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What are storyboards, animatics, previs, techvis, stuntvis and postvis, and how does Epic's guide order them?

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Epic's Virtual Production Field Guide v1.3 defines visualization as prototype imagery conveying a shot's creative intent, lists pitchvis, previs, virtual scouting, techvis, stuntvis and postvis (techvis about physics and camera data, postvis merging live action with temporary effects), and calls storyboards and animatics precursors to previs. No Previsualization Society definition was available.

Epic's Virtual Production Field Guide v1.3 defines visualization as prototype imagery conveying a shot's creative intent, lists pitchvis, previs, virtual scouting, techvis, stuntvis and postvis (techvis about physics and camera data, postvis merging live action with temporary effects), and calls storyboards and animatics precursors to previs. No Previsualization Society definition was available. Curator qualifications: Pages and documents read 2026-10-22; no animatic built. Limitations: Pages and documents read 2026-10-22; no animatic built. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/vp-field-guide-v1-3-01-f0bce45b6319.pdf",
      "note": "Epic Virtual Production Field Guide v1.3 PDF (curator readback, 11.4 MB)"
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  • [sourced_fact] Epic's Virtual Production Field Guide v1.3 defines visualization as prototype imagery conveying a shot's creative intent, lists pitchvis, previs, virtual scouting, techvis, stuntvis and postvis (techvis about physics and camera data, postvis merging live action with temporary effects), and calls storyboards and animatics precursors to previs. No Previsualization Society definition was available. · locator: Epic Virtual Production Field Guide v1.3 PDF (curator readback, 11.4 MB) source

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