Besties Bootcamp

A forest set for a Wendy’s ad with Lisa Barlow, shot on the LED volume: an autumn-into-winter Utah camp clearing, built in one week. PCG scattered the assets, and hand-painted foliage let us move individual trees and rocks to give the director tailored control.

THE CLEARING

The camp clearing overlooks mountain valleys. Foliage is dense close to the camera, and the scene still held a smooth frame rate on the LED wall.

Previs in Unreal Engine

In previs we worked with the DP and sent reference renders to the scenic department, so their props would match the world on the wall.

Unreal Engine previs of the LED volume stage with the forest clearing on the wall
Unreal Engine previs of the forest clearing
PCG graph in Unreal Engine used to scatter plants and rocks

Behind the scenes

On shoot day we ran the stage and tuned the lighting and composition on set. It was the director’s first time shooting on a Volume, and we walked them through it.

Lisa Barlow in a red Wendy's outfit on the forest set, camera monitor view
Crew member facing the Lisa Barlow's Bestie Bootcamp sign on the forest set
Lisa Barlow holding a Wendy's bag on the forest set, camera monitor view
Crew on the forest set in front of the LED wall
Forest set with camp chairs inside the LED wall layout grid
Crew filming on the forest set in front of the LED wall
Crew working on the forest set on the LED stage
Forest campsite set with crew behind the scenes
Campfire scene on the camera monitor

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