Break Into Virtual Production: Skills and Career Pathways
🎬 Break Into Virtual Production: Skills and Career Pathways with Zubaida Nila
Presented by MAGES Institute in collaboration with X3D Studio
“How Netflix films scenes today.”
No green screen.
Real-time 3D environments.
Powered by Unreal Engine.
Unreal isn’t just for games anymore.
This is called Virtual Production.
Instead of filming actors against green screens and adding backgrounds later, studios now use massive LED walls powered by game engines. Environments are rendered live on set. Directors see final visuals instantly. Lighting reacts naturally. Production becomes faster and more flexible.
Studios are hiring people who understand this workflow.
WHAT THIS SESSION WILL GIVE YOU
Virtual Production can sound technical. This session breaks it down clearly.
You will learn:
• What Virtual Production actually means in 2026
• How real-time pipelines work inside professional studios
• What roles studios are actively hiring for
• How Unreal Engine skills translate into real job opportunities
• What skills matter if you want to work on LED stages
• Live Q&A with Zubaida
This is not theory.
This is how productions are being run today.
MEET YOUR SPEAKER
Zubaida Nila
Virtual Production & VFX/CG Supervisor
Unreal Authorised GOLD Instructor
Women in Games Ambassador
Zubaida has nearly a decade of experience across film, commercials, VFX, and Unreal Engine pipelines. She has worked on productions for Netflix Asia, PUBG, Petronas, Astro, Vivo, and Infinix.
As an Epic Games Authorised Instructor Partner and VP specialist, she bridges real production workflows with future-ready skills across Southeast Asia.
She knows what studios expect.
She knows what they look for when hiring.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• 3D artists who want to move into higher-growth real-time roles
• Unreal Engine users
• Game developers curious about film and VP
• Film and media professionals exploring real-time workflows
• Students considering a career in Virtual Production
• XR and ICVFX enthusiasts
If you already know some 3D or Unreal, this session will show you how to level up into production-ready workflows.
INTRODUCING: REAL-TIME 3D / BRAIN BAR OPERATOR TRAINING
This infosession also introduces our industry-backed training programme delivered with X3D Studio.
This is not just learning Unreal.
This is learning how to operate Unreal inside a real LED volume studio.
You will learn to:
• Operate Unreal Engine in a live virtual production pipeline
• Prepare and manage environments for on-set use
• Work with nDisplay and Switchboard workflows
• Make live lighting and material adjustments during shoots
• Understand Brain Bar responsibilities and on-set decision making
From software knowledge → to on-set execution.For enquiries:
PROGRAMME DETAILS
Duration: 39 hours
33 hours Unreal training
6 hours hands-on studio labs at X3D
Venue: MAGES Institute and X3D Virtual Production Studio, Singapore
Funding: Up to 70–90% IMDA funding available for eligible Singaporeans and PRs
MAGES Institute is an Unreal Engine Authorized Training Center offering project-based programmes in Game Design, 3D Modelling, Concept Art, XR Immersive Experience Design, and Virtual Production.
Virtual Production is no longer experimental.
It is becoming standard.
If you want to stay relevant in film, VFX, or real-time 3D, this is where you start.
Seats are limited. If you are curious how to get into this space, join this session.
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MAGES Institute | Unreal Engine Authorized Training Center