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Barrandov Soundstage Has Green Screen

GREEN SCREEN CONSTRUCTED AT BARRANDOV FOR SHOOTING COMMERCIALS

Barrandov Studios is improving the environment available for shooting commercials. A green screen has recently been completed at Soundstage No. 1. It has been built especially for projects requiring a chroma key background. Thus one more location permanently allocated to shooting commercials has been added to Barrandov Soundstage No. 5. The investment for the new green screen amounts to almost 1.5 million Czech crowns.

“Our goal was to further improve the services we offer to crews and production companies who use our facilities to shoot commercials. The background can of course be used for shooting other projects as well, such as films or video clips,” says Anna Hanzalkova, Barrandov Studios Commercials Department Manager. She goes on to add that this is one of the largest permanently installed green screens in the Czech Republic.

FabionThe green screen, which measures 10 by 17 by 11 meters, is located on Soundstage No. 1, which measures 20 by 32 meters and is 11 meters high (with a usable area of 17.7 by 29.3 meters). It offers a system of textile backgrounds available in several colors – green, blue, white and black.

“The current abilities of the Sets Division made it possible to adapt materials to conditions that allow the easy manipulation of textiles using trolleys. This allows a vertical background to be replaced in a matter of minutes,” specified Stepan Cerveny, the Sets Division Director.

“The maximum level of flexibility available for changing colors quickly is ideal. A color change can be made in only 10 hours, which offers customers the ability to key on various color backgrounds over the course of one shoot without significant time losses. Another advantage lies in the variability of the background and, as the green screen is not permanently fastened to the floor, it is still possible to use the entire area of the soundstage for shooting,” supplements Anna Hanzalkova.

The number of commercials shot at Barrandov Studios is enormous. Last year almost 100 commercial projects were shot on Barrandov’s soundstages. The number of foreign commercial projects holds a lion’s share of the total, specifically 70%. In the majority of cases, we were the site for large commercials and those of a film nature, i.e., with requirements for large set constructions and large shooting areas.

“We had to refuse a large number of orders last year due to lack of sufficient space. This was due to the fact that the megafilm ‘Narnia – Prince Caspian’ was shooting on most of Barrandov’s soundstages and the Hostivar stages were rented out to television Nova for shooting two serials,” added Anna Hanzalkova.

A while back, Barrandov Studios shareholders decided to make significant investments. Starting in 2005 and up to this date, financing for the construction of new buildings, modernization, reconstruction, and repairs has amounted to almost 320 million Czech crowns. The most sizable investment of the past few years consists of the construction of the new MAX soundstage complex, which came to approximately 200 million Czech crowns. This new complex was opened in December 2006.