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Should be an article[edit]

There should be an article for Industrial Light & Magic's "StageCraft" LED wall visual effects system, utilized in The Mandalorian, subsequent Marvel and Star Wars titles, and others. Disney is building these in LA, London, and Australia where they are producing films. It's a good bet that this technology will continue becoming more widespread. This is akin to CAPS, RenderMan, motion control cameras and the Dykstraflex, etc.

I started redlinking to this article, however it was instantly reverted because that's how Wikipedia works now, evidently. But this really should be an article. It's rather notable. Jbbdude (talk) 00:12, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is confusing. I read about something called "The Volume" (proper) being used on a particular film, and only with additional research was able to find this article.

I can't help wondering why they chose such a generic, hard-to-search word as "volume" (common, no article) for this technology's name. And what does it even mean—a "volume" of LED pixels? No explanation here, or elsewhere that I can find.

Whatever it means, I can only assume "volume" refers to the general concept of a high-res LED backdrop in lieu of green screen (which, to add to the confusion, WP still refers to as "chroma key"—a term I've never heard anyone use in my 50+ years around show people). Is this true? If so, it may be useful to clarify it in the article. Or better yet, make this page a trademark-specific stub with a link to a more general article—e.g. "Volume (video technology)", so people will have a clue which "volume" it refers to. 🤷🏽‍♂️ – AndyFielding (talk) 08:29, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, having said that, I've now realized this page's leading link points to On-set virtual production, a general page about the technology—but where the term "volume" is nowhere to be found. Does this make sense? Certainly "volume" (lower case) isn't a TM... If it refers to an installation of the technology, shouldn't that be explained there, as that's what people are apparently calling them? – AndyFielding (talk) 08:34, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]