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EXPANDED VIRTUAL SCENERY CINEMA
Expanding our take on rear projection. ​
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Since we started using rearprojection as a tool for shooting car-scenes, we evolved the process into a possibility to use the LED-volume to shoot exteriors without being on the actual location.
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We grew a little frustrated that, due to the limited size of the LED-screen, we only were able to shoot medium-shots with hardly any headroom on longer lenses like a 50mm.
We also had to avoid showing legs because the studio floor would show up in the shot.
The simple solution would then be to opt for a bigger ledscreen, but that would be a huge step away from our promise to keep things affordable and accessible for small-budget productions.
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But now we have come up with a workable solution to use the same (limited) seized LED-wall and expand the image, shot in the studio, into a much wider shot! We shot as wide as 25mm!
We want to emphasize that we are still using an LED-screen without Unreal Engine and VFX to create a realistic and existing background, not an abstract background like a desert or a planet or an expensive 3D background.
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The following video shows the results of the test.
We shot our subjects in front of a LED Volume. Part of the original plate shot was projected on the LED-screen behind the person.
The rest of the plate shot is added afterwards (wipe). We used a small greenscreen to replace the studiofloor.
On set, in the studio, we mixed both images so we already had an idea of the end result.
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Under the video you can see two shots from the upcoming series 'Elixer'.
The plates were shot in India and Taiwan, the actors were in a studio in Belgium!
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We keep improving our process almost every time when shooting in front of a LED-screen.
If you have any plans of using rear-projecting for your production, make sure you contact us through this website.
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