Virtual production (filming with digital backgrounds and real cameras) means filming in front of a large LED wall with digitally generated backgrounds instead of a green screen or a real location. Viktoria Brandstetter is Founder and Managing Director of Take 2 Studios in Salzburg. For teens interested in film, 3D technology or future careers, her path shows how a family idea became a real studio with international technology.
Take 2 Studios opened on October 12, 2023, as, according to Innovation Salzburg, Austria's first virtual production studio. If you want to understand how film, virtual worlds and production are being rethought in Salzburg, this profile is a good starting point.
Where the work becomes concrete in Salzburg
Samergasse 34: two studios, one new technology
The Take 2 Studios website lists the address as Samergasse 34, 5020 Salzburg. Studio 1 has a curved LED wall measuring 8 by 3 meters, Studio 2 a 49-square-meter cyclorama wall 4 meters high. According to Innovation Salzburg, both rooms are part of a total studio space of 140 square meters.
From a family project to Austria's first virtual production studio
Viktoria and her brother Felix Brandstetter founded the studio in fall 2022. According to Innovation Salzburg, the siblings combine experience in film, real-time technology, graphic design and marketing. Viktoria handles design and marketing, while Felix leads the technical side as Virtual Production Supervisor.
What virtual production actually means
More precisely: actors stand in front of a large LED wall showing computer-generated backgrounds in real time. XR means technology spanning the real world, virtual reality and augmented reality.
Take 2 Studios uses the StarTracker Max system from manufacturer Mo-Sys for camera tracking. The studio is used for feature films, advertising, music videos, corporate videos and eLearning. On sustainability, the studio page names a dedicated Green Producing role on the team and the goal of running on 100 percent renewable energy from 2024.
Why this can matter to teens
For teens interested in film, 3D, game engines, XR or visual storytelling, this profile shows a Salzburg path that many would first assume only exists in big cities or at international studios.
Take 2 Studios says it also builds hands-on virtual production experience into FH Salzburg coursework. That makes visible how studying and real studio technology can connect.
For teens, the most interesting part is how many roles meet in one studio: a production needs planning, design, camera work, real-time software and marketing. Someone interested in only one part can start with a concrete task and learn how the other roles fit around it.
Anyone more interested in sound, livestreaming or broadcast technology will find a related Salzburg media profile in Christof Haslauer in Salzburg: NativeWaves and live media.
How to connect with this path
A good first step is the official Take 2 Studios page. Check with your parents afterward whether and from what age a taster day or internship is realistic, before contacting the studio.
Anyone who prefers working with a camera themselves will find a lower-threshold starting point without a company inquiry in the guide Photography in Salzburg for teens: places and contexts.
A visit to the studio itself always needs an official confirmation; the website alone is not an invitation to drop by.
What matters so this profile stays honest
As of August 10, 2026, the address, founding year and technology details are based on the Take 2 Studios page and the Innovation Salzburg report from November 17, 2023.
Studio and founding data are well documented; statements about market size or the future of the medium remain the company's own assessments and are not treated here as established facts.
Conclusion
Viktoria Brandstetter's public work connects a family business, film technology and a real Salzburg studio with international equipment. The sensible next step for teens is small: read the studio page, then check with your parents whether and how an age-appropriate glimpse is possible.