Backstage Mandalorean: How Stagecraft Technology Works for the Shooting of the Series

Last November, the series “The Mandalorian” from the universe premiered on the Disney+ streaming service.

"Star Wars". At this time, filming of the second season is already in full swing, and in the meantime, photos from the filming set have appeared online.

How "Mandalorets" was shot

Most of the first season was filmedin a single pavilion in the form of a huge dome, and most of the scenery exists only in the form of computer graphics. And all thanks to special Stagecraft technology.

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Its essence is simple:Instead of real scenery and a green screen, huge LED displays were installed in the background, which broadcast the required landscape. The series used Unreal Engine, the game engine from Epic Games, to create the digital backgrounds in the series.

“Everything looks almost the same as ifyou filmed on location and used almost no special effects. Thanks to this approach, we have much more freedom. When the camera moves, all the objects that are in the distance [and are displayed on the dome] also change. I don’t think that a couple of years ago we could have filmed this way. This is a very, very new technology,” said director Bryce Dallas Howard.

For example, when filming the ship, only part of it was recreated - the rest was broadcast on the screen. It's much cheaper than building the entire ship.

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They say that Stagecraft technology is also not cheap, but it is still less labor intensive and not more expensive than real scenery.

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