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Great Effects for White Cyc Studio

Have you watched the series Star Trek on TV? Have you seen a Star Wars movie? Have you seen a science Fiction motion picture or TV series concerning outer space? Have you questioned how they created the scenes flying in outer space? Most of the visible effects for these programs were filmed in a white cyc studio using infinity cycs. The infinity cyc is curved at the bottom where the wall and floor join together creating a visual effect of limitless space. A white cyclorama is use on stage to create an illusion of sky.

 

Star Trek is a good example showing the starship Enterprise flying through limitless outer space encircled by stars from a distance and the cameras zooming in on the starship. At the end it would show the starship concern in space and the cameras would zoom away from the starship as the show ended. These visible effects were done using a white cyc studio. The model of the starship co. was suspended from the ceiling in the center of a white cyclorama stage.

What makes a good white cyc studio? The white cyclorama wants to be well constructed and free from : visible issues, seams, mud, visual corners, and sharp angles that cause shadows. The white cyclorama should have : one ) Efficient space for zoom shots and to avoid crowding, complicated camera angles, and allow for correct lighting arrangements. Two ) A high ceiling to stop difficult camera angles, and lighting Problems. Three ) two or more cyc walls to film to video against to avoid filming limitations. Four ) Efficient time for setup, filming and take down if renting a white cyc studio.

Some film studios do not have their own white cyc studio, so when they have to use a white cyc studio they are going off lot and rent one out of many studios in LA. There are a number of studios in and around LA let us take a look at what a couple of studios feature. White cyc studios in LA should feature : 1 ) whisper quiet air con. 2 ) Three-thousand square feet. 3 ) Ground level access. 4 ) Sixteen and a half feet to lighting grid. 5 ) 2 white cyclorama walls seventy-feet in size. Six ) Complete lighting and grip. Seven ) Free V / O booth and makeup room. 8 ) The studio will provide any required production gear.

Other great studios that you can lease out features : one ) 80 linear feet of shoot able white cyclorama. 2 ) 20 ton of grip, lighting, stedicam, jibs, dollies. Three ) 3 white cyclorama walls. Four ) Motion control setup. 5 ) 4 editing bays. Six ) 3D animation / compositing. Seven ) Pre to post production crews. 8 ) Film, video, and post production equipment. 9 ) Film, HD, and SD camera packages HD cameras. Ten ) Mini thirty-five adapter from P and S Technik thirty-five mm Zeiss PL, F-one point 3 speed lens eighteen, twenty-five, and thirty-five, 50, eighty-five. Eleven ) 25 foot Stanton Jimmy Jib with Remote Head and Dollies. Twelve ) cinema Products Provid Steadicam for sixteen mm film, HD, DV-Cam and DV cameras.

 

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