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

Hire · SE5 9HW, South London · from £160 · open 7 days

A studio you can drive into.

Most London studios stop at whatever fits through a fire door. Studio A does not — the cove is drive-in, so the vehicle comes to the light instead of the other way round.

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The room for it

Studio A during a live shoot, seen wide across the white infinity cove with softboxes either side
Studio A1,200 sq ft of floor, a white drive-in cove and full blackout curtains. It is the room the whole building is arranged around, and the only one that takes a vehicle.From £160Check Studio A availability

How it works

  1. 01Tell us the vehicleDimensions and how it arrives decide the call time and how the cove gets dressed.
  2. 02Book the roomStudio A runs in 2 hour, half day and full day blocks. Set-up and pack-down are inside your booked time.
  3. 03Load in at ground levelParking is on site, in the yard in front of the unit.

In the building with every booking

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

In every room but one, lights are charged separately from the room rate, so please enquire about our lights and we will quote for what your shoot needs. The exception is the DJ room, where the professional film lighting is rigged in the room and included in the rate.

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.

Worth reading first

How to Photograph a Car in a StudioHow to photograph a car in a studio: get it onto the cove, light the reflections rather than the paint, choose white or dark, and ask the right questions first.What Is an Infinity Cove? A Plain ExplanationWhat an infinity cove (cyclorama) is, why it turns a two-day retouch into a two-hour one, and how to tell when your shoot does not need one.How to Light a Cyclorama or Infinity CoveLighting a cyclorama or infinity cove is two jobs, not one rig: wash the background, rake from the sides, keep the subject off the wall — in that order.Building a Set for a Photo or Film ShootHow to build a set for a photo or film shoot in a hire studio: build only what the lens sees, brace every flat, and plan the strike before the build.Shooting a Short Film or Commercial in a StudioShooting a short film or commercial in a studio: what blackout, a sound-treated room and set-build floor fix that location cannot, and how to schedule the day.Studio Hire Costs in London, ExplainedKnow your studio budget before you book: Studio A £620 a day, Studio B £420, the podcast room £40 an hour, worked budgets and what sits outside the rate.Studio Load-in: Planning the Van, the Yard and the DoorStudio load-in: measuring the biggest piece, the van and the yard, Studio A's ground-level roller door, what to ask before the day and the load-out at wrap.

Straight answers

What does drive-in car shoot studio hire london cost at Scope?
Studio A starts at £160. Set-up and pack-down are inside your booked time.
Will my car actually fit?
Studio A's cove is drive-in, and load-in from the yard is at ground level. Door and cove measurements are on request, so tell us the vehicle's make, model and dimensions when you enquire and we will confirm the access route works for it and how the cove gets dressed around it.
Can you black the room out for a lit car shoot?
Yes — Studio A has full blackout curtains, so you can kill the ambient and light the vehicle entirely on your own rig.

More in the full FAQ.

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