Live Virtual Production by 80six at MPTS 2022

At this year’s MPTS, leading video technology rental company 80six brought a live Virtual Production to the show floor. The company recreated a scaled version of its 11,743 square foot, purpose-built Virtual Production studio in Slough, collaborating with award winning Director Nick Jones and DOP Dave Tree to shoot a test commercial during the two-day event.

Kit list:
LED: ROE Black Onyx 2.8mm for the back wall. ROE Carbon 3.7 for the ceiling and lateral dollies. Video processing: Brompton Tessera SX40 4K LED Processor
Tracking: Mo-Sys StarTracker
Media Servers: Disguise VX4 and RXII Render Notes
Game engine: Unreal Engine 5
Lights: 8x fos/4 PL16 panels and 2 x fos/4 Fresnel units - provided by ETC lighting and 3LR, our partners for the show.

Credits:
Production: 80six
Director: Nick Jones (Super luminescent)
DOP: Dave Tree (Super luminescent)
Actors: Phil Baro-Thomas, Peony Ho
VP Producer: Dan Hamill (80six)
VP Technical Director: Paul Nichols (80six)
Production Manager: Olli Silk (80six)
Production Coordinator: Aura Popa (80six)
Camera Tracking Engineer: Asi San (Mo-Sys)
Lighting Design: Declan Randall (ETC)
Art Department: Mark Everret
Camera assistant: Manuel Amler
Editor: Paula Albrechtaite