S4 Studios

S4 Studios is a Los Angeles visual effects and virtual production company, founded in 1999, that runs an LED wall stage for in-camera VFX at a partner stage facility on North Naomi Street in Burbank, California. S4 books the stage together with its own virtual production crew and works in Unreal Engine with camera tracking, in 2.5D playback with tracking, or with straight video playback, for commercials, music videos, vehicle process, television and film.

LED wall and workflow

• A large LED wall, about 52 by 15 feet according to S4’s site, built from ROE Black Pearl BP2 V2 panels at 2.8 mm pitch, plus a wild wall.
• Unreal Engine environments with camera tracking, 2.5D playback, and video playback.
• A team of Unreal Engine artists, video playback and audio engineers and LED technicians, led by a virtual production supervisor.

Facility

• Stage A (83 by 70 feet), Stage B (93 by 60 feet), Stage D (60 by 40 feet), and Stage C for load-in and prep.
• An entrance lobby, production offices, green rooms, wardrobe, hair and makeup, two kitchens and a dining area.
• Truck and drive-up load-in and parking for more than 60 vehicles.
• Stage managers, air conditioning, power, scissor lifts and parking are included in S4’s packages, and grip and lighting can be added.

Services

S4 also offers a virtual art department, previs and techvis, on-set virtual production crews for other stages, and consulting on LED wall system design and virtual production pipelines.

Notable productions

According to S4, its virtual production work includes the documentary Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning, re-enactments for Discovery’s Expedition Files, a 1980s Las Vegas street sequence for the feature The Vortex, and music videos.