Amazon Studios launches a virtual production studio powered by AWS

Amazon's new production branch, Amazon Studios Virtual Production (ASVP), has inaugurated its new Stage 15 virtual production studio, which takes advantage of the power of AWS cloud services.

The scenario combines two previously existing studies to accommodate a LED wall 24 meters in diameter and 8 meters high. The first feature film to be shot in the new Stage 15 It will be the Christmas family comedy Candy Cane Lane, directed by Reginald “Reggie” Hudlin and starring Eddie Murphy.

ASVP will be in charge of coordinating each Stage 15 project, which is fully connected to the cloud AWS thus forming part of a cloud production ecosystem. The installation provides a camera-to-cloud workflow, with direct connection from Stage 15 to storage AWS S3 so that the dailies are available instantly for creative teams from any location. The ASVP team is also developing a VFX and virtual production asset management system that will live in the AWS cloud and allow production teams catalog, search, preview and reuse production assets. This powerful backend system will reduce the time that productions usually experience transfer files and assets from the set to editorial, VFX and post-production suppliers and facilities.

In addition to the virtual studio, the Stage 15 venue will soon be accompanied by a 2 story building, baptized as “The Sandbox at Stage 15”, which will include different departments from areas such as virtual location search, catchment, technology search, and studio with green screen and one VIP zone for executives, filmmakers and guests. This space will also have a second smallest LED stage, featuring a fully movable LED wall, camera tracking system and control cart, along with an engineering workshop, scanning, 3D printing, production workspace and equipment storage.

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