Project bts
Project bts
Title:
Title:
Live Action Video Game Shoot

Short Film

Short Film

Short Film

Short Film
about the project
Live action video game shoot for a well known game franchise. Mix between stage days on blue screen and a location day at a studio lot shipping container wall.
Studio setup consisted of 30’x100’ digital blue screen hung on 12” box truss. Hung a flying 12x30 blue screen made out of ModTruss for some low angle shots so we could get some ceiling coverage. Runs of truss for blue screen lighting hung 8’ off.
Picked points for motors by setting box truss and I beams in the stage perms.
Rigged a few 40’ tall 69” wide scissors with 20x20 blues to be mobile and cap the end of our big blue.
Outdoor setup at the shipping containers consisted of a par can array on a JLG 1250AJP and two S360’s on a 1200SJP.
Overhead Rigging
Condor Rigging
Lighting
Project role
Key Grip
























built with
ModTruss™, 12” Box Truss, CM Lodestar Motors



by:
Brendan Riel
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