Preparing The Film
Goal Line Studios · Pleasanton, CaliforniaEvery world
Every world
starts here.
A full-service sound stage and two LED volumes—and a direct path from imagination to air.
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Inside Goal Line
See what the stage can do.
From live connection to impossible environments, take a closer look at the facility behind the frame.
Film includes sound
THE TOOLKIT
Our studio.
Your toolkit.
A cinematic canvas, live broadcast infrastructure, flexible stages, post-ready workflows, and a team that knows how to move ambitious work from first frame to final delivery.
Selected clients · collaborators · productions
THE VOLUME
Goal Line Studios · Pleasanton, CABuilt for
Built for
full-service production.
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All spaces & amenities
Studio A
Bring digital locations onto the stage with a 106-foot-wide, 18-foot-high J-curved LED volume. Plan camera moves, lighting and virtual scenery together, or use it as a giant screen for 2D content: a presentation, images or video, with no camera tracking.
- 12288 × 2112 px LED volume
- Disguise media servers
- Stype RedSpy camera tracking
- Unreal Engine XR or 2D playback
Studio B
A compact virtual production environment for interviews, sports programming, branded series and rapid creative development.
- 2688 × 1536 px LED wall
- Removable LED floor and desk
- Pixotope XR + 2D playback
- Virtual sets and set extensions
Grip & Lighting
Coordinate on-site grip and lighting rentals with the stage manager. Equipment selection depends on the needs and availability of your shoot.
- On-site grip and lighting rentals
- Stage-manager equipment planning
- Coordinate rigging and crew needs
- Confirm inventory before booking
Archive
The archive bay turns legacy tapes into protected, searchable media, from playback and capture to organized files ready for new projects.
- Legacy media digitization
- Organized media and metadata
- Tape playback and capture
- Discuss formats and delivery needs
Sound Room & VO Booth
The VO booth was John Madden’s personal sound booth. Record voiceover, ADR, podcasts and smaller ensembles in the same booth, alongside a 32-channel Midas M32 mixing and recording suite. A fiber connection to the stage keeps audio work connected to the wider production. Bring your session requirements to the team to plan recording, monitoring and sound design.
- John Madden’s personal VO booth
- 32-channel Midas M32 suite
- Fiber connection to the stage
- Voiceover, ADR and podcasts
Stage Entrance
An oversized stage entrance accommodates large production equipment and vehicle work. Coordinate dimensions and access with the stage manager.
- Oversized stage access
- Technocrane and equipment access
- Vehicle production planning
- On-site parking by arrangement
Conference Room
Meet above the action in an upstairs conference room overlooking the stage, with presentation and planning tools close at hand.
- Upstairs room overlooking the stage
- 60-inch presentation monitor
- Dual whiteboards
- Production meetings and client reviews
Commercial Kitchen
A dedicated commercial kitchen supports crew meals and event catering, with a separate entrance for caterer access.
- Six-burner Wolf gas stove
- Dual ovens, griddle and grill
- Traulsen refrigerator and freezer
- Separate caterer entrance
Hair & Makeup
A dedicated preparation space supports talent before they step onto the stage.
- Two vanity stations
- Hair-washing basin
- Dedicated talent preparation
- Coordinate access with your booking
Green Room
Give talent and guests a comfortable place to wait, prepare or follow the production between takes.
- Seating for 8–12 guests
- 60-inch 4K monitor
- Live production feed capability
- Separate talent lounge
Wardrobe
A dedicated wardrobe and changing room supports costume preparation and outfit changes during production.
- Wardrobe preparation
- Private changing space
- Close coordination with hair and makeup
- Confirm room availability
Room and equipment availability is confirmed with your booking.
Main Facility Plan · Studio C is at a separate location. Pac-12 control rooms are at Pac-12 headquarters.
Studio A · Goal Line StudiosStudio A
The Volume
A cinematic-scale LED volume powered by Disguise with a dedicated Disguise server room, Stype RedSpy camera tracking, and Unreal Engine. Build virtual sets and extend physical scenery in camera, or use the wall as a giant screen for 2D content (a presentation, images or video), with room for ambitious crews and ambitious shots.
- 12288 × 2112 px LED volume
- XR or 2D playback
- 53′ unobstructed cyc
CAPABILITIES
From First Frame.
To Every Audience.
Sports programming. Original content. Distribution. Keynotes. Digital Lecture Hall. One production partner connecting your idea to its audience.
Production path
XR + virtual production
Real-time environments, in-camera VFX, camera tracking, and an LED canvas built at cinematic scale.
Imagine → Build → Capture
Production path
Live broadcasting
Live production tethered directly to Pac-12 headquarters and its eight control rooms.
Stage → Fiber → Control → Air
Production path
Digitizing + archives
Preserve legacy footage, add searchable intelligence, and build new distribution and revenue paths.
Preserve → Index → Activate
Production path
Podcasting
Broadcast-quality audio, multi-camera video, live streaming, and flexible scenic environments.
Record → Stream → Publish
Production path
Full-service production
Bring your crew or build one with ours—from previsualization through production and delivery.
Previsualize → Produce → Deliver
Production path
Premium events
Turn the volume into a keynote, launch, screening, concert, or one-of-one brand experience.
Design → Transform → Experience
Production path
Digital Lecture Hall
Bring learning beyond the lecture theatre. Create immersive faculty lectures, executive education, research presentations, and professional courses against real-time visual environments. Capture clear sound and multi-camera instruction, connect remote learners, and turn one session into reusable learning modules. Plan an experience around your institution’s audience, accessibility needs, and delivery platform.
Teach → Connect → Extend
Production path
Keynotes
Give the big idea a stage worthy of it. Surround your speaker with cinematic presentation environments, integrate demonstrations and live guests, and capture a polished multi-camera program. From executive addresses and research breakthroughs to global product launches, connect the room with audiences everywhere.
Present → Inspire → Amplify
Live infrastructure
LIVE
Exclusive Pac-12 REMI Studio PartnerFrom the volume
to broadcast—live.
Goal Line Studios is Pac-12’s exclusive REMI studio partner, directly tethered to Pac-12 headquarters. Through this partnership, productions can access their eight control rooms—connecting talent on our stages with remote production teams and live programming. These are Pac-12’s control rooms, separate from Goal Line’s Studio C facility.
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ARCHIVE
Preserve what mattersLegacy footage.
New life.
Goal Line turns aging tapes and hidden libraries into protected, searchable, production-ready media—then connects the archive to new stories, platforms, audiences, and revenue. We’ve digitized over 1,000 tapes for the Pac-12.
01Intake
Know What You Have.
Start with an inventory of formats, volumes, condition, and priorities. Identify rights information, sensitive material, and the moments your team needs first. Agree on handling, naming, and a practical preservation plan before capture begins.
Output: A Prioritized Archive Plan02Digitize
Protect The Original. Capture The Detail.
Match the playback workflow to each tape format. Monitor picture and sound during capture, identify damaged or unstable media, and agree on master and access-copy formats. Quality checks and exception notes make the handoff traceable.
Output: Preservation Masters + Access Copies03Index
Make Every Moment Findable.
Organize the collection with consistent titles, dates, people, events, and other useful metadata. Discuss transcripts and searchable descriptions where appropriate. The goal is a library your producers can use without searching shelf by shelf.
Output: An Organized, Searchable Collection04Activate
Give The Archive Its Next Chapter.
Identify material for new programs, documentaries, social edits, educational content, or licensing discussions. Connect the archive with Goal Line Playbook to explore programming and distribution opportunities, subject to your rights and clearances.
Output: A Content Activation Roadmap
MADE HERE
Proof at production scale.
Sports. Commercials. Originals. Events. Impossible locations.
Behind the scenes · Zoom
AI for Tomorrow’s Leaders.
Step onto the stage with Zoom. See the cameras, crew and LED environment behind the production at Goal Line.
37 seconds · Includes soundExplore the Zoom productionOn Set · In CameraReal Talent.
Real Talent.
Virtual Worlds.
The transformation
One set. A whole new world.
Step behind the camera in Studio B, then see how virtual set extensions take the scene beyond the physical LED surfaces.
The physical Studio B set, seen from behind the camera.
After · Through the camera
37 seconds · Set extensionsBeyond the edge of the set.
Watch the virtual lunar environment extend beyond Studio B’s LED wall, floor and desk as the camera moves.
CONNECTED BY DESIGN
Extraordinary Work.
Exceptional Partners.
Our collaboration network brings together the tools and specialists behind the frame.
Continue intoGoal Line PlaybookExplore the full media company YOUR NEXT PRODUCTION STARTS HERE10,000 SQ FT · ENDLESS POSSIBILITY
What World AreWe Building Next?
GOAL LINE STUDIOSLIVE PREVIEW
Virtual Production
Make The Impossible Tangible.
Unreal Engine worlds, tracked cameras, and a cinematic LED volume. Build the location around your story.
Choose Your World
Disguise + Pixotope · Virtual Sets · Set Extension
Bring Your Dates. Your Ambition. Your First Idea.