The process of using the stage and integrating these technologies and special effects with the filmmaking process is known as StageCraft.Īsk any gamer about real-time rendering and they’ll probably start telling you how awesome it is that you can customize your character and the game’s world while seeing these changes play out in the high definition cutscenes in a game, rather than viewing pre-rendered footage with the default character and world.
What makes The Volume different is that it uses a variety of technologies, including Unreal Engine and Helios, to change the background in real-time as it’s being filmed. It’s been used practically since movies were invented, usually for driving scenes where it’s not feasible or safe to have a camera on the car as the actor drives along. Now there are replica set-ups of The Volume being built across the world, from England to Australia.įilming people in front of a moving background isn’t new technology. An almost 360-degree stage of seamless LED panel screens and a ceiling, The Volume was first built at Manhattan Beach Studios in California for the first season of The Mandalorian, before being rebuilt and expanded for season two of the show. The Volume is the LED immersive soundstage that Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian are both filmed on.
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