Sci-Fi & Space
Dystopian Lab Set
One of 250+ virtual standing sets at our Burbank and Albuquerque studios. Hart to Heart, Aquaman 2 and Bosch have all shot here. See the credits →
Dystopian Lab set rental for film and TV, at our Burbank and Albuquerque studios. The Dystopian Lab Set is a photoreal virtual set that appears around your talent live, in camera, and it loads in seconds with no set construction.
More about this set
Welcome to the Dystopian Lab Set at L.A. Castle Studios. Step inside and the color drains away. Everything here lives in cold, near-monochrome grays. Endless rows of numbered lockers and drawers stretch off in every direction, each stamped with clipped arrow markings, like a records vault that was built to outlast the people who filled it.
Move toward the center and you’ll find banks of analog control consoles, chairs pulled up and waiting. Harsh light pours down through skylights overhead, throwing sharp shadows across the metal. It has the sealed, airless weight of a bunker. A place where files are more important than the faces behind them.
This is your set for oppressive, bureaucratic dystopia. Think interrogation scenes, a secret archive being combed through at 3 a.m., a thriller where the institution itself is the villain. Sci-fi, cold-war paranoia, post-apocalyptic control rooms. It all fits inside these walls.
Bring your story into the archive. The consoles are humming and the drawers are locked. Come see what’s inside.
Rooms & spaces in the Dystopian Lab Set
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- dystopian lab · records vault · control room · analog consoles · bunker · archive facility · sci-fi · post-apocalyptic · retro-futurist · industrial · interior · thriller
Shoot the Dystopian Lab Set in Burbank or Albuquerque
- Ready at our Burbank film studio in Los Angeles and our Albuquerque film studio in New Mexico
- Turnkey: the studio, the multi-camera Unreal Engine pipeline, lighting and the operator are included; crew is optional
- Shoot other scenes the same day: any other environment in the library loads between setups, with no company move
- Pioneered real-time virtual production in 2007, now patented
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Or call 818-934-3775 · Burbank
818-861-7317 · Albuquerque
A note on availability: Due to ongoing advances in technology and our constant upgrades to systems and software, not all sets are available at all times. We keep as many ready as we can. Reach out and we'll confirm what's ready for your shoot dates.
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