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What is Spark?

Spark is a collaborative platform for filmmakers and storytellers: bring in a script, build and visualize 3D scenes, prototype virtual camera setups, and take a project into production as a team. It covers the planning and design phase, then hands off to production and post.

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The Spark apps

  • Spark web app — the browser platform. Script management, 3D scene assembly, virtual camera prototyping, the Gallery, and lightweight editing.
  • Spark iOS app — the companion app for iPhone and iPad. Everything created in the Spark web app is accessible on the device through the same real-time database. Adds device-native capabilities: AR navigation, remote camera authoring (Direct Drive), and real-time compositing of live actors into virtual scenes.
  • Spark Desktop app — a companion app for Mac and Windows that pulls recorded takes and their full metadata off an iPhone or iPad and uploads them to the platform.

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Where Spark fits in the ecosystem

Spark is the starting point of the Lightcraft virtual production pipeline:
  1. Spark — Write, design scenes, plan setups, and shoot real-time composites on an iPhone or iPad in pre-production and production.
  2. Jetset — Capture production camera tracking and composites on set with a cinema camera.
  3. Autoshot — Bring tracked data into Blender, Unreal, After Effects, or Nuke for post-production.
Scenes built in the Spark web app export directly to Jetset, carrying over assets, camera positions, and locators.

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High-level workflow

A typical Spark workflow follows these steps:
  1. Write — Create or import a Fountain, Final Draft, or PDF formatted screenplay.
  2. Build scenes — Arrange 3D assets and position cameras for each scene heading. Lighting is fixed and consistent across every scene.
  3. Plan setups — Record camera moves, and share previews with your team in the Gallery.
  4. Shoot — Record real-time composites with the Spark iOS app, or export to set for Jetset and a cinema camera.
  5. Review and edit — Offload takes with the Spark Desktop app, review them with your team, and assemble a rough cut.

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Who this documentation is for

This documentation is for anyone using Spark, including directors, cinematographers, producers, and virtual production supervisors. No prior 3D experience is required — the guides start from account creation and build up to advanced scene editing.