Ideaman Studios

IdeaMan Studios is a film and video production studio in the Dallas Design District, just west of downtown Dallas, Texas. It has pre-lit green screen and white cyc stages, a virtual production stage, dressing rooms, a conference room, and production offices, and it also offers pre-production, production, and post-production services. IdeaMan was founded in 2003 and moved to the Design District in 2008; productions that have used the facility include the films Upstream Color and A Ghost Story.

Studio A: pre-lit green screen stage

A 40 x 40-foot green screen cyc stage with a 40-foot-wide pre-lit cyc wall lit by five Kino Flo Image L40s, eight pre-hung Aputure Light Storm LS300s, and four Kino Flos for subjects, plus a flag set, apple boxes, and ten C-stands with grip expendables.

Studio C: pre-lit white cyc stage

A 40 x 40-foot white infinity cyc stage lit by 32 Astera Titan Tubes and 8 Astera Helios Tubes with an in-studio controller in a DMX-ready setup, 20 x 30-foot overhead quarter-grid diffusion cloth, a 6 x 6-foot overhead softbox, a flag set, apple boxes, and eight C-stands.

Infinity Set virtual stage

The green screen studio also hosts a virtual production stage with real-time Ultimatte keying, Stype Red Spy motion tracking, and 3D environments rendered in Unreal Engine with Brainstorm Infinity, for same-day turnaround without compositing in post.

Facilities

Both stages have loading dock access and dressing rooms, and all rentals include electricity and high-speed internet. The building also has a conference room, a copy room, lounges, a kitchen, client meeting and prep spaces, and production offices available short-term or monthly. Lighting and camera equipment is available to rent.