Last week I wrote about the film studio I helped to build in Baton Rouge, focusing mostly on the exterior site work. Here are a few more pictures showing the interior. The photo above shows us hanging a 14 ton, 17′ square concrete acoustic door. Later we would add an electric drive motor and sound deadening insulation.
That “elephant” door was installed for this sound stage…
It was the first of several sound stages we built, and the one I’m most proud of. It’s not the biggest stage on the lot, but it is the one that most resembles a classic film studio. That overhead grid of wooden beams is seldom seen outside of Hollywood, and is for hanging lights, sets, or anything else the filmmakers might think of. Because this space was a build out of an existing, unfinished building (it had originally been intended to be a basketball court for a well-known rapper), significant structural engineering and steel work was required to insure that the overhead grid could handle the expected loads.
Every movie studio needs a screening room, so we built one that also functions as a post-production sound studio, with both 35mm film and 4K digital projectors, and a ProTools mixing console…
Last week’s post started with a picture of one of my electricians installing the Poulsen street lamps. Here they are all lit up…
What a wonderful opportunity that was to build something lasting (18 years and counting).
I’d call it a lasting improvement.
The final photo also reminds me that I have never stopped planting live oak trees. Please be sure to vote for me next month, so I can plant plenty more.
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