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Hot Cheap Comedy

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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.

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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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