resinrats

Well that BSG Blood & Chrome was touted as all virtual sets. However, I've noticed a few other shows that have used them. They don't 100% have the tech down yet since it is off just a bit but pretty close. Once Upon a Time seems to use them for castle scenes in the fantasy world. Easily a way to keep costs down since they don't want to build a castle set for 1 episode. A recent Castle episode had him go to Paris. Again, it looked like he was in a virtual set (or green screened into a Paris shot). Think the producers were just cheap and not want to send the actors to Paris to shoot the scenes.

Any other shows using virtual sets?

JuryDuty

Every year Stargate Studios puts out a virtual backlot video and it surprises me how many times shows use virtual sets and you'd never guess it. We think it's special effects only, but even the regular dramas use them a lot now. Here's last year's video:
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PhantomStranger

Are there any dramatic shows left on television that don't use virtual sets of some kind? The only shows that don't use them now are mostly sitcoms and comedies. I've seen shows where half of the set will be filled with virtual furniture to complete the look.

GuessWho

The Soup

Fist of Doom

Most of Sanctuary's sets were green screen.

mrhan

Most police/crime dramas still use real sets or backgrounds.

Spartacus is another.

DJariya

24 season 8 used virtual sets to fake New York in LA. Alot of the New York scenics was shot in Pre-Production and then inserted in post over green screen that was used during shooting.

Rypro 525

The Sopranos, the shot that looked out to the patio was green screen

Xiroteus

Used a bit more then I would think, never really gave it much thought that green screen was needed for a street.

Painfully so at times, well, it was just part of the show, enjoyed it regardless.

Tarantino

Damn, that demo reel was interesting.

Michael Corvin

That demo real was fantastic. I had no idea so many dramas used the green screen.

They should have left off the one at 3:00 (Ugly Betty?). That one looked obvious(like most of Sanctuary).

bluetoast

Using the track that lots of people associate with SFU is not helping. Now we'll all get emotional while watching!

Deftones

yeah, that demo reel was fucking fantastic. thanks for posting it, juryduty.

Scorpio

Dark Matters on the Science Channel which is hosted by John Noble uses virtual sets for all their recreations.

mortalplague

Wow i never realized how often those are used expecially in shows like Parenthood.

DRG

Interesting that even a simple location shot like that one from Parenthood is pricier than having a team of digital artists create an entire fake 'set' and tie in all the greenscreening, camera movement timing, etc.

Geofferson

Yeah, that reel was great. Was surprised to see Parenthood and Episodes included in there so much, wouldn't have expected that.

Draven

I love those examples of greenscreens for mundane shots. The part with the guys running around 2:45 is fantastic

dex14

Wow...that blew my mind. For me... it really comes down to the lighting. Stuff like GoT looks so real to me even though I know they build a lot of sets... but the backgrounds and always look great because they light it so well.

Superman07

Really great. Think I appreciated it more since an episode of Castle recently feature some parts in Europe that were blatantly bad. By contrast, in Castle as well, there are scenes where I can tell it's an LA area street.

DJariya

That video from Stargate studios was awesome. Thanks for posting. It's amazing how much green screen is used for current shows. I know it has to be used alot for shows being shot in Los Angeles faking other locations.

tanman

I don't think so. That one wasn't obvious at all and the most telling of all the clips. Such a simple set that was entirely green screened.