Synapse Stage ยท the system behind Studio rental
How one wall gives three cameras three backgrounds.
Synapse Stage is the system behind our LED stage in Warsaw. It's for producers and broadcasters deciding where to shoot. Scroll from the Unreal Engine screen to what the camera sees.
S01 ยท The monitor
It starts in Unreal.
S02 ยท Inside the virtual set
The set is rendered live.
S03 ยท Looking out
Now see the cameras.
S04 ยท Through the wall
S05 ยท Behind the wall
144 panels.
7.5 metres wide.
S06 ยท Follow the fibre
Nine Unreal machines render it live.
S07 ยท The studio lights
The lights follow the virtual sun.
S08 ยท The LED ceiling
The sky lights the actors too.
S09 ยท The camera's eye
The wall redraws for the lens.
Depth shifts as the camera moves.
S10 ยท Ghost Frame
Three cameras.
Three worlds.
One wall.
S11 ยท The whole network
Synapse Stage.
AI-generatedAn AI-generated fly-through made from storyboard frames. It shows how the signal travels, not the real equipment.
An agent asks. The lights answer.
The studio lights take their cues from Unreal Engine, and from an AI agent, so the light on the actors matches the set on the wall.
What it means for your shoot
What you get on the day.
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One take, several versions
With Ghost Frame, three cameras see three different backgrounds on the same wall at once. The same presenter, three sponsors' versions.
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Light that matches the set
When the virtual sun sets, the studio lights set with it. Faces and props carry the colour of the set.
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The background moves with the camera
The tracked camera moves, and the set on the wall moves with it, in correct perspective.
What's on the stage
The kit, from the studio's technical audit.
If it isn't listed here, it isn't there.
- Wall
- 144 ROE Ruby 1.9 panels, curved, 7.5 m wide, 1.9 mm pixel pitch, Megapixel Helios processing
- Ceiling
- ROE CB3 LED ceiling: it lights the actors from above, in the colours of the set
- Render
- Unreal Engine 5 with nDisplay: five wall engines and four set-extension engines
- Tracking
- Three Stype RedSpy tracked cameras and a Stype Human Crane
- Sync
- Ghost Frame: each camera sees its own background
- Lights
- ARRI SkyPanels on grandMA3, driven from Unreal
Proof
What our LED stage and crew have worked on.
Election Night 2023
Ten hours live, with Ghost Frame and live results in Vizrt VizArc.
Kulej. Dwie strony medalu
Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968, filmed on set, not added later.
NEXA
Real actors filmed on the grey wall. Costumes and backgrounds are generated around each take.
Book the stage.
Tell Marta what you're shooting and when. Studio bookings go straight to the person who runs the stage.