Hot Cheap Comedy
Confident Cards
The Hot Cheap Comedy episode featured in our virtual studio production article. Performed for a live studio audience and finished by The Studio Creative, it shows green screen and practical staging working in a single session. Semi-finalist at the Indiana Independent Film Festival.
Behind the scenesLive Audience Meets Green Screen: Confident Cards›Festival awards
- Semi-finalist
- Indiana Independent Film Festival
Made in collaboration with Hot Cheap Comedy, who wrote the script. The Studio Creative handled everything else: production, directing, cinematography, editing, and post.
How this one was made
Performed for a live studio audience, with green screen and practical staging working together in a single session.
Cameras
- Sony FX3
- Sony FX30
Lenses
- Sony 24 to 70mm G Master II
Audio
- Sennheiser EW-D wireless systems
- Rode NTG-2 shotgun microphones
- Focusrite Scarlett 4i4
- JBL PRX915 powered speakers
- JBL PRX918 subwoofers
Lighting
- Aputure LS 600c Pro
- Aputure LS 600c Pro II
- Aputure F22x flexible light
- Aputure F21 100W flexible light
- Datouboss studio ceiling rail system
Live switching
- Roland VR-4HD mixer and switcher
- Hollyland Mars M1 wireless monitor
- Blackmagic HyperDeck 4K recorder
- Stream Deck
Backdrop
- Curved LED video wall
Post
- Adobe Premiere Pro (the edit)
- DaVinci Resolve Studio (color and finishing)
Before the shoot: Studio Projects, our own software. It takes the script, breaks it down scene by scene with a visual example for each one, describes every character, builds a shot list per performer, and generates the background images that replace the green screen. Ask us about it.
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