Designed as a convergence point for both creative and production collaboration, Synapse’s LED stage offers a premiere virtual production solution in the heart of Los Angeles

Synapse Virtual Production announces the November 1 grand opening of its state-of-the-art flagship LED Volume stage located on the edge of downtown on the famous Los Angeles Center Studios campus. The opening of its LA Volume represents a significant milestone in the company’s mission to redefine the future of filmmaking and is just one of many new initiatives that the company has planned for the next year.

Since launching in 2022, Synapse has rapidly emerged as a leading authority in the world of cutting-edge imaging technology solutions for the film and entertainment industry. With a focus on virtual production, the company is more than just a cutting-edge LED stage, Synapse offers support across all aspects of the image creation process, including: consulting, budgeting, scheduling, creative development, boarding/shot creation, previs, production services, environment design/VAD creation, post-production and VFX. Synapse empowers filmmakers to push the boundaries of cinematic storytelling by enabling their clients to tap into Synapse’s collective of industry professionals and experts who offer technical guidance and shepherd their clients throughout the entire span of a project’s workflow.

Designed as a convergence point for both creative and production collaboration, Synapse’s newly-minted LED stage offers a premiere virtual production solution in the heart of Los Angeles. And by locating their flagship studio at LA Center’s 150’ x 120’ Stage 4, LACS’ complex brings with it all of the conveniences of a major studio lot, offering multiple modern soundstages, a standing office tower building (which houses many preexisting sets as utilized on shows like Mad Men, as well as additional production office space), established studio infrastructure amenities and an exterior backlot with downtown LA as its sweeping background.

Synapse’s LED volume itself is 60’ wide, 22’ tall and 35’ deep and its placement on the stage permits tracked cameras to shoot the full 60’ width of the volume from up to 100’ away. This allows for unmatched extreme wide shots to be captured with maximized practical set depth, or to shoot scenes with large cranes and high angles of up to 35’. The volume’s LED panels are also only an inch off the stage floor, allowing for easy set-dressing integration without having to bring in cumbersome customized steel deck platforms. Car shoots can literally drive into shot on a freshly installed polished dark epoxy floor. Having an epoxy floor added to the volume allows for the in-camera capture of practical reflections of assets being displayed on the LEDs that interact dynamically with the polished floor.