Everybody has heard of LED-Volume. (If not, take a look at our article on how to create authentic footage using mixed reality). However, almost no indie filmmaker or low-budget project producer would think of it as a relevant tool for their shoot. Why? Because the huge LED walls are damn expensive, and creating naturalistic-looking environments needs extra time and manpower. Well, turns out, that’s not the case anymore. What does mobile virtual production for rent offer, and when can it be interesting even for indie filmmakers? Let’s dive into the world of state-of-the-art technology together! Mobile virtual production was born out of the question, “What if?”. What if we can take the best parts of parallax worlds, shrink the dimensions of LED walls, and make the whole setup affordable for much smaller productions than the famous Disney+ series The Mandalorian? This question was also the starting point for Varyostage – a recently launched mobile virtual production for rent, developed in Germany. There are enough enormous studios with 300 square meters of LED walls. But the bigger the screens are, the more expensive the overall technology is: hard- and software, as well as required rendering servers, etc. At the same time, a lot of projects, shot in mixed reality, don’t even take advantage of the setup’s size. That’s how we realized: we need something compact and affordable, yet functional. Thomas Gottschall, executive producer on THE TERMINAL and one of the creators of Varyostage It’s not the first company on the market...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 22 June, 2023