will be released in digital version on October 11, and 4K Blu-ray disc will be released on October 22. It has many extra features, including various behind-the-scenes footage from film production.
In this exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, you can see how Favreau and Co. use VR planning and filming restart videos. They want to use real photography equipment to walk around and shoot, just like a live-action movie. Therefore, they made a "game"-a virtual reality environment, which can be achieved by simply wearing a VR headset. Jeffrey Silver, the producer of
, explained: “We didn’t get cars, guns and points, but cameras, lights and lions.”
For the previous Disney restart version of "Fantasy Forest," the film crew produced the basic set. So that the camera team can shoot the movie's human star Mowgli, and then use the blue screen to add a digital background. There is no one in The Lion King, so even the most basic set is not needed. Instead, the staff worked in a blank room called "The Volume". When they put on a VR headset or watch the screen, they will feel as if they are in an animated world. They can even take drones equipped with cameras around the room as if they were flying across the prairie.
As movies increasingly rely on computer-generated scenes, virtual reality provides filmmakers with a great way to treat digital environments as real scenes. For example, when Steven Spielberg filmed "Ready Player One", he wore a VR headset to walk around in a virtual environment, looking for interesting shooting angles.
