Star Wars Virtual Production Test - 86inch TV Background

I've started watching The Mandalorian recently which has really inspired me (which is a big thing for me!) to test out doing some starfighter cockpit backgrounds projected on my big TV, in my ongoing quest to find a better alternative to greenscreen but cheaper than hiring out an LED volume!

I'm rather happy with how this test came out, I found some cockpit images online earlier in the week and animated them in After Effects to have some flickering lights, I also animated some Tie-Fighters in Unreal, as well as the Z95-Headhunter for all the old school fans out there, and loosely put a story around it to have some sort of narrative. I then had a quick shoot on Saturday afternoon, and since everything was shot in camera it was pretty much done, bar some colour correcting tweaks.

I even spent quite a bit of time creating the cockpit dashboard with an animated radar readout playing on my phone, that was slotted in between the foam to look as if it was part of the whole piece. Unfortunately the whole thing didn't come out too well, but I think it get's the point across.

Also I didn't have access to an interesting costume or Mandalorian helmet, but ohh well, maybe next time...

Shot on a Canon R5 with an EF 50mm f1.4 lens and an RF/EF adapter, Tv is a massive LG 86UP80006LA 86". Beard was on loan from Kyle Katarn.

.....(and yes, I can't spell dimensions...)