Sunset Las Palmas Opens Vertical-Format Sets
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- Sunset Studios launched standing vertical-format sets at its Sunset Las Palmas Studios lot in Hollywood, targeting the fast-growing microdrama and short-form video market.
- Sunset partnered with short-form studio Knockout Shorts, co-founded by Matthew Ko and Chris Crema, on the design and construction of the initial sets.
- The 8,000-square-foot sound stage houses a pre-lit grid and six camera-ready environments: a courtroom, apartment, bar, restaurant, hospital, and office.
- All sets are repurposed from previous major studio productions, keeping them out of landfills and extending the lifecycle of existing production assets.
- Productions shooting on the sets won't need filming permits and will have access to the lot's parking, production support space, on-site café, and other services.
- Sean Griffin, Sunset Studios' SVP of Sales, said the standing sets "remove friction from the production process" by letting creators "walk onto a completely built, and fully lit high-quality set and start shooting right away."
Why it matters: This gives short-form creators access to infrastructure typically reserved for major studio productions, skipping filming permits and set construction. For Knockout Shorts and its co-founders, dedicated vertical-format infrastructure at a major Hollywood lot is a concrete commitment to serving a market the article describes as "exploding."
