Matt Workman is a cinematographer and virtual production pioneer, known for his viral videos showcasing Unreal Engine, Metahumans, motion capture, and cutting-edge virtual production tools. Hes also the creator of Cine Tracer, an innovative software that empowers filmmakers to plan and visualize scenes with ease. Through his YouTube channel, @CinematographyDatabase and other social media platforms, he educates and inspires filmmakers about the potential of virtual production, helping to make complex filmmaking techniques more accessible to a broader audience.Episode 55 Timestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:03:05 Matt's First Spark Into the Creative World00:05:13 Matt's Early Hustle In the Film Industry00:08:54 How Posting Your Work Can Create AMAZING Opportunities00:14:04 This is How Matt Started His 3D Journey00:18:34 Matt Shares His PREVIS Hustle While Being a DP00:22:23 Using Previs and Unreal Engine to Land Clients00:25:00 Building Cine Tracer00:29:03 Transition From Traditional Cinematographer To Virtual Production00:30:48 The BIG Problem Cine Tracer Solved00:33:29 Matt's Biggest Challenge When Building Cine Tracer00:42:31 Matt's New Project00:47:36 The Truth About Being a Generalist (Is Not What You Think)00:54:26 The Lessons Matt Learned From Building Games For Filmmakers01:05:14 The Future of Fortnite01:15:27 Opinions about AI01:20:07 Matt Is Getting These GADGETS SoonIf this podcast is helping you, please take 2 minutes to rate our podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, It will help the Podcast reach and help more people! Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/12jUe4lIJgxE4yst7rrfmW?si=ab98994cf57541cf Apple Podcasts (Scroll down to review)- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-decisions-podcast/id1677462934 Find out more about Matt:https://www.youtube.com/@CinematographyDatabase https://x.com/cinedatabasehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mattworkman/ https://www.instagram.com/cinematographydb Join our discord server where we connect and share assets:https://discord.gg/zwycgqezfD Bad Decisions Audio Podcast :Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasthttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badxstudio If you wanna see us to do cool things follow us here too:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/badxstudio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/badxstudio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badxstudio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/badxstudio Our personal handles: (if you wanna stalk us)https://www.instagram.com/farhad_baddecisions/ https://www.instagram.com/faraz_baddecisions/ https://www.instagram.com/farhad_sh/ https://www.instagram.com/farazshababs/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazshababi/ #virtualproduction #3dartist #artist #unrealengine #cinema4d #houdini #blender3d #blender #3dartist #podcast #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStudio #BadDecisionsPodcast