Green Screen Studio Manchester: Hire with Lighting Included
Gladiators TV Show Intros filmed on green screen at (and by) Galleon Studios.
Our Green Screen Studios
A green screen production can often be misconstrued as a complex proposition; removing an existing background and replacing it with another, often virtual background, can make some clients reach for the paracetamol. Yet to us here at Galleon Studios our skills and experience mean your project is in safe hands. Galleon Studios is widely regarded as the best studio with green screen in the Northwest. With unparalleled expertise in chromakey production services, the studios contain the kit and know-how to make your green screen project a flawless reality. Pick our brains, use our lights and benefit from our unparalleled green screen know-how. Alternatively, use our video production skills to assist you in making your imagination a digital reality.
The main green screen studio is a large infinity cove; a perfect location to place your subject in a virtual space. The infinity cove is typically chroma green and painted with specialist green screen paint prior to every hire to ensure a faultless start to your production. Need a smaller studio? We’ve got you covered. See below for details of our popular Live Suite studio.
Our Green Screen Studios located in Manchester offers free parking to our clients. The studios are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities like lighting, makeup rooms, dressing rooms, and a kitchen. It is the perfect place for anyone looking to create professional videos or photoshoots. The free parking makes it easy for clients to arrive without worrying about parking fees. The studio’s location in Manchester also makes it easily accessible to clients from all over the the north west. We also offer EV Charging to clients included in the hire fee.
What do you get with the green screen studio hire?
Lighting is essential in creating a useable green screen and consequently here at Galleon Studios we include lighting in the hire cost even for dry hire. The green screen is pre-lit meaning it’s ideal to chroma key on from the get-go but if you need more help you can hire a lighting specialist to stay with you throughout your shoot. This gaffer can rig and set-up lights according to your requirements to ensure your green screen production is filmed perfectly on the day and ensure no post-production headaches.
Want to know more about lighting for green screen then read our blog posts on How do I shoot for green screen?
The Live Keyer
Available to hire for an additional cost is the Live Keyer and if you already know what your background is then we encourage you to use it to preview your green screen as you film. This unique piece of kit takes an SDI or HDMI feed and matches it with your virtual background giving you the opportunity to view your final finished key. In this way the lighting can be altered to replicate your eventual background; need your subject to be stood in a field on a bright sunny day? Then Galleon can light the green screen studio with a bright “key light” in the exact position to match that of the sun in your background plate.
The green screen studios are also used for live streaming and virtual production; the keyer used to composite the virtual set and the studio location out to the world.
What’s more production companies have access to a variety of green screen props and equipment are available either for hire or included in studio hire. These include a green screen treadmill, turntables, curtains, painted chromakey boxes and other useful items amassed from more than a decade of green screen filming experience at our Greater Manchester studios.
Green Screen in the Soundproof Studio – The Live Suite Infinity Cove
The Live Suite studio is our second chromakey studio. It is ideal for talking heads and green screen interviews. The smaller space is ideal for filming more intimate productions and again the live keyer, moco-rig and any other kit can be used in this sound protected environment. No matter how intricate, or simple, your lighting set-up is there’s no need to hire extra lamps and no further cost to your day’s hire. That’s because is lighting is included in the daily rate whether you need our assistance or dry hire. What’s more the lighting in The Live Suite is controlled via an Ipad making the whole studio infinitely adaptable. Speaking of “infinite”, like it’s Big Brother Infinity, this studio has a curved floor and wall offering 3 sided green screen.
Motion Capture in the studio
If you need to match a moving camera shot to your background then that’s where Galleon Studios Moco-Rig comes in. The Ditogear Omnislider can be programmed to replicate and duplicate the exact shot time and again meaning even the most complex effects shot can be achieved in the studio.
Post production
Galleon Studios have worked in the industry as Galleon Productions for many years. We encourage you to “pick our brains” regarding your potential green screen project. With our post-production experience, we can also advise the best software to complete the green screen effects work and you can even use this on the day of your hire to test your footage as it rolls from the camera.
Also keep in mind that all of the kit mentioned above, autocues, cameras, moco-rigs, turntables and jibs, live keyer, as well as the green screen itself are portable so they are available to hire on location.
Galleon Studios also have blue screen options as well so get in touch if you require blue screen hire rather than green.
If you’re looking for a green screen studio in Manchester, you’ll want to check out the infinity cove option. This is ideal for creating TV, music videos, commercials, web videos, VR/AR experiences and media training. The infinity cove is fully equipped with lighting and offers a generous 10 hour day. You can create your own world in this high-tech custom-built film studio. Our venue also includes a green screen infinity cove soundproof studio built for live streaming.
We built both spaces with convenience, ease of use and acessibility in mind. They both offer ground floor access as well as wi-fi and wired internet with speeds up to 1gbps.
Where can I find a green screen studio in Manchester?
Our venue is in an ideal location just of junction 19 of the M62 with easy access to Manchester City Centre, Mancherster Airport, Leeds & Liverpool.
How much does it cost to hire a green screen studio?
The price for each studio is easily found of their respective pages. Remember; if you hire the studio with crew you get 2 studios and all kit which represents real value compared to hiring seperately or from a kit house.
Do I have to have my green screen backgrounds in advance?
No. As strange as it may seem 80% of our productions don’t have their backgrounds in adavnce. It’s always a bonus if they are availble. That way we can live key them so you can see your project come together whilst filming. However if you don’t that’s not a problem.
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