SANTA CLARA, CA – At Super Bowl 50, there was no shortage of temporary broadcast studios and stage structures to accommodate all the sports media covering the big game. Filmwerks International, based in Rocky Point, NC, handled the design, construction, and power for many of the studios. Filmwerks used nearly 1,000 pieces of ModTruss to erect seven broadcast structures including multiple NFL Network Super Bowl structures in the Media Center, field location, and at the Super Bowl City main entrance. Filmwerks also built the CBS Sports’ Stadium location and provided additional support for the flying camera systems.
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Filmwerks is known for providing clever configurations and smooth set-ups/tear-downs. The primary structural product choice for Filmwerks is ModTruss. It allows Filmwerks to leverage the many benefits of the product line in their designs. “ModTruss is important, it gives us very clean lines as the steel truss we utilize as our bases,” says David Fioravante, Director of Specialty Structures at Filmwerks. “We don’t have to have guy lines or big ugly cement blocks.” All important considerations for temporary structures, particularly broadcast studios that need to consider every camera angle.
Another benefit is the versatility of ModTruss’ repetitive hole-pattern, which allows connectivity every three inches on all sides. This enables more complex designs, and creative freedom for skin/scenery covering and lighting possibilities. Jeff Reder, Principle Structural Engineer at Clark Reder, worked with Filmwerks and was impressed by both the structural design and aesthetics realized by Filmwerks using ModTruss. “We’ve been able to do pretty much any configuration we want, in any shape – and if you look in the structure, they can make attachments for lighting anywhere they want; whatever they create in their mind they can pretty much do it out in the field with this product.”
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