Sunset Studios has created a brand new space of premium standing units on its Sundown Las Palmas Studios lot in Hollywood designed for the manufacturing of microdramas. Knockout Shorts, the vertical media studio just lately launched by actor Matthew Ko, has been a companion within the design and development of the preliminary units.
Per the corporate, Sundown Studios developed the units to “meet the evolving needs of modern content creators,” offering them with environment friendly, production-ready environments that can be utilized for each conventional movie and TV shoots in addition to microdramas — one other indication that the fast-growing vertical content material format constructed round 60- to 90-second episodes — is right here to remain.
“These standing sets are about removing friction from the production process,” mentioned Sean Griffin, senior VP of gross sales at Sundown Studios. “Creators can walk onto a completely built and fully lit high-quality set and start shooting right away, while also enjoying the infrastructure and support of a premier Hollywood studio lot.”
The units housed inside an 8,000-square-foot soundstage embrace built-out environments like a courtroom, house, bar, restaurant, hospital and workplace, all of which embrace a pre-lit grid. Components of the units are repurposed from former main studio productions, providing a sustainability profit along with aiding in manufacturing.
“Our goal in designing these sets in partnership with Sunset Studios is to empower creators with speed, flexibility and production value,” mentioned Ko and actor-producer Chris Crema, co-founders of Knockout Shorts.
The enterprise is within the midst of manufacturing no less than one microdrama collection below SAG-AFTRA’s newly established vertical media manufacturing settlement. “These sets are designed to serve both the next generation of storytellers and established productions looking for efficiency without compromising quality,” Ko and Crema mentioned.
Sundown Studios has grown into certainly one of Hollywood’s largest manufacturing companies and services supplier; it additionally owns the Quixote tools and transportation service agency. Sundown Studios is owned by the large Hudson Pacific actual property funding belief.
