Event staging company CarpeDiem Evènement has been setting the stage for a new virtual recording studio, Studio 321, with the help of Digital Projection M-Vision Laser projectors, in the French Alps.
The studio features a main virtual production studio space for recording and an adjoining 40-sq m production office. In the main virtual production area is a 24m x 4m white cyclorama wall with a 90-degree rounded floor angle, as well as a white floor covering , allowing for the recording of small and large productions, from photo shoots and company presentations to cinematic video productions. Studio 321 turned the L-shaped cyclorama into a large canvas video projection screen.
Studio 321’s goal was to be versatile, which is why the company opted for video projection technology from Digital Projection instead of LED. Andréas Vion-Endresen, CarpeDiem project manager and director of Studio 321, said: “Among other things we host photo shoots, which is why we needed a uniformly white surface everywhere to minimise shadows. This simply isn’t possible with an LED screen in the background.”
The studio needed a total of four video projectors and CarpeDiem Evènement relied on two 1-Chip DLP Digital Projection M-Vision Laser 21000 projectors, whose 21,000 lumens of brightness and WUXGA resolution would ensure an immersive and captivating experience for both live and recorded events with the addition of ColorBoost+Red laser technology to these projectors
The four M-Vision Lasers projector edge blend content on the 24m long screen rigged to the ceiling, using HDBaseT network connection. The company opted for Vioso 6 automatic re-calibration technology, making the studio operational within an hour. In the background is a Vioso 6 media server in a custom rack-mounted PC couple with a Datapath 2xHDMI 4K 4:4:4 capture card. A TouchDesigner platform manages sources and provides access to a touch-based graphical remote control for studio to use, outputting signals to the M-Vision laser projectors using Vioso calibration technology. Twelve Martin MAC Aura fixed lighting fixtures, four Yamaha VXC8 ceiling speakers, one Yamaha MTX3 audio matric and eight-channel Yamaha XMV amplifier complete the set-up.
