New Hotel, Guildford
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Aldershot · Film & TV
Film Set Backdrop, Aldershot
A free-standing scaffold frame, built in Aldershot as the backdrop for a green screen on the feature film World War Z.
- Location
- Aldershot
- Production
- Feature film, World War Z
- Works
- Green-screen backdrop
- Scaffold
- Free-standing frame, braced behind
- Site
- Open tarmac, no building to tie into
The project
A backdrop for the big screen
Not every scaffold goes up against a building. For the feature film World War Z, the production needed a huge backdrop to carry a green screen on an open site in Aldershot. With no building to tie into, the whole structure had to stand up on its own.
How it was scaffolded
We built a tall, free-standing scaffold frame running the length of the set, several bays deep, with raking buttresses along the back to keep it stable. The standards stand on base plates and timber pads spread across the tarmac. In front of the frame, the film crew built their timber set pieces, with the scaffold forming the structure that carried the green-screen backdrop.
Free-standing
A structure that stands on its own, with no building to tie into.
Braced from behind
Raking buttresses along the back of the frame.
Film-set scale
A backdrop frame running the length of the set, several bays deep.
Alongside the set build
Erected beside the crew’s timber set pieces and plant.
Gallery
Project photos
Free-standing frame for a green-screen backdrop The backdrop frame, braced from behind Standards on base plates across the tarmac
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Free quote
Request your free scaffolding quote
Tell us about the site and the work. We will call to confirm the details, arrange a survey if one is needed, and send a clear written quotation.
- Survey We measure up and check access, ground and licence needs.
- Quote A written price with the scaffold design and hire period set out.
- Erect Our team installs, inspects and tags the scaffold on the agreed date.