras, prime lenses, controlled lighting and broadcast audio. Robotic camera moves and motorized lighting when the shot calls for them. The craft that makes new technology look like a film, not a demo.

Your people, inside the impossible.

On an LED volume the background is not added later. It is on set, lighting the talent, reflecting in the lenses and visible to everyone in the room.

A scientist standing inside a cell, an engineer inside a turbine, a founder in orbit
Real reflections and real light on skin, so it reads as a film, not a composite
Previsualization: camera moves and lighting agreed before the shoot day
One 3D world reused for the film, the cutdowns, events and the deck

What it means for your film.

New tools change how we work. They never change what we verify.

Go anywhere, without travel

Orbit, a clean room or a molecule. The location is built once and shot on the wall, with no flights, permits or weather days.

See it before you approve it

Camera moves, lighting and the 3D world are shown before the shoot, so decisions are made early, when they are cheap.

Experts on set for hours, not days

Every location is on one stage, so a scientist or KOL can be filmed in several worlds in a single session.

One world, many films

The same 3D scene feeds the flagship film, the cutdowns, the conference screen and the investor deck.

Accurate before it is beautiful

Every model and animation is checked against the source science. Style frames are signed off before animation begins.

Reviewed on the frame

Every cut is shared in Frame.io. Notes land on the exact frame and are tracked until they are closed.

Build it with us.

We are growing the team behind this work: virtual production, 3D, motion and film.

Complexity, made clear.

Tell us the audience, the goal and the deadline. A white paper, a deck or a fifteen minute call is usually enough to scope it.

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