ON THE WALLS " The cameras and data are evolving so fast that today's solution may be replaced by something completely different six months from now. " starting in May 2020. " Our first challenge was figuring out how to work within the safety protocols without a result that looked affected by those restrictions, " Okada says. " Virtual production was always in the back of my mind, but it came down to space; we couldn't find a stage for a large volume for our standing sets because all of those stages were booked or on hold. But there were several plates we'd shot on location in Seattle that we could repurpose for driving sequences using a more modest LED wall. " The Station 19 team worked with Sam Nicholson, ASC and his Stargate Studios facility to create a safe stage environment in Los Angeles. (Nicholson provided similar services for HBO's series Run last year.) " Our main content screen was approximately 12 feet wide and modular, so we could use it easily with any vehicle from any angle, " says Okada. " We'd also roll in three large OLED monitors to wherever we wanted to see reflections in the rear and side mirrors or over the hood. We had four 24 / JULY 2021 PHOTO BY DARYN OKADA, ASC.