Behind the Scenes: Chevrolet 'The Human Race' Short Film

Take a look behind the scenes of The Mill’s most recent ground breaking project ‘The Human Race’. Joining forces with Epic Games and Chevrolet, The Mill has revolutionized the conventions of digital filmmaking with a short film that debuted at GDC 2017. Combining an advanced implementation of Epic’s Unreal Engine with The Mill’s proprietary virtual production toolkit, Mill Cyclops™, “The Human Race” merges real-time visual effects and live-action storytelling. The combined technologies were pushed beyond the limits of existing real-time rendering capabilities to produce a futuristic film that features the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in a heated race with the Chevrolet FNR autonomous concept car. The only physical vehicle filmed for “The Human Race” was the Mill BLACKBIRD®. Until now, CG cars were added by visual effects artists in post-production, requiring days of rendering to produce high-quality imagery. During this shoot, however, live video feeds as well as positional data from the Arraiy tracking system were fed directly into Unreal Engine. The Camaro was then rendered and composited seamlessly into the footage in real-time AR, allowing the directors to instantly see the final look and composition of each shot. The same real-time technology was used to create, alter and produce the short film, blurring the lines between production and post. Learn more: http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3517/the-human-race-behind-the-scenes- Watch The Human Race: https://youtu.be/MQ3QuZtrxl0 Music: Rival Consoles 'Lone' https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/rival-consoles-lone Follow @Millchannel on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram for more updates. Website: http://www.themill.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/MillChannel Twitter: http://twitter.com/millchannel Instagram: http://instagram.com/millchannel

Added 26 Aug 2026