Studio tourBurbank & Albuquerque
Inside L.A. & ABQ Castle Studios
Tour L.A. Castle Studios in Burbank and ABQ Castle Studios in Albuquerque by appointment: the green screen stages, control rooms, dressing rooms and offices, with a live CastleVision demo.
- Producer tours by appointment
- A live CastleVision demo on the tour
- Burbank: 20+ parking spaces, drive-on load-in
- Albuquerque: 30% NM film tax credit
Or call 818-934-3775 Burbank 818-861-7317 Albuquerque
Productions that have trusted us
The networks, the streamers and the studios have all shot here.
Hart to Heart, Aquaman 2, Inventing Anna, Bosch, The Mummy, Greenland, Deadliest Catch and national spots for T-Mobile, Amazon and Domino's. Full credit list
Two studios, one pipeline
What you'll see on a studio tour
A virtual set loads in seconds. But you still shoot in a real building, with real crew and a real stage. A tour covers two buildings: the flagship Burbank studio in the Media Capital of the World, and ABQ Castle Studios in Albuquerque, a Qualified Production Facility for New Mexico's 30% film tax credit.
If virtual production is new to you: the location is a photoreal virtual set that appears around your talent live, in camera, on our stage. You see the finished shot on the monitor while you film. Both buildings run the same CastleVision pipeline and share the same 250+ virtual sets, so a courtroom in the morning can be a spaceship bridge by evening without a company move.
- Burbank ceiling, 15 ft to grid
- 20 ft
- Parking spaces in Burbank
- 20+
- Aputure Nova P300c fixtures in Albuquerque
- 36
- Refundable NM film tax credit
- 30%
L.A. Castle Studios Burbank, California
- Address
- 154 S. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502, at the corner of Olive Ave. Open in Google Maps
- Getting here
- Directly across from Nickelodeon Studios. About 5 minutes to Warner Bros., 15 minutes to Burbank (BUR) airport, 45 minutes to LAX.
- The stage
- A pre-lit green screen cyclorama. 20-ft ceiling, 15 ft to grid, silent HVAC and isolated power.
- Load-in
- Drive-on load-in for gear, and even vehicles, straight onto the stage. 20+ parking spaces.
- Audience
- Stadium-style seating built into the stage, and a giant LED video village where the whole team watches the finished composite.
- Support
- Five green rooms, hair and makeup, writers’ rooms, production offices, editing suites, dining and lounges.
- Call
- 818-934-3775
ABQ Castle Studios Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Address
- 8610 President Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113. Open in Google Maps
- Getting here
- In the Journal Center corridor, about 10 minutes from the Albuquerque Sunport.
- The stage
- A green screen cyclorama under 36 Aputure Nova P300c fixtures, with a full grip package.
- Load-in
- Easy load-in, extensive parking and a scissor lift on site.
- Audience
- Audience seating when the production needs it.
- Support
- Dressing rooms, makeup and green rooms, a star-talent motorhome, and a furniture and prop warehouse.
- Tax credit
- A New Mexico Qualified Production Facility: studio days put a production on the 30% refundable film tax credit track.
- Call
- 818-861-7317
Included in every production studio rental, at either studio: the studio, the set library, lighting and audio, the teleprompter system, the support spaces and the operator who runs the virtual sets. An optional crew package adds three camera operators and a teleprompter operator, or bring your own team. Every production is quoted on its actual shoot: see what drives the cost.
Tours and CastleVision demos by appointment. Production days run on your call sheet.
Burbank · Los Angeles
L.A. Castle Studios in Burbank, room by room
The castle-facade building on S. Victory Blvd, where CastleVision was pioneered in 2007. The tour covers the pre-lit green screen cyc and its audience seating, the giant LED video village where the whole team watches the finished composite, the control desk where the operator runs the virtual sets, the hair and makeup room, the green rooms, the crew kitchen beneath the mezzanine, The Brick Coffee Shop and the lounges. The same building has month-to-month production offices.
On the floor: three Panasonic Varicam 35 cinema cameras, a 13-ft CamMate Encodacam jib, and three Unreal Engine systems with Ultimatte 12 keyers and Mo-Sys tracking. The full list is on the Burbank sound stage and Burbank studio pages. Click any photo to enlarge.
Albuquerque · New Mexico
ABQ Castle Studios in Albuquerque, room by room
Opened in 2024 and one of the largest virtual production stages in the world, ABQ Castle Studios is our Albuquerque film studio for features. The tour covers the green screen cyclorama and its 36 Aputure Nova P300c fixtures, the motion-capture setup, the dressing rooms, the conference room, the lounges hung with local artwork, and the furniture and prop warehouse that dresses the foreground of any set.
On the floor: three ARRI Alexa 35 cinema cameras with Fujinon cinema zooms, a carbon-fiber telescoping crane, and three Ultimatte keyers for the live composite. The full list is on the Albuquerque studio page. Click any photo to enlarge.
Studio tour on video
Walk both studios before you visit
Two full walkthroughs, about 36 minutes each, plus a crew at work on the green cyc. Hover to preview; click to play with sound. Tap to play with sound.
Check availability
Book a studio tour in Burbank or Albuquerque
Tell us the production and when you'd like to visit. A producer reads it, not a sales queue, and replies with a time for the tour and a live CastleVision demo.
- Producer tours by appointment, with a live CastleVision demo on the stage
- Either studio: Burbank, California or Albuquerque, New Mexico
- We walk you through the space and price your production against your actual shoot
Rather talk it through? 818-934-3775 · Burbank
818-861-7317 · Albuquerque
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A producer will reach out to talk through your project and next steps. Need us sooner? Call 818-934-3775 (Burbank) or 818-861-7317 (Albuquerque).
Questions
Studio tour questions
- Can I take a studio tour of L.A. Castle Studios or ABQ Castle Studios?
- Yes, by appointment. Producer tours are for productions with a project in mind, not public tours, and each one includes a live CastleVision demo, so you watch the composite run on the monitor before you book. Ask with the form on this page or call either studio.
- Where are the studios, and how do I get there?
- L.A. Castle Studios is at 154 S. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502, at the corner of Olive Ave., directly across from Nickelodeon Studios: about 5 minutes from Warner Bros., 15 minutes from Burbank (BUR) airport and 45 minutes from LAX. ABQ Castle Studios is at 8610 President Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113, in the Journal Center corridor about 10 minutes from the Albuquerque Sunport.
- Is there parking and easy load-in?
- Yes. Burbank has 20+ parking spaces and drive-on load-in: gear, and even vehicles, roll straight onto the stage. Albuquerque has extensive parking, easy load-in and a scissor lift on site. Door sizes and truck staging are best confirmed on the tour.
- What support spaces are in the buildings?
- Burbank has five green rooms and dressing rooms, a hair and makeup room, writers’ rooms, production offices, editing suites, a conference room, the crew kitchen and dining area, The Brick Coffee Shop and lounges, one with a pool table. Albuquerque has production, dining, makeup and dressing rooms, a star-talent motorhome, a furniture and prop warehouse, a conference room and lounges hung with local artwork.
- Can the studios seat an audience?
- Yes. Burbank has stadium-style audience seating built into the stage, and a giant LED video village where the whole team watches the finished composite. Albuquerque seats an audience too, for talk shows, game shows and any production that needs one.
- What is included when I rent the studio?
- The studio, the 250+ set library, lighting and audio, the teleprompter system, support spaces (dressing rooms, makeup, green rooms and production offices) and the operator who runs the virtual sets in real time. An optional crew package adds three camera operators and a teleprompter operator, or you bring your own team. Every production is quoted on its shoot days, crew, sets and format; there is no rack rate.
Before and after your tour
The two studios in depth, the sets you can load, and how a production is priced.
- Burbank film studio rental Full equipment list, hours and the neighborhood around the castle.
- Film studios in Albuquerque, NM Our New Mexico feature film studio, its gear and the 30% refundable tax credit.
- Browse 250+ virtual sets The same library loads on both floors.
- How CastleVision works The patented method behind the live, in-camera composite.
- What drives the cost Shoot days, crew, sets and studio: how a quote is built.
- Production offices in Burbank Month-to-month offices in the same building as the stage.
- Sound stage rental in Burbank The Burbank floor for crews who think in studio days.
- Film studio rental Features and series on photoreal virtual sets.
- TV studio rental Talk shows, game shows and news, with an audience.
- News studio rental Virtual news desks and newsrooms that load on either floor.
- Green screen studio rental The pre-lit green cyc, with the composite live in camera.
- New Mexico film tax credit How studio days in Albuquerque reach the 30% refundable credit.
- Credits shot at our studios Series, features, specials and national commercials.
- Video gallery Finished work from both floors.
- Studio FAQ Booking, sets, crew and the technology, answered.
- Who built the studios Tim Pipher, who founded the company and built CastleVision in 2007.
Tell us the production and when you'd like to visit. We reply with a time for the tour and availability at both studios.
