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What is a Blackout Studio? A Complete Guide for Beginners
In the realm of professional video and photography production, lighting plays a pivotal role. However, controlling light can be just as important as using it. This is where a blackout studio comes in. But what exactly is a blackout studio, and why is it essential for...
What is a Green Screen Studio? A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners
Guide for Beginners In the world of video production, a green screen studio serves as a game-changer. It’s an essential tool for creating stunning visual effects, blending virtual and real environments seamlessly. But what exactly is a green screen studio, and why has...
Live Streaming Broadcasts
It's TV, Jim. But not as we know it.Live Streaming Broadcasts Well, we probably do know it, even if we’re not particularly aware. Live Streaming Broadcasts have barged their way into most of our lives during the age of the global pandemic,...
Visual Effects in Film – A Potted History
Visual Effects in Film - A Potted History It’s probably true to say that there are those working in the film industry today who cannot remember a time before Chroma key was in use. What is definitely true to say is that some of us here at...
Ready When You Are
Soundstage Studios - "Ready when you are..."Covid-19 How We're Keeping You Safe Covid-19 has presented challenges few would have anticipated. As a script plotline, it would surely have been rejected out of sheer implausibility but, as they...
Green Screens Basics
It is possible – likely even – that if you’ve found our website you already know about, have used, have come to know intimately or have even built your own Green Screen.
Size Matters
Size MattersWe’re constantly persuaded that it doesn’t of course, but when David Croft, Soundstage Studio’s founder and owner decided to expand the size of Studio 2 to a whopping 11.5 metres by 12.5 metres, he clearly had an inkling that,...
The Art of Film Editing: What Gets the Chop?
The very best directors have a comprehensive understanding of the film editing process. It’s not just about what they leave on the cutting room floor.
Four Ways to Finance Your Independent Film
With money scarce and the market flooded, how are you ever going to fund your project? Here are four ways you can finance your independent film…
Alfred Hitchcock – Five Tips from the Master
Such is the well stocked arsenal of cinematic techniques employed by Alfred Hitchcock, there really is something for every viewer to enjoy, and plenty of innovative techniques for filmmakers to learn from.
5 Filming Techniques that Intensify Dialogue
No matter how dramatic your script, bad filming can suck all of the intrigue and drama from the dialogue.
B-Roll Footage – Why It’s Important
B-roll is supplementary footage which, while not essential, can make all the difference to the end-product.