Your Perfect Studios: Studio hire Manchester

Whether you dry hire the studio or hire it with crew, Galleon Studios are always ready to assist. We want to make sure you get the best out of your studio space for hire and, having worked in it for 16 years, we know exactly how to achieve what you’re after, no matter the brief. The film studios are included with lighting. This provides a nice even lighting set up for whatever your need might be. if you want to get more creative, then you can hire one of our gaffers who can use their vast experience to match your mood board. As well as crew to hand, we also have the latest kit. This includes the obvious things like cameras and microphones, but also some options you may not have thought of. We have an Autocue, so your talent will never be lost for words as well as a live meter for you to preview your green screen as your film. This takes the headache out of post productions by insuring what you see on screen is what it will look like once you get it out of the edit suite. What we can also do is record straight out of our livekeyer which means if you want to leave our Manchester studios with the finished product you can. If so let us know and we can provide you that solution.

For most basic productions, a one day studio hire is adequate, whether you’re filming green screen in our infinity cove or live suite or non- green screen in Hush. If you’re wishing to take advantage of our virtual production offering, we recommend two days studio hire; one day to set up, and one day to film the project.

Overall, the amount of time it takes depends on how complex your shoot is. Various factors that can influence your hire time in the studio is setting up of kit and the experience of your talent in filming in a studio environment. There’s also Make Up to consider.  We always recommend that you use a makeup artist on productions, just to ensure that your presenters or actors look as good on the first take as they do on the last take. This does take time on the day.

Our Manchester studio hire can come with a member of the Galleon Studios team as a gaffer, which can also save time as we are familiar with the space. If you do opt to dry hire, every studio comes with lighting and is pre-lit to get a nice even look to whatever you’re shooting. This can also save time by saving your crew coming in and setting up their own lights.

How long editing takes is again down to how complex the backgrounds are. If you’re filming non green screen, we tend to say one day filming equals two days editing. However, if you’re using green screen then one day filming equals three days editing. Again, this is just a rule of thumb.

Over the last 17 years Galleon Studios has worked with all kinds of productions, not just for companies in Manchester, but throughout the UK. This is broadcast television for all the major channels and independents as well as music videos, short films and commercials. We have also produced thousands of hours of corporate videos. These range from e-learning training videos, as well as how-to videos and product launches.

We also specialise in live streaming and a client roster in this regard is second to none. We’ve worked with Meta, TEDx, Sun Bingo, Smith And Nephew, Cbi, the FCA, the National Lottery and many more huge organisations, as well as small music festivals and sporting events (both within the hire studio in Manchester and on location).

We are also fast becoming the go to place for affordable virtual production. This involves live keying of objects in the studio in order to create the final piece with no need for anything but the most basic of post production.

We also specialise in live streaming and now virtual production. This uses our incompatible green screen skills to superimpose, whatever virtual set or background you would like in your production. What’s more this matches real world camera moves onto your virtual set. This is great if you want to bypass postproduction or if you wish to give your live stream is a little bit more zing! 

As a video production crew we’ve worked on every type of production, drama to commercials to music videos to corporate videos to broadcast television. You can be sure, no matter the nature of your production you will be welcomed at our studios.

Normal hours are between 8am to 6pm Monday to Sunday. Your booking time can be flexible if we know in advance. That way you can make the most of your valuable time.

We suggest you download a brochure about our filming venue. Not only does it detail the spaces but it also contains our comprehensive equipment list that is available in all the studios. We offer a wide range of potential locations for your shoot; effectively offering you a blank canvas. Each studio is ground floor located for accessibility and loading. If you’re able to accommodate it in your schedule we always suggest a recce to choose your space. If not one of our friendly studio staff is always available via phone or email and can advise on the best shooting venue for your project. If you’re from further afield like London or internationally we’re always happy to offer a studio walkthrough or talkthrough to assist further.

Though we’re primarily a space for videographers and film makers we’ve entertained many photo shoots here in the studios. Check out the case study below for more.

With a long history of production it’s always work asking what props and furniture we have in-house. Remember as a Green Screen and Virtual Production space many of our props are Chroma Green; like our turntables, treadmills, and even stairs!

From How To Light For Green Screen to The Ultimate Guide To Lighting A STudio we’ve made our Blog a font of knowledge. Galleon Productions has been around for over 20 years and so we’ve amassed a wealth of information and insights we are happy. That includes details of our EV Chargers, our Auotcues, our Motion Control Rig and more. Hopefully having absorbed the info and weighed up our vast experience you’ll be in no doubt that Galleon Studios is the best home for your project.