Hot Cheap Comedy
WiFi Help Desk
Tech support, Hot Cheap Comedy style. Produced with The Studio Creative, a two-hander built on timing rather than production value, which is exactly why it ships fast. Award winner: Best Comedy at the Pageant Film Festival and the New York Shorts Award.
Behind the scenesAward-Winning WiFi Help Desk: Projection and Green Screen›Festival awards
- Award winner
- Pageant Film Festival (Best Comedy) · New York Shorts Award (Best Comedy)
- Finalist
- Milan Indie Film Festival · Ottawa Film Award
- Semi-finalist
- Indiana Independent Film Festival · Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival · Eger Short Film Competition
- Official selection
- Los Angeles Movie & Music Video Awards · Bridge Fest
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
A projected backdrop at one end of the studio and a green screen at the other, both performers on camera at once, in one continuous take switched live between two cameras.
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
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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