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140: 461:, with greater control over the set, and the ability to see the final image as they are creating it. Where these volumes are especially beneficial is in having light behave perfectly realistically on transparent, translucent, and very reflective materials. These types of objects, such as eyeglasses, glassware, and shiny armor, are often very difficult to deal with in a conventional chroma key work flow. This technique also minimizes the amount of tedious 43: 402:, the quality of the playback is very much dependent upon how one is able to pick out different instruments, voices, vocal parts, and such exactly where they are located on an imaginary 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional field. The quality of this soundstage can enhance not only the listener's involvement in the recording, but also their overall perception of the stage. 432:
A newer form of set being used in both the production of films and television shows is the virtual production "volume". Different from the volume of a conventional motion capture stage (where often no physical image is being recorded for the final product), a virtual production volume is a stage that
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Rental of a sound stage entails an expensive process, but working on a sound stage saves time when setting up for production as long as access to all of the necessary technical equipment, personnel, and supplies is readily available. As all the scenes can be filmed on the sets inside the sound stage,
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Benefits of such a setup include total control of a scene; dusk and dawn can last all day. Not only can time of day or number of light sources be manipulated at will, but portions of the volume off-screen can be turned completely white to add fill lighting from a given direction, or they can be
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The downside to this setup is that unlike with greenscreen, whatever was filmed is final in terms of visual environment (as is the case with filming on any normal set or location). By contrast, a greenscreen film segment can essentially be swapped to anything at any point in post-production.
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of the building containing the sound stage must be heavily soundproofed, so the structure must be sturdy and capable of accepting such additional features and loads, or a new building specifically designed with the features and to bear the loads is required, which often is the less expensive
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Television production generally uses multiple cameras, and cinema production generally uses a single camera. This is not universally true because the choice varies very much on what the director is trying to achieve.
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When a studio is home to multiple sound stages, they tend to all look alike from the outside: giant beige box-shaped buildings. Sound stages are marked on the exterior with large numbers to help distinguish them.
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by displaying the solid color behind the performers. Having a physical space where actors can see their environment and inform their performances accordingly is something that most greenscreen sets lack.
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and may be used where the dialogue and other sounds are recorded as a separate operation. This separate operation usually involves the principal actors doing synchronized
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structure, building or room with large doors and high ceilings, used for the production of theatrical film-making and television productions, usually located on a secured
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On a sound stage, the camera may be placed exactly where the director wants it. Achieving the desired lighting is easier because each stage has a metal framework with
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during filming can view what the composition of the picture is with basic digital objects and surfaces included and how it appears, assisting the creative process.
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A sound stage, unlike a silent stage, requires caution to avoid making noise anywhere within range of the audio recording equipment.
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A sound stage traditionally has a large red light above or next to each exterior door. When the light starts blinking, it means
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With the advent of electric lights, enclosed stages were built in Hollywood and rapidly converted to sound stages with many
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is surrounded (in varying degrees) by screens that extend the set. These screens, most commonly large arrays of
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The controlled visual environment also allows directors and cinematographers the ability to better create
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voice recordings over a working cut of the film, specialized language actors doing a secondary language
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to exact specifications, precise scale, and detail. The art director of a production makes an
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these stages to eliminate noise and distractions from outside, including limiting access.
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turned off to darken that area. They can also function as a typical green/blue screen for
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Structures of this type were in use in the motion picture industry before the advent of
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An enclosed stage makes it easier for the crew of a production to design and build the
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work required in post-production to cut out what was not picked up by chroma keying.
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Soundproof, hangar-like structure, building, or room, used for theatrical film-making
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using it also eliminates having to move the production from location to location.
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were built, either as a three-wall open-roof set, or with large skylights, until
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to position each light to get exactly the correct lighting for every shot.
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alternative to retrofitting an existing structure because of
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in the late 1920s, it became necessary to enclose and fully
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and usually relates to the playback process. According to
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effects into scenes in real time while recording, before
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Buildings without soundproofing still are referred to as
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The latest technology and software can render basic
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