EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — There’s a new production studio in town that its founder said will provide local artists a space not previously available to scale up their work.
“The vision that we have is for them to have a space where they can create high-end productions, upgrade their value and upgrade the value of their productions,” said Ricardo Marquez, founder and CEO of Studio 4 Productions.
Studio 4 Productions is a new 12,000-square-foot production studio in South-Central El Paso, located at 2004 Bassett Ave.
Marquez described it as a multi-booth creative space built for photographers, creators, marketing agencies, and businesses.
The space currently features an “infinity wall” or a cyclorama – a seamless curved background used in video and photography that helps create the illusion of endless space. Marquez said it is the largest infinity wall in the city.
The studio is also equipped with four “moving walls,” or walls mounted on casters, that allow creators to block and design a production set that can be used for photoshoots or to film a movie scene.
Marquez, who has a background in marketing, said he has worked extensively with local photographers and videographers. He said there are already production studios around town, but that the space they equip is limited, thereby limiting the size of productions and how fast they can be completed.
He said that’s how and why he came up with the idea of creating Studio 4 — to fill that need for larger-scale productions.
“The space is big enough so they can set up multiple sets,” Marquez said. “Let’s say that they set up something on the infinity wall, well after they finish, it will take time to remove everything. Instead, you can already have another set by the movable walls and move on to the second part of the production. They can even have three sets at the same time, and for big producers, I think that’s very helpful because everything’s about time.”
Marquez said they will also be renting the space out for large-scale events or celebrations.
Beyond that however, Marquez said he also wants the studio to help El Paso continue to draw large-scale productions from the Hollywood film industry, such as “One Battle After Another.“
The film, starring Hollywood heavyweights Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, and Sean Penn, had a large portion of the film’s scenes shot in El Paso. This spurred some local officials and film industry advocates to urge for local governments to adopt a film incentive that can be competitive with New Mexico’s, where the film industry has thrived in recent years.
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“We want to promote that El Paso has this power, the capacity and local talent for high-end productions. This is a project that is being created for El Paso’s film scene, photography and all that comes with it,” Marquez said. “With that incentive, we can bring more big productions like movies or short films. And of course, we can generate more jobs for the local talent.”
You can learn more about the studio by visiting their Instagram page at: @studio4_ep
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