Insights & Experiments

Whether we’re testing a new piece of equipment or developing a new way to fling a chicken tender, we will post about it here. This is the place for all the experiments, behind-the-scenes and insights we’ve learned along the way. Subscribe here to follow along!

Drop Tube SFX Rigs filled with berries at food studio

Building a SFX Rig: From Concept to Execution

How does an idea go from a sketch in the notebook to a fully functional SFX rig we can offer our clients? Pushing our visual capabilities further requires a lot of trial and error. In this post, we’re going behind the scenes at our food studio to show how our latest builds came to life: the drop tubes.

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Behind the scenes of tabletop sfx engineering

Intro to Tabletop SFX Engineering: 6 Basic and Reliable Rigs

The world of tabletop SFX engineering is a deep one. Before we dive into the black hole of metal fabrication, 3D printing, robotic programming, pneumatics… and let’s not forget the laws of physics… let’s start with a primer on some of the basic builds and their functions used at Claro Studioworks.

First off, let’s define what we’re talking about. “Visual engineering” is a term coined by…

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