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We read the script. Then we light up every screen in it.

Phones, laptops, newsroom TVs, surveillance vans, video walls and holograms. Khaos Digital designs the graphics and plays them back live on set, on cue, every take. Hollywood, since 1997.

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104.

INT. FIELD OFFICE — BULLPEN — NIGHT

Rows of desks. Every MONITOR glows with case files. On the VIDEO WALL, a live SATELLITE FEED tracks a black SUV through downtown. PB-01 · Monitors ×24 PB-02 · Video wall

Agent Reyes's PHONE buzzes. A TEXT: PB-03 · Hero phone

UNKNOWN (V.O.)

(on screen)

They know. Delete everything.

She spins to her LAPTOP. A FACIAL RECOGNITION search races through ten thousand faces — PB-04 · Laptop + search

MATCH: 98.6%.

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Breakdown sheet

Every screen, broken down.

Company: Khaos Digital
Since: 1997
Productions: 100+
Dept.: Playback & graphics

Cue Screen What we deliver As seen on

PB-01 Laptops A teenager's blog or field notes on a Toughbook in Kandahar. Driven by the actor's keystrokes, or run remotely by an off-camera operator. FBI: Most Wanted, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I.

PB-02 Computers Police bullpens, call centers, home offices. An exact match of a real interface, a throwback to Windows 8, or one that only exists in your designer's head. The Orville, NCIS: New Orleans, State of Affairs

PB-03 Phones & tablets Calls, texts, websites and video on Apple and Android devices, loaded on the device and played back on cue. Saves you time and money in post. 24: Legacy, MacGyver, FBI

PB-04 Televisions A bar TV in the background or a featured newscaster. From a 24-frame CRT to a 100-inch flat panel, clean playback with nothing to fix later. FBI: Most Wanted, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

PB-05 LED & video walls Video walls, banks of monitors, stadium LED and Jumbotrons, choreographed at any size, with LED engineering on set. 24, The Player, Raising Dion

PB-06 Video games Original, rights-cleared games ready to license for desktop, tablet or phone, or a custom game animated to your script. The Consultant, SEAL Team, Raising Dion

PB-07 Screen replacement When a screen is better finished in post, we work with editorial to deliver exactly what's needed for replacements and green-screen burn-ins. Homeland, NCIS: New Orleans, FBI

PB-08 Visual effects Animated plates, tracking and roto, title sequences, 3D ships and holograms. We've removed signage, plates, rigging and even people. The Orville, FBI: Most Wanted

Shooting schedule

From first draft to final cut.

Colored like script revisions: white, blue, pink, yellow, green.

Day 1 Script breakdown We read every draft and break out each screen the story needs, scene by scene. Pre-pro
Day 2 Concept We sit down with writers, directors and producers on the look and the story beats. Pre-pro
Day 3 Design & build 2D and 3D content made in current tools and matched to your art department. Prep
Day 4 Live on set Graphics animated for real-time control. Our operators run every cue on our own playback systems. Shoot
Day 5 Post handoff We work with post on replacements and burn-ins so the final picture matches what was shot. Post

On the truck

What shows up with us.

Live video calls. Cameras and infrastructure for real calls between characters on set.
Surveillance rigs. Working surveillance systems, with operators to run them.
Splinter units. Our own camera crews shoot alongside 1st unit.
Device inventory. Monitors, laptops, phones and tablets for interactive set dressing.
Custom software. Purpose-built apps when nothing off the shelf will do the gag.
LED walls. A regularly updated range of LED walls, with LED engineering support.

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Phone: (323) 762-2260
Email: info@khaosdigital.com

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