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How Vigil series 3 combined virtual production, practical sets and VFX to recreate the Arctic Circle

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With almost half of its third series set in Svalbard, the BBC thriller combined a short Arctic shoot with virtual production, practical sets and VFX to extend the location into the Scotland shoot. The third series of BBC thriller Vigil takes DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) from Scotland to the Arctic …

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