Your Perfect Studios: Studio hire Manchester
Manchester Studio hire exclusively for video production, TV and Film, as well as live streaming and green screen virtual productions. Available with or without crew, we have loads of kit to hire and amazing freebies we throw in for each hire. At Galleon Studios we have 3 first class and fully equipped studios (and a Podcast Studio) offering free lighting, electricity included in your hire, make-up rooms, dressing rooms, client lounge, and free parking. We’re proud to have over 90+ 5-star Google Reviews and are committed to pulling out all the stops for you to deliver your project. Download our brochure for more details about our spaces and the jaw-dropping amount of kit we have to hand.
Galleon Studios has not only an enviable reputation but location too; being just off the M62 in North Manchester. It’s in an ideal venue for filming with easy access to the motorway, Manchester city centre, the Airport and the rail network. Furthermore many Manchester city centre studios suffer from noise pollution and extortionate parking charges, often unloading can be a nightmare. You don’t need that stress! As such we offer ground floor access, ample parking and it’s free at our Manchester hire studio. If you have an electric car we even offer free EV charging.
Fully Loaded Studio Hire
- The Right Studio Space.
Whether you’re filming product videos, e-learning, interviews for TV or documentary, live streaming or need studio space to build a set then Galleon has it all. Our studios have been used by the major broadcasters, global blue-chip companies, and creatives. They’ve leaned on our skills and know-how to craft their vision and make great video content that ticks all the boxes.
You’ll have seen our studios on TV shows, commercials, music videos, short films, promos, training videos and more and not even know it. You name it; it’s all been filmed in our unique venue under our soundproof roof.
- Studio Lighting Included.
What’s more our studios are fully kitted. Lighting equipment is included as standard for every hire with our spaces being pre-lit. That’s right. Walk-in, flick a switch (or two, or three) and achieve a nice even lighting style for your project. Need to supplement the built-in studio lighting then we offer all our lighting equipment, including Gemini Litepanels, free of charge with every hire.
- Fully Equipped Filming Studios.
Need more than just lights? Galleon have it all. As well as 4k cameras (including the Sony PMW-FX9) we have outstanding lav and boom mics, fantastic autocues, jaw-dropping live keyers, amazing motion control tracks and more superb (and superlative) kit. You’ll find complete details of our hire kit and equipment all in the brochure download section on this page. It’s not unheard of for clients and crews to rock up with no kit of their own and rely solely on our tech and expertise to get exactly what they were after.
With 15 years in the video production industry, we know what works and doesn’t work in a studio environment. Our studio is made by professionals for professionals. As such we’re proud to offer 3 unique studio spaces that can handle the most complex filming productions. Our famous Manchester Infinity Cove is a clean perfect space ideal to conjure whatever your imagination can dream up. Don’t need green? Need white? Need a set? No problem we have the capacity and skills to transform the studio space to suit your video production.
- Dry Hire The Studio.
The studios can be dry hired using your own kit and crew to do your own thing. As such you can use the studios, changing rooms, make-up rooms, sound system, wifi and all the facilities as though they’re your very own. If you’re shooting for multiple days you can store equipment overnight in our secure filming facility.
- Endless Studio Possibilities.
Our infinity cove studio is able to accommodate most sizes of production and cater for any type of shoot; from high-end drama to training workshops. While our Manchester soundproof studio is completely isolated from outside noise meaning uninterrupted recordings of live TV, video lectures, complex interviews or VO. Our third studio; The Live Suite features both an infinity cove and soundproof studio in a self-contained building. It was specially built as the ideal live streaming venue. All our spaces offer ample protection from the outside world with insulated ceilings, thick walls on an overall quiet trading estate. Not to mention we also don’t believe in an 8-hour day so there’s no rushing you in an out. That’s because we offer the extra time of an industry-standard 10-hour day.
As well as being fully equipped for filming we have clothing rails, ironing board, clothes steamers. We can also recommend accommodation, catering options and even source transport for your production.
About The Studios
Infinity
Our Infinity cove studio
Ideal studio for: Multiple people on green or white screen or large sets.
What’s included when you hire the infinity cove studio?
- 10 Hour day.
- Lights.
- Freshly Painted Cove.
- Electricity.
- 3 Phase Power.
- Teas, Coffees, Biscuits & Sweets!
- Grip + Gels.
- Make-up Room.
- Changing Room.
- Lounge.
- Garden.
- Kitchen Facilities.
- Drive-In Access.
- Wi-Fi.
- Studio Manager.
- First Aider.
- Music Playback.
- Netflix, Amazon TV, Nintendo Switch.
- EV Charging Included.
The infinity cove film studio is our main filming space. It has a large green screen filming area to realise your vision:
- 2 Sided Infinity Cove
- 6.5m x 7.6m x 4.1m high
What’s filmed here:
Perfect studio for Live events, commercials, films, TV (from drama to kids programming), product demonstrations, content creation, vehicles, conferences, music videos, VR, AR, virtual productions & set builds. Can be used as a photo studio and blackout studio.
Who’s filmed here: BBC “Gladiators”, “Match Of The Day”, Cbeebies “Something Special”, “Thumbelina”, “Spotbots”, “Andy And The Band”, Channel 4 “Dispatches”, ITV “Crosse & Blackwell Field To Bowl”, Future Of Life Institute “If Human: Kill”, BT Sport, AO, Victoria Plumb, RWM, Samsung, Kitchens Plus, Bathrooms Plus, Pretty Little Thing, “The Endeavour Experience AR”, “Peacehall AR Trail”, Rezzil VR and more.
Hush – The Soundproof Studio
Hush
The Soundproof Studio
Ideal studio for: Small sets and pieces-to-camera.
What’s included when you hire the soundproof studio?
- 10 Hour day.
- Lights,
- Electricity Included.
- Free Parking.
- Teas, Coffees, Biscuits & Sweets!
- Grip + Gels Included.
- Make-up Room.
- Changing Room.
- Lounge.
- Garden.
- Kitchen Facilities.
- Ground Floor Access.
- Wi-Fi.
- Studio Manager.
- First Aider.
- Music Playback.
- Netflix, Amazon TV, Nintendo Switch.
- EV Charging Included.
The soundproof film studio is one of only 2 fully soundproof facilities in the northwest.
- Plastered walls
- 7m x 4.5m x 3.1m high
What’s filmed here:
Perfect studio for Interviews, e-learning, documentaries, commercials, content creation, product demonstrations, How To Videos & set builds. Can be used as a photo studio.
Who’s filmed here: Bravo TV “Below Deck”, BBC “The Windermere Children”, “Tony Bellew Is Angry”, “Footballs Darkest Secret”, Disney+ “Limitless”, ITV “Real Housewives”, “The Comedy Years”, CBBC “Making A Scene”, “Blue Peter 60th Birthday”, Channel 4 “Mystery Of The Man On The Moor”, “Back To The…”, MTV “Geordie Shore OGs”
The Live Suite Studio
The Live Suite
The Live Streaming Studio
Ideal studio for: Virtual events, Green screen interviews and Pieces To Camera
What’s included when you hire the Live Suite studio?
- 10 Hour day.
- Lights.
- Freshly Painted Cove
- Pre-Lit.
- Ipad for lighting control
- Electricity Included.
- Free Parking.
- Teas, Coffees, Biscuits & Sweets!
- Grip + Gels Included.
- Kitchen Facilities.
- Shower.
- Ground Floor Access.
- Wi-Fi.
- 100mbps Up and Down Wired Internet.
- Has a range of Coloramas for filming or photography backdrops.
- EV Charging Included.
The Live Suite Studio was specially built as the perfect space for live productions. It is fully soundproof.
- 3-Sided Infinity Cove.
- 4.1m x 4.6m x 3.6m high
What’s shot here:
Live events, Interviews, e-learning, product shoots, product photgraphy, VR, AR, virtual production, content creation, green screen photoshoots.
Who’s filmed here: Bravo TV “Below Deck Med”, “Below Deck Sailing Yacht”, Below Deck Med”, Discovery Channel “Besieged Fortresses Legendary Battles”, Channel 5 “The Nolans Go Cruising”, “Tamworth AR Trail”, “Cityverve Manchester AR”, Smith & Nephew, Manchester City, Invisalign and more. Can be used as a photography studio.
Join Us For Your Next Production.
Not only are there amazing studio spaces for you and your clients to enjoy but at Galleon there’s so much more.
- air conditioning
- an outside garden area
- makeup rooms
- changing rooms
- client lounge
- superfast wifi
- sound system
- kit hire
- furniture/props
- EV Charging for up to 2 vehicles at a time
- Check out our latest blog for how our studio is pet and animal friendly.
All are included in the hire fee. At Galleon Studios, we’re happy to offer everyone the best pricing for our first-class studios. What’s more we even offer a discount on a second studio should you need it for simultaneous filming or even photo shoots. Take a look at our website and click through the menus. We’re confident that no other city centre studio in Manchester, or even the North West, offers creatives our range of affordable studio spaces, kit and know-how.
Basically we love to film! So if you have a project, big or small, if you need crew, or just a studio space to film then you’ll be welcome at Galleon Studios.
Speak To Us
Our booking system is simple. Just pick up the phone or send us an email. Not sure which studio best suits your production? Then chat with us and we’ll steer you in the direction of the best studio hire space for you.
Why hire a studio in Manchester?
There are numerous advantages to a professional studio hire over filming in your own offices or on location. First of all, the level of control in a studio is unsurpassable. This means you could control the lighting to create the right atmosphere as well as controlling sound. Let’s face it we, live in a noisy world, and if you choose any of our studios for hire in Manchester, then audio is something you don’t have to worry about. Whether you use our green screen studios or non-green screen studio space you can set dress it to achieve exactly the look you’re after.
This could be a living room, office, newsroom or even a hospital. Whatever your brief you can achieve great results in the studio, either with a virtual set or practical set. You could even bring the outside inside using green screen and have complete control over the weather; which in Manchester is an acute advantage for accommodating any type of shoot.
How much input do we need?
How long will we need to hire the studio?
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.
What industries do you work with?
Over the last 16 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.
What types of studio filming can you provide?
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.
What time do the studios open?
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.
Which of you Manchester studios is best for my project?
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.
Case Study - Gladiators TV Show
When the BBC’s Gladiators needed a powerhouse studio to film not only their opening credits and their intro sequences but also their publicity shots their first and only choice was Galleon Studios. With 3 studio spaces to make their own and a crack crew of green screen experts we set about fulfilling the creative brief but also having fun at the same time.
London company Potion Pictures who had been tasked with devising and shooting the opening titles and character intros for the show had a number of requirements. They needed a green screen studio, already set-up for their complex storyboard, a camera crew used to shooting chromakey and kit that would enable them to see the final version of their work as they shot. They needed the space for 16 men and women at the height of their physical peak to be filmed as well as costumed and made up. What’s more they also needed a photo shoot with the Gladiators to be done at the same location in a dedicated photo studio. Finally to be near Sheffield where the shows were being filmed. Our location on the M62 Ring road proved to be perfect for them.
Fitting their imposing stature we used our largest green screen space; Infinity. This space allows us complete creative control of lighting and allows us to get out some of our best toys. The turntables, the treadmills, the jib – all were used to bring the characters of each of the individual Gladiators to life.
Potion Pictures, who hired us to film opted for our FX9 cameras. Due to the fast turnaround (the shots were required to be delivered and edited ready for the Sheffield Shows) we shot without S-Log bypassing the need to grade. As the whole look and character for each Gladiator had been meticulously developed long before our camera rolled there were storyboards and mood. Boards for us to lean into. This allowed us to use our Virtual Production skills and live key the backgrounds behind each Gladiator. The reason for this is 2 fold:
Firstly to ensure a good key can be achieved quickly and easily (as mentioned time was off the essence for post production). Secondly it allowed the Gladiators to see their final looks as they fully embraced their roles.
With 3 studios available our Live Suite was quickly adapted into a photography studio. This studio has hanging points specifically for coloramas and so we were able to hang their chosen colour prior to the shoot itself. Our 3 studio Hush then became the place for costuming. We bulilt individual changing rooms in that studio so the Gladiators had privacy while the costumers could confidently check final looks.
Galleon Studios staff, filmed, lit and fitted the video shoot, working to the tightest of deadlines while ensuring a quality product. When one considers the man hours involved; the various production companies championing the show, the scores of crew in Sheffield filming the live segments, the designers, make-up artists, costumers, the photography, the direction and our crew and also the days and weeks of training by the Gladiators themselves. This project truly was an epic collaboration.
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