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Automotive Salt Flats virtual production set — vast white salt plain stretching to distant mountains under a streaky blue sky

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Desert & Canyon Film Sets

A desert film set is the Western, the war film and the car commercial, and the real thing is a three-hour drive and a heat advisory. Ours include open desert, red-rock cliffs, Moab, salt flats and two desert towns.

7 sets with deserts & canyons you can shoot in, ready to load on our stages.

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Automotive Salt Flats virtual production set — vast white salt plain stretching to distant mountains under a streaky blue sky

Automotive Salt Flats Set
Desert Unreal Engine virtual set — rolling sand dunes dotted with sparse scrub under a brilliant midday sun and clear blue sky

Desert Set
Desert Village virtual production set — adobe-walled courtyard with crenellated rooftops, palm tree, market stalls, and a stone well

Desert Village Set
Desert with Cliffs virtual standing set — towering red sandstone formations and arches above sandy slopes scattered with desert grass

Desert With Cliffs Set
Middle Eastern Desert Town virtual production set — sandstone market courtyard with arched lattice windows, awnings, and spice baskets

Middle Eastern Desert Town Set
Moab Desert Unreal Engine virtual set — sweeping red rock canyon with eroded mesas, sandstone ridges, and dusty desert floor

Moab Desert Set
Sci-Fi Desert City virtual production film set — Unreal Engine standing set at L.A. & ABQ Castle Studios

Sci-Fi Desert City Set

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.

An actor sitting on the plaza wall with a coffee, composited live, in camera, into the Old Town Albuquerque capture

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If it isn't in the library, we'll build it.

Our in-house set builders and artists create any location you can describe. And CastleVision, our patented capture method, records any real location in the world, with its real light and movement, and replays it on our stage. Any scene imaginable, shot in Burbank or Albuquerque.

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Productions that have trusted us

The networks, the streamers and the studios have all shot here.

Hart to Heart, Aquaman 2, Inventing Anna, Bosch, The Mummy, Greenland, Deadliest Catch and national spots for T-Mobile, Amazon and Domino's. Full credit list

  • HBO
  • Netflix
  • NBC
  • CBS
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • Disney
  • Fox
  • BBC America

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Tell us about the desert & canyon scene and when you shoot.

Name the desert & canyon sets you like, or describe the one you need. A producer replies with availability and a quote.

  • Included: the studio, 250+ ready-to-load sets, lighting, grip and audio, dressing and green rooms, and the operator who runs the virtual sets
  • Two studios, in Burbank, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque shoots qualify for New Mexico’s 30% refundable film credit
  • Quoted against your actual shoot, never a rack rate

Rather talk it through? 818-934-3775 · Burbank
818-861-7317 · Albuquerque

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Rooms producers pair with a desert & canyon

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