From Classroom to Virtual Sets, Navigating Early Careers in Virtual Production

This roundtable brings together recent graduates from various virtual production programs across different schools, universities and countries. They will share how they approached their transition into the industry, the choices that shaped their early careers and the challenges they faced when finding work. The discussion will also highlight what aspects of their training genuinely supported their professional entry and what could be improved. The goal is both to help teaching teams reflect on how to strengthen their curricula and to offer current students a clearer sense of what the professional world can look like. It also gives recent graduates an opportunity to compare experiences and provides studios and employers with insights into how to better support and recruit new talent.