xaelia (xaelia)

Hey! Ex Star Trek set designer here. 🙋‍♀️ *most* interiors you see (and a lot of exteriors) on big tv shows and movies are built on a sound stage.

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There are a lot of benefits to stage sets, but a big plus is lighting control. “IRL” you have to film a scene quickly or else the changing light will look strange (if there’s sun streaming in for the first half of a scene but then a sunset or darkness for the second half of the scene, it breaks the continuity).

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🙋‍♀️

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You also have the benefit of “wilding” walls (being able to remove a wall(s) so that you can set up a camera for a particular shot or allow for easier crew access). It’s so much easier than shooting on location. But stage sets often mimic / reproduce real locations.

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