Bushwick Open Studios

This past weekend was the annual Bushwick Open Studios. I mostly just checked out a couple buildings with a bunch of studios in them including my friend Shawn's studio where he filmed Warhol style "screen tests" BUT with a red sci-fi background. In order to do this, he uses a beam splitter and a super reflective screen that is only visible from one angle. This is what they used to use to film in front of a pre-recorded background before 'blue screens'.

Here is a picture of his studio, the projector in the foreground is projecting the pre-recorded background into the beam splitter and the camera behind that is filming the scene with subject and background. Way in the back you can see one of his amazing Star Trek inspired paintings.

The videos should be online later this week and I'll try to post them on the sidebar.