Elberta, population less than 1,000, was chosen because of the surrounding area's similarity to Jerusalem’s geography-hills, plains, cedar trees, and a stream. The MPS South Campus, in Elberta, Utah, was approved by the church's First Presidency in 2010 and construction began on a set of biblical Jerusalem. In 1991, the MPS separated from BYU and became a directly-operated function of LDS Church, as part of the church's Audio Visual Department. Some were privately funded, but most were created at the request LDS Church departments. ĭuring Whitaker's 22-year term at the MPS, a host of films were created. Originally the studio was located in a building called the Green Barn where BYU's student center is now located. Wilkinson and others to open the studio, appointing Whitaker as head. It began as the Brigham Young University (BYU) MPS in 1953, led by Wetzel Whitaker. The MPS is part of the LDS Church's media production division, which includes producers, editors, animators, sound stages, editing bays, and a collection of 19th-century buildings on a backlot. LDS Motion Picture Studios (MPS) is a film studio based in Provo, Utah, and is a directly-managed division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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