When your work becomes your play.
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs.
THIS is who we are! Our work has literally become our play! Every day it seems as though a new challenge presents itself with each call, text or email, but we jump in wholeheartedly because storytelling is genuinely what we love to do. ❤️
What seems simple was actually a complex synergy amongst multiple teams to create a seamless, charming fairytale. This had only one cut, and ALL the on screen images were LIVE. No compositing at all.
The best part was working with an extraordinary pre-vis team that output their file for us to import into our motion control system. Believe it or not, it only took a few minutes to tweek a few turnarounds and adjust focus. The prop team took the CG blueprint, and matched the position of the devices, exactly. One of the biggest challenges was keeping all the devices charged AND synchronizing the story across the devices.
A shout out to Berkey Systems for inventing such an amazing rigging system!!
Keep an eye out for news about our upcoming holiday adventures!
It’s our MOBILE Virtual Production capability we bring to you anywhere, along with our top-flight crew and equipment. Check out: Virtual Production: Top 3 Things Every Producer Should Know.
So many line items can be slashed:
- Travel for talent and crew
- Location scouting, permits and fees
- Elaborate physical sets
- Weather days
See how “Cobalt on the Road” can bring you:
Our Virtual Stage frees your imagination to create 3D sets that wouldn’t be possible or financially feasible, otherwise. You can shoot anywhere from the bottom of the Ocean to Mars at an incredible level of detail. What’s more, nothing has to push to post, if you so choose. You can tinker with lighting, color, composites and visual effects in real-time as your talent interacts authentically with their environment. With “Cobalt on the Road” you can have this at YOUR doorstep.
Virtual Production Cobalt Stages was the 1st company to bring Virtual Sets to the East Coast in 2016. Our VP tools are fully integrated into a plug-and-play workstation that assures complete reliability, bullet proof performance for either final pixel compositing, or, with our 4-4k recorders, all conceivable elements for a traditional post finish.
Motion control We’ve been doing MoCo and precision playback for about 25 years… Wherever you are, you’ll continue to have convenient access to our comprehensive inventory of motion controlled equipment— the largest and most diverse on the East Coast.
Our Motion Control accessories include turntables, sliders, high speed sleds and XY tables—all curated to facilitate rapid design engineering and construction. We build in equipment redundancies to eliminate downtime, and we stock a vast inventory of components for creating custom rigs that ensure efficient effects for production.
Cobalt Tech has always prided itself on being “toolset agnostic”. In fact, we are production advisors. We listen first, and then assemble the most appropriate tools in our arsenal to facilitate each and every project.
Cobalt never shrinks away from the challenge. In fact, we LOVE puzzles! Our last project, “Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Spectacular” required us to bring not 1, but 3, fully tracked and mapped camera rigs to an outside stage in NYC for our clients convenience.
Cobalt is By Producers, For Producers. We leverage our Industry experience to make everything you need easily accessible, so you can focus on what matters–doing your best work. We’re committed to creating the most comfortable, convenient, cutting-edge, and cost effective experience.
Helping producers problem-solve their projects is one of our specialties. We believe in taking the time to listen, and we’re quick to offer innovative and practical solutions to save your production time, money, and stress.
Want to learn about Virtual Production and how to use it?
Cobalt’s got you covered. As the first company to offer Virtual Sets on the East Coast, we have the experience to guide you. Let’s have some fun.