A Guide To What’s Included In Our Hire Studio (and What Isn’t)

About Us Galleon Studios is a studio hire and video production company based in the Northwest just north of Manchester. Opening its doors in 2007 we’ve welcomed 100’s of projects from hundreds of businesses, agencies and other video production companies. You’ve looked around at other studios and you’ve opted for us; so now you’ve booked our studios what do you get with the hire studios? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E Whats Included The Infinity Cove The […]

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 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 […]

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 […]