ScopeMedia StudiosBook

Hire · SE5 9HW, South London · from £40 · open 7 days

Say it once. It records clean.

A talking-head interview lives or dies on two things that have nothing to do with the questions: whether the room is quiet and whether the light stays put for the hour it takes. Studio B was built as a room within a room for exactly that, the podcast room does the camera-ready conversation by the hour, and Studio A takes the multi-camera set-up that needs more floor.

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Studio B dressed for a shoot: a pink two-seater sofa on the cyclorama under a peach light wash

How it works

  1. 01Tell us the formatOne subject or six, a single camera or three, a plain backdrop or a dressed set: that decides between Studio B, the podcast room and Studio A, and we will say which.
  2. 02Book by the hour or the blockThe podcast room is a flat £40 an hour. Studio B runs in 2 hour, half day and full day blocks — £120, £220 and £420 — with set-up and pack-down inside the booked time.
  3. 03Light it onceLights are charged separately from the room rate — please enquire about our lights and we will quote for the interview look you want, whether that is a soft key and a coloured wash or a single hard source.
  4. 04Review on siteStudio B has a dedicated edit and playback area, and the workshop room's ten iMacs are there when the edit needs seats.

The rooms for it

Studio B dressed with a pink sofa on the white cyclorama under a fresnel light
Studio BRoom-within-a-room sound treatment, so the answer is usable as recorded, with blackout to hold the light for a day of back-to-back interviews. The cyclorama washes to colour and an adjustable backdrop system sits behind it — and there is an edit and playback area in the room for reviewing the take.From £120Check Studio B availability
The podcast room: four microphone booms around bouclé seating, under an arc lamp
Podcast RoomAcoustically treated and camera-ready, with professional microphones and interfaces already in the room, by the hour at a flat £40. The right room for a seated conversation, a media interview or a multi-guest talk that does not need a cove.From £40Check Podcast Room availability
Studio A during a live shoot, seen wide across the white infinity cove with softboxes either side
Studio AThe 1,200 sq ft room for the interview that needs floor: two or three cameras, a dolly move, a set dressed around the subject, or a car in the frame. It blacks out fully, but it is not sound treated — plan sync dialogue for Studio B.From £160Check Studio A availability

Straight answers

What does interview filming studio london cost at Scope?
Studio B starts at £120. Podcast Room starts at £40. Studio A starts at £160. Set-up and pack-down are inside your booked time.
Which room is best for filming an interview?
Studio B for anything where the sound matters: it is built as a room within a room and sound treated, it blacks out, and its cyclorama washes to colour. The podcast room is the quicker, cheaper answer for a seated conversation on camera at £40 an hour. Studio A is for the interview that needs 1,200 sq ft of floor, with sound planned around it.
Can we film a day of back-to-back interviews?
Yes. Studio B is £420 for a full day and blacks out, so the light at four o'clock matches the light at nine. The client lounge, kitchen and dressing and prep room hold the people waiting their turn, and there is parking on site.
Is there a make-up area for interviewees?
Yes. Studio B has make-up and styling zones, and the building has a dressing and prep room in the building.
Can we play back and check the interview on set?
Yes. Studio B has a dedicated edit and playback area, and the workshop room has ten iMac workstations when the edit wants more seats, at £120 for a half day.
Do you provide a crew, cameras or an interviewer?
The booking is the room. We have not published an in-house kit list, so tell us what you are bringing and what you would like supplied and we will confirm what is available in writing. Lights are charged separately — please enquire about our lights.

More in the full FAQ.

Worth reading first

How to Film an Interview in a Studio: Sound First, Then Everything ElseHow to film an interview in a studio: sound first, then soft light that holds all day, a second camera on the right side of the line and a schedule that fits.Podcast Recording: What You Actually NeedListeners forgive soft video and never forgive echo. Room first, mic technique second, gear last — and the recording mistakes no edit can undo.Studio Portrait Lighting: Setups and Patterns ExplainedStudio portrait lighting is three lights at most, usually one. Key, fill and rim, one- to three-light setups, and the classic patterns from loop to split.Camera Settings for Studio Photography and VideoCamera settings for studio photography and video: sync speed, base ISO, aperture for the look, a flicker-safe shutter on UK mains, and white balance set early.Casting Calls and Edit Days: Using the WorkshopTwenty seats, ten iMacs and a door that closes: how the workshop room runs a casting call, an edit day or a production office — £120 a half day.Multi-camera Interview Set-ups in a StudioMulti-camera interview set-ups in a studio: one, two or three cameras, matching lenses, the 180-degree line, lighting two angles, lav and boom, timecode.Documentary Interviews in a Studio: When to Leave the Location BehindDocumentary interviews in a studio: matching contributors shot weeks apart, eyeline, backdrops, sound in a room within a room, B-roll and releases.Sound for Video in a Studio: Sync, Wild Tracks and ADRSound for video in a studio: sync sound in a treated room, planning dialogue around an untreated one, wild tracks, room tone, ADR and voiceover in the booth.

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.

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