360° Video Production

Here is how this works in practice. We deliver 360-degree video as a planned pro discipline, because immersive capture has its own demands across rigging, blocking and post. From our Belgrade base we run multi-lens 360 camera rigs and stitched arrays. Our team plans each shot around the absence of an off-camera space, hiding crew, cable and lighting outside the spherical frame. We rehearse cast blocking so the action reads from any viewing angle. We manage the stitch lines and nadir patching that make a 360 piece feel seamless.

Here is the short of it. For controlled work we stage at PFI Studios near Simanovci, one of the largest complexes in the region, where lighting and set can be built fully in the round. On location we adapt the rig to the site. Our post team handles stitching, stabilisation and the delivery formats that headset, web and dome sites need, and we set up with any AR or spatial-audio elements a project needs. Rigs come through our Belgrade base with pro arrays supplemented from the wider region.

Here is the breakdown. Serbia gives 360-degree shoots subjects that genuinely reward immersive capture. Belgrade gives the ramparts and tunnels of the Kalemegdan fortress. The lanes of the bohemian Skadarlija quarter and the bold geometry of socialist-modernist New Belgrade, all spaces that surround the viewer. Beyond the capital, the medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries, including the UNESCO-listed Studenica. The Petrovaradin Fortress at Novi Sad. Drvengrad, the wooden village built by Emir Kusturica, suit heritage and tourism 360 content.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The temperate inland climate brings four distinct seasons, so a location can be captured in snow or summer light based on the brief. National parks such as Djerdap and Tara apply conservation rules that we clear in advance for shoots within their boundaries. English is widely spoken across the local crew base. ATA carnets cover short-term import of pro 360 rigs. The 25 to 30 per cent cash rebates through the Film in Serbia programme of the Serbia Film Commission keeps an immersive shoot cost-good.