A 48K VFX plate demo, from a car and a train

January 27, 2021

How Stargate Studios crafts 48K VFX plates.

In this Blackmagic Design video, Sam Nicholson, CEO of Stargate Studios, demonstrates how he shoots 12x4K VFX background plates on a stabilized driving rig using Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K cameras.

There’s also a demo of shooting background plates from a train; the plates are for playing back on set on Stargate’s ThruView system (something they used in making the backgrounds for Run).

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