CASE STUDY

Disguise powers
Sing Sing Rabbit
and Kelly Chen’s
joint music video
When asked to create a music video that would
bring together two of Hong Kong’s biggest stars,Votion Studios knew that virtual production oﬀered
the technology to blow audiences away. In this casestudy, discover how extended reality (xR) poweredby Disguise helped Votion’s team to deliver theartist’s bold vision with only two days of shooting.

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Summary
Two stars collided when multi-creative artist &singer-songwriter Sing Sing Rabbit teamed up with superstar
singer Kelly Chen for the ﬁrst time to create a music video. SingSing Rabbit wanted an intergalactic story that would featurescenes set in a spaceship, a desert, and on a utopian planet.
In this case study you will discover how Hong Kong-based
reactive agency Votion Studios, with the help of Disguise VX 4+
and RX II servers, together with Fabric, helped turn Sing Sing
Rabbit’s vision into a reality.

Image credits: Votion Studios

The challenge
Even though they were hand selected as the perfect partner todeliver the project, Votion Studios were aware of the scale andcomplexity involved in developing three out-of-this-world
virtual scenes.
“This was the largest xR music video production we’ve seen inHong Kong,” says Weito Chow, Director of Production andVFX. “There has been nothing on this scale before.”
Additionally, the packed schedules of the singers meant theentire music video would need to be shot in just two days
following a limited three months of pre-production including
rehearsal days.

Image credits: Votion Studios

The process
Shooting the video using xR made perfect sense for theproduction, giving both stars the opportunity to perform in an
immersive set while empowering the crew to eﬃciently ﬁlm
across a range of locations.
“We were constantly communicating with A.T., the video’s
director, making sure that his imagination could be projected
onto the LED volume,” says Chow.
Working with both Unreal Engine and the Disguise workﬂow,
the team built a pre-visualised set that was deeply adaptable.
As well as oﬀering assurance to the crew before they even set
foot in the xR stage, this process meant that the Director of
Photography would be able to make on-the-ﬂy adjustments tolighting and colour throughout the shoot.

Image credits: Votion Studios

The solution
With everything tried and tested before setting foot on set, thecrew were able to eﬃciently move through each of the scenes
being shot.
When sets needed to be changed, the process was quick andsimple, with Disguise’s seamless workﬂow ensuring eﬀortlessinteraction between the VX 4+ media server, the RX II rendering
node, graphics engine, camera tracking, LED screens andlighting.

Image credits: Votion Studios

VOTION STUDIOS“We enjoy using Disguise.
It’s very eﬃcient, especiallywith the continuously
evolving colour and spatial
calibrations. On every
project it gets better, easier,and faster to shoot.”
Weito Chow
Director of Production and VFX

Results
The video’s launch in early August 2023 marked a major
Cantopop event, bringing together one of the genre’s biggest
established names with the scene’s most exciting rising star. It
was ﬁtting that the video for BIG lived up to the blockbuster
appeal of the artists involved. Though Chow had very little timeon set to put together such an impressive spectacle, it’s clearthat he always had conﬁdence his team would always be able
to deliver.

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day spend shooting“Surreal, exotic scenes are perfect for xR production,” he says,“and the stability of Disguise’s xR system leaves us free tofocus on creativity.”

Image credits: Votion Studios

Disguise equipment used

VX 4+RX IIFABRIC

VX 4+ is the newindustry-standard media server
powering the world’s biggest andmost demanding virtualproductions.

RX II is our dedicated system forhosting content from real-timerender engines, unlocking 40%
more graphics processing power
than its predecessor.

Fabric is our pre-conﬁgured
network switch that quickly andseamlessly connects Disguiseservers - streaming 4k content
without latency or dropped
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In Partnership withDirector: A.T.
DOP: @tommyfortwo
Votion Studios Executive Producer: Roger Proeis
Director of Production & VFX: Weito Chow
Virtual Production Specialist: Calvin Tam
VFX Supervisor & On-set Unreal Operator:
Anthony ChungxR Technologist: Marco Man
Camera & MRMC Bolt Operator: Woody Lo
Facility Manager: Edward Chiu
CG Artist: Hayson Cheung, Aldous Lai
Production Assistant: Destania Linaura
Original Unreal scenes by: KitBash3D, Hebron PPG,
Sebastian Bielecki, Alexey HrDesign, Emily Amick,
Brandon Acree, Genis, Velarion, 3DBrushwork, Julio Juarez

Image credits: Votion Studios

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