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LAFS Sunset Soundstages

It’s on the soundstage where a film production really comes to life. The Los Angeles Film School’s Sunset Soundstages are the two primary soundstages at the school, and they're continually in production. Nearly every day, you'll find students working, elaborate sets being constructed and assembled, lights placed and adjusted, and students hustling to make everything just perfect. It’s all in preparation for the moment the director calls “ACTION!”

STAGE ONE:
This 1,900 square foot soundstage is capped with a 15-foot-high lighting grid that’s hard-wired with a dimmer-per-circuit electrical distribution system. Lighting is controlled with a Strand GSX computerized dimming console that features unlimited pre-programmed presets and cues. It has the ability to produce sophisticated chase scene and sequenced lighting special effects. The stage is surrounded with a 360-degree double track curtain system. Curtain choices include blackout velour, 18% gray, and blue or green panels for chroma key effects. Both stages are equipped with Mole Richardson and ARRIFLEX lighting and grip packages.

STAGE TWO:
This 1,880 square foot soundstage has an 18-foot high lighting grid to allow for a wider range of scenic elements. It features a 180-degree seamless infinite cyclorama, allowing for a myriad of applications and effects, including exterior day and night horizons as well as void and limbo backgrounds. The cyclorama surface is an ideal surface for projected scenic effects and can be converted into a green or blue screen for digital effects work. There is an expandable modular set system in place on this soundstage that consists of doors, windows and blank walls. These set pieces can be connected to create many different interior location configurations.