Mediapro's virtual production set was chosen by Netflix's to shot "Ciudad de Sombras"

Grup Mediapro took part in "Ciudad de sombras", the new Netflix production which has recently finished filming. The camera car scenes for the police series, directed by Jorge Torregrossa, were shot in the virtual production set at the group production centre at 22@, in Barcelona. The title is a police drama series starring Isak Férriz, Verónica Echegui, Ana Wagener, Manolo Solo and Jordi Rico.

The 500m2 set features a 210m2 LED screen with the highest possible quality levels (1700 nits, PQ HDR at 10bit, and a pixel pitch of 1.9mm) which allows scenes to be filmed with 360º backgrounds projected onto the LED screen, with enhanced clarity and sharpness. The technology used provides high-frequency screen refreshes and image detail, ideal for filming the low light scenes in the series and dialogue in the cars.

The set is designed to the quality demands of the leading streaming platforms and the teams from Grup Mediapro and Netflix worked closely together to set up the OpenVPCal tool; which was used to make the colours even more lifelike and guaranteed the image quality across the series. Virtual production is a growing strategic business line across the group which in addition to Barcelona, is also available in Lisbon, Miami and New York, where they are also building a second virtual production centre.