What does blackout studio hire london cost at Scope?

Studio A starts at £160. Studio B starts at £120. Set-up and pack-down are inside your booked time.

What does a blackout studio actually give you?

Control and continuity. With the daylight killed, the only light in the room is the light you brought, so a shot at 5pm matches the same shot at 10am — and a subject can be lit out of pure black, which is the look that reads as expensive on any budget.

Which of your rooms blacks out?

Both. Studio A has full blackout curtains across its 1,200 sq ft drive-in cove; Studio B is blackout capable as well as sound treated. Studio A is the one for scale and vehicles, Studio B for anything where clean dialogue matters as much as the dark.

Can the same room shoot bright white as well as black?

Yes. Studio A is a white infinity cove with full blackout curtains on the outside of it, so the same room gives you seamless white or a black void depending on whether the curtains are closed.

Studio A during a live shoot, seen wide across the white infinity cove with softboxes either side

Hire · SE5 9HW, South London · from £120 · open 7 days

Kill the daylight. Own every photon.

A blackout studio is not a dark room. It is a room where nothing arrives that you did not put there — no window, no weather, no hour of the day. Both of ours do it.

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The rooms for it

Studio AFull blackout curtains across 1,200 sq ft, with a white drive-in infinity cove behind them. Close it down and the cove goes from infinite white to pure black; open it and the room comes back.From £160

Studio B dressed with a pink sofa on the white cyclorama under a fresnel light

Studio BBlackout capable and built as a room within a room, so it holds out the light and the noise at once — the one to book when the dark scene also has dialogue in it.From £120

How it works

01Tell us the lookLit-from-black, green screen or a daylight-free continuity day all use the blackout differently.
02Pick the roomStudio A for scale, vehicles and set builds. Studio B when the take has sound in it, or the set wants colour.
03Book the blockTwo hours, half day or full day. Set-up and pack-down sit inside your booked time.

Worth reading first

Studio Lighting: The Room Is Part of the RigThe walls and floor are modifiers too: a white cove lifts your shadows, a blacked-out room is free negative fill. Studio lighting, starting with the room.Shooting a Short Film or Commercial in a StudioThe aeroplane in the take you needed, the light shifting between wide and close: what blackout, treated sound and set-build floor buy a short film or ad.How to Shoot a Music Video in a StudioShoot the video and record the track under one roof in SE5: a drive-in cove for scale, a colour-washable cove for looks, a treated studio for the session.

Straight answers

What does blackout studio hire london cost at Scope?: Studio A starts at £160. Studio B starts at £120. Set-up and pack-down are inside your booked time.
What does a blackout studio actually give you?: Control and continuity. With the daylight killed, the only light in the room is the light you brought, so a shot at 5pm matches the same shot at 10am — and a subject can be lit out of pure black, which is the look that reads as expensive on any budget.
Which of your rooms blacks out?: Both. Studio A has full blackout curtains across its 1,200 sq ft drive-in cove; Studio B is blackout capable as well as sound treated. Studio A is the one for scale and vehicles, Studio B for anything where clean dialogue matters as much as the dark.
Can the same room shoot bright white as well as black?: Yes. Studio A is a white infinity cove with full blackout curtains on the outside of it, so the same room gives you seamless white or a black void depending on whether the curtains are closed.

In the building with every booking

Kitchen
Dressing and prep room
Client lounge
High-speed Wi-Fi
Parking

Anything not listed — ceiling heights, cove dimensions, power, capacities — is on request rather than guessed at. Ask us and you will get an exact answer.

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