10 Things You Need To Be A Successful Camera Operator (And 5 You Don’t!)
10 Things You Need To Be A Successful Camera Operator I’ve been a camera operator for 19 years, I’ve run my own Manchester video production company for 15 years and I’ve ran a hire studio in Manchester for 11 years. I say this to give a context to this article, and so you understand the advice offered below is hard-earned; forged from starting […]
Northwest Studio Hire
Northwest Studio Hire Galleon Studios are a collaborative video production company who offer studio hire, kit hire and crew hire either on location or in our custom-built studios off the M62. With our hire studios located just off junction 19 of the M62 motorway we’re ideally located for Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and beyond. Production companies and clients join us from throughout the UK as we benefit from great transport links making us much easier to get to than city […]
The Top 10 Reasons You Should Hire A Studio For Your Next Shoot
What is an Interrotron?
What is an Interrotron? At our Manchester hire studio when we say to clients who need to film interviews or film pieces to camera that we have an Interrotron we are usually met by a stoney silence. That or palpable fear. “What on Earth is an Interrotron?” They ask. The easiest way to explain is by example. Most people are familiar with the sensation […]
How Do I Shoot For Green Screen Part 3: Your Checklist
Green Screen Checklist Welcome back for Part 3 of the Galleon Studios guide on “How Do I Shoot For Green screen?”. You can find Part 1 which covers the basics for green screen here and Part 2 that covers lighting here. In terms of what shade of green you’re after see our “Why is green […]
Motion Control Rig Hire in Manchester at Galleon Studios
How Do I Shoot For Green Screen Part 2: Lighting
The importance of lighting. Lighting generally comes in 2 flavours; tungsten and daylight balanced lights. As the name suggests daylight is the blue/white light emitted from the sun. It lingers at around 50 kelvins on the colour temperature scale. Tungsten is around 20-30k on the Kelvin scale. An easy trick is to go counter-intuitive and if […]
How NOT To Make A Video Testimonial
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Virtual Reality Filming
Filming Virtual Reality using Green Screen Manchester is home to some of the companies pioneering VR. Some use VR for gaming, some offer it on a corporate level to better explain big data, some Virtual Reality companies use it in sport and rehabilitation, some in engineering and technology. These tech companies increasingly need a way […]
Why Is A Greenscreen Green?
Ever wondered – why is a green screen green? The first question I’m asked when people walk into our remarkable infinity cove studio is “why is green screen green?”. The truth is, in reality, it doesn’t have to be. Keying is the removal of a solid colour in order to replace it with something else; as the name “Chroma” […]