NantStudios’ new $60 million, 25,000 square foot at Docklands Studios in Melbourne, which is due to open in May, boasts the largest permanent LED volume installed in any facility in the world so far – 88 metres wide, 289 metres in length and 12 metres high and comprising 6,000 tiles, double the size of its nearest rival. AppleTV+’s Metropolis, which is currently in pre-production, is expected to be the first to use it.
The volume also has a “J” shape designed for sweeping shots, or for a long “walk-and-talk” of up to 38 metres before talent needs to begin turning the radius of the wall. Art departments also then have the flexibility to decide whether building into a curve or a straight wall is more creatively desirable.
A second stage that is expected to be used for commercials, small to medium-sized set pieces and moving vehicle scenes has a smaller volume – 7.9 metre (26 feet) high, 17 metres wide and 21 metres long. It also offers moving wall sections at 4 x 6 metres.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald and If