BOOTCAMP No. 3 SHOOT INSIDE THE VOLUME

Felix Brandstetter is Co‑Founder and Head of Virtual Production at Take 2 Studios in Salzburg, Austria’s first permanent LED volume for high‑end film and commercial work. As a VP supervisor and creative producer, he bridges directing, cinematography and technology, designing real‑world workflows that enable “Hollywood‑level” shoots with European crews and budgets. Together with his sister Viktoria, he has built Take 2 Studios from the ground up into a fully equipped virtual production space with an LED volume, cyclorama and infrastructure for international clients.

For Shoot Inside the Volume, Felix leads Wednesday 28 October 2026. The practical workshop explores lenses, lighting and digital environments: camera perspective, parallax, foreground integration and repeatable camera movement. Participants test their choices on the LED stage and build two shots with consistent light and screen direction. The Fantasy Studios team supports the Vicon tracking and robotic camera work. The studio operates normally throughout the day.

Mazze Aderhold is an experienced freelance application engineer, workflow specialist and trainer with a strong background in post‑production, colour workflows and virtual production. He works as a technical consultant for software developers in the film and television industry and has a long‑standing relationship with ASSIMILATE, where he has been involved in product design, worldwide support and innovation around tools such as SCRATCH and Live FX. In 2015, he founded Angry Face, a company focused on color grading hardware, including the Rageboard grading panel he developed.
For our bootcamp participants, Mazze is exactly the kind of trainer who connects theory with real‑world practice: he not only shows how to build an optimal image pipeline, but also how to think about it in the context of real jobs and communication with clients and crew. With his mix of deep technical knowledge, structured workflow thinking and years of experience on international projects, participants gain real confidence – from colour decisions all the way to deploying Live FX in virtual production.

Vojtěch “Vojta” Horký is the Co‑Founder and Executive/Technical Director of Fantasy Studios, with deep expertise in virtual production, VFX, video engineering and LED‑based workflows. Since 2017, he has worked across high‑profile productions and live events – contributing to projects for Netflix, Amazon and Apple as well as major shows like the Super Bowl and the Fortnite World Cup, where robust in‑camera VFX and real‑time graphics are mission‑critical. Before co‑founding Fantasy Studios, he worked in London with Ncam, a pioneer in camera‑tracking technology, helping to prepare some of the very first large‑scale LED‑based virtual productions, including the now‑iconic “Volume” used on The Mandalorian.
Today, Vojta runs Jeff’s Virtual Production, designing VP workflows, post plates and consulting for studios, while also serving as Senior Product Specialist for Virtual Solutions at Ross Video. This blend of on‑set LED volume work, workflow design and vendor‑side insight allows him to translate complex technology into practical, production‑friendly setups for directors, DOPs and producers.
In the Operate the LED Stage bootcamp, Vojta brings a true “hands‑on technical director” perspective: he walks participants through configuring cameras, tracking, LED walls and signal chains, shows what to do when things get messy on set, and how to collaborate with the VP team so that the LED stage becomes a reliable, powerful storytelling tool. Knowing he has been involved with some of the earliest flagship LED‑based virtual productions, such as The Mandalorian, makes it clear that what he shares in the bootcamp is grounded in real‑world experience rather than slides and theory.

Michal Svoboda is Technical Director at Fantasy Studios. His background spans software engineering, live events, motion capture and film, which he brings to the development of virtual production workflows.

At Shoot Inside the Volume, Michal leads the practical afternoon on Monday 26 October 2026. Participants record reference images, recognise visible artefacts and learn to communicate image problems clearly to the stage team. Working with the studio’s LED wall, genlock-capable camera and Vicon tracking, they establish a repeatable baseline before the week’s more demanding shooting exercises.

Nick Jones is a director and creative working across commercials, television, branded content and immersive experiences. His career includes work as Creative Director of Secret Cinema and directing for brands such as Mercedes, Sony and IKEA. He has worked in virtual production since 2020, combining performance direction with practical experience of previs, digital environments and production workflows.

At Shoot Inside the Volume, Nick leads Thursday 29 October 2026. His workshop follows a scene from script and blocking to performance, camera coverage and review. Participants practise collaboration between director, DOP and VP team, including how to respond when a creative change affects the shoot. The day is particularly relevant to directors and producers alongside the camera department.

Fabian Wagner ASC BSC is the cinematographer behind episodes of Game of Thrones, Sherlock and The Crown, as well as the feature film Justice League. His work on Game of Thrones’ “Battle of the Bastards” earned an American Society of Cinematographers Award. He received Emmy nominations for Sherlock and Game of Thrones. Alongside his screen work, he supports emerging filmmakers through mentoring and masterclasses.

At Shoot Inside the Volume, Fabian leads Friday 30 October 2026, bringing cinematographic craft to a practical LED-stage workshop. The day focuses on visual storytelling, lighting, lens choice and camera movement, with recorded tests and a shared review. Designed primarily for cinematographers, DOPs and camera operators, it also gives directors and producers insight into the collaboration behind a strong image.

Spencer Chase is a virtual production supervisor whose work connects real-time imagery with the practical demands of filming. His credits include Engine Technical Director on the Apple TV series Hijack with Lux Machina. In 2026, ScreenSkills featured Spencer as VP supervisor alongside cinematographer Ed Moore BSC in a session exploring virtual production on Hijack season two.

At Shoot Inside the Volume, Spencer leads Saturday 31 October 2026. His workshop puts participants through a supervised production exercise: preparing the stage, agreeing shot priorities, handling a controlled change and delivering usable footage with the right production information. Camera teams, directors and producers practise making decisions together while keeping the shoot moving.

Lukáš Skalník is the Founder and CEO of Fantasy Studios, a Prague‑based studio specialising in virtual production, and the co‑founder of animation studio Eallin, which currently employs around 60 people in Prague, Tokyo and Bratislava. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Vice President of the International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers and took part in several international co‑productions. He has worked closely with the New York office of Amnesty International, producing the global campaigns “Standing up for Freedom” and “One More Voice”, and has collaborated with artists such as Peter Gabriel, Meryl Streep, Hans Zimmer, Wyclef Jean and Terry Gilliam of Monty Python.

As a producer, he has been behind numerous short animated films and series, documentary projects and co‑productions, including the international experimental feature Exquisite Corpse, which brought together 54 directors from 46 countries, and the 2023 feature documentary 15x15x5 Minisalon. Today, Lukáš leads Fantasy Studios, which has delivered virtual production for projects and brands such as AMC, Prime Video, Apple TV and TV Nova, and develops innovative workflows at the crossroads of animation, live‑action, virtual production and sustainable green filming.

In the Operate the LED Stage bootcamp, Lukáš brings a producer’s and studio founder’s perspective: he will show how an LED stage fits into the full production pipeline, how to use it to shoot smarter and more sustainably, and how to structure collaboration between clients, crew and the studio so that virtual production becomes a creative upgrade rather than a logistical headache.

Lukáš Fišárek is a Czech film art director and virtual production supervisor with a strong background in film language, visual storytelling and in‑camera VFX on LED stages. He collaborates with Fantasy Studios as Art Director / VP Supervisor, designing the visual concept, layouts and digital backgrounds for productions shot directly in‑camera on their LED volume.
Coming from the film world, Lukáš has worked on author‑driven film projects, visual identities for TV and film formats, and award‑winning film posters, including a Czech Lion for best poster. He also teaches film language and visual storytelling at HAMU’s Nonverbal Theatre Department, helping directors and performers understand how images work on screen.
At Operate the LED Stage, Lukáš will focus on how to think like a filmmaker inside an LED volume: how to design and select backgrounds that support story and mise‑en‑scène, how to prepare content and layouts for in‑camera VFX in collaboration with directors and DOPs, and how to bridge classic film visual practice with real‑time virtual production workflows.