FULL MENTAL JACKET and NESN Team Up For 'The Instigators'

Full Mental Jacket (FMJ) and New England Sports Network (NESN), New England’s most watched sports network, collaborated with on a virtual set for the network’s new weekly hockey program called The Instigators, which airs every Thursday at 6:00 PM and 10:30 PM.

The Instigators, a weekly show that features NESN’s hockey experts debating the hottest and most controversial issues in hockey, is shot in high definition (HD) to take maximum advantage of the set. The set was designed to evoke the feeling of a sub-stadium locker room. It includes a foreground virtual desk and is capable of staging any number of different set ups and camera angles.

FMJ creative director Ronen Lasry worked closely with NESN design director Tony Saia on the set design and managed all the lighting and final implementation work of the HD set in the Brainstorm virtual studio system.

“It was great to work with the creative team at NESN again,” said Lasry. “The high impact visuals and tone of the show is tailor made for a virtual environment.”

“We had a great experience working with FMJ in the past and knew they would be the right people to help us accomplish what we set out to do for The Instigators,” said Saia.

Full Mental Jacket is the world’s leading design company creating virtual sets and real time graphics for news, entertainment, simulation and corporate training applications.

NESN is owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and is delivered to over four million homes throughout the six-state New England region and nationally via DirecTV and Dish Network. The definitive home for New England sports programming, NESN is the television home of the Red Sox and Bruins and is the top rated regional sports network in the country. The network and its website, NESN.com, produce award winning content including, NESN SportsDesk a daily sports news program, over 100 NESN University college sporting events annually and distinctive Original NESN Entertainment (ONE) productions.