Video studio rentalBurbank & Albuquerque
Production Studio Rental in Los Angeles and Albuquerque
Turnkey video studio space for filming: a photoreal set appears around your talent, live, in camera. Lighting, audio and the operator who runs it are in the rate.
- 250+ ready-to-film sets
- Commercials, music videos and shows
- Pioneered in 2007, two U.S. patents
- Burbank, and Albuquerque’s 30% NM 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
What you get
Studio space for filming in Los Angeles that comes with the locations
Production studio rental in Los Angeles usually means four walls, a grid and an invoice for everything else. Ours is turnkey. 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, and the location can change between takes. So a video production studio rental here means shooting a boardroom, a newsroom and a rooftop in the same day, without a single company move.
Load any of our 250+ ready-to-film virtual sets in seconds. We pioneered real-time virtual production in Burbank in 2007, and it is now patented: two U.S. patents cover the CastleVision method and filming with a video game engine, the method behind our Unreal Engine filming studio. The same system runs at both studios, our Burbank virtual production studio in Los Angeles and our Albuquerque studio, and every set is available at both. Studios and networks rent it, including Warner Bros., HBO, Netflix, NBC, CBS, Amazon, BET, Paramount and Hearst, and so do agencies and independent producers. See the credits.
What every video production studio rental includes
Included in every rental
- The studio: a green screen stage where a photoreal virtual set appears around your talent, live, in camera
- 250+ ready-to-film virtual sets, swapped in seconds between setups
- The operator who runs the virtual sets, so the system is staffed for the whole shoot
- A multi-camera Unreal Engine system that tracks, renders and keys three cameras at once, one render per camera
- Lighting and audio packages, grip, and the teleprompter system
- Dressing rooms, makeup, green rooms and production offices on site
- Audience seating at both studios, for any format that wants a crowd
Optional
- A crew package: three camera operators (one on the jib) and a teleprompter operator. Or bring your own team.
- A custom virtual set built to your spec by our set builders and artists, or your own location captured with CastleVision.
Quoted to your production, not a rack rate. See what drives the cost.
Production studio specs: Burbank and Albuquerque
Two production studios, one system, the same set library. Here is what is on the floor at each, so you can check the numbers before a scout.
| Spec | Burbank production studio | Albuquerque production studio |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Burbank: 154 S. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502, across from Nickelodeon | Albuquerque: 8610 President Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113 |
| Stage | Burbank: Pre-lit green screen cyclorama. 20 ft ceiling, 15 ft to the grid. Silent HVAC and isolated power. | Albuquerque: Green screen cyclorama stage with a full grip package. |
| Lighting | Burbank: Fiilex RGBW matrix and Astera tube lighting over the pre-lit green cyc, a two-ton grip package. Lighting and audio packages included. | Albuquerque: 36 Aputure Nova P300c fixtures across the grid and floor. Lighting and audio packages included. |
| Audio | Burbank: Sennheiser lavs and booms and a Yamaha mixing console. | Albuquerque: Sennheiser lavs and booms and an Allen & Heath SQ7 console. |
| Live compositing | Burbank: Three Unreal Engine systems, three Ultimatte 12 keyers and Mo-Sys StarTracker camera tracking. | Albuquerque: Unreal Engine render and playback machines, three Ultimatte keyers and three camera- and motion-tracking systems, one render per camera. |
| Cameras and movement | Burbank: Three Panasonic Varicam 35 cinema cameras with Fujinon Cabrio cinema zooms; a 13-ft Encodacam jib, plus encoded Vinten heads and dollies for tracked moves. | Albuquerque: Three ARRI Alexa 35 cinema cameras, a carbon-fiber telescoping crane and carbon-fiber pedestals. |
| Recording and switching | Burbank: Multi-camera ISO and composite recording. | Albuquerque: AJA Ki-Pro recording, Blackmagic switching and routing, Teranex processing. |
| Teleprompters | Burbank: Beam-splitter and presidential teleprompters. | Albuquerque: Three teleprompters. |
| Live streaming | Burbank: The composited set goes out live in the feed to your channel or stream. | Albuquerque: The same live video-linking pipeline. |
| Audience | Burbank: Stadium-style audience seating. | Albuquerque: Audience seating. |
| Talent and crew spaces | Burbank: Five green rooms, dressing rooms, makeup and production offices. | Albuquerque: Dressing rooms, makeup, dining, a conference room and lounges, plus a star-talent motorhome. |
| Parking and load-in | Burbank: 20+ parking spaces. Drive-on load-in for equipment and vehicles. | Albuquerque: Extensive parking and easy load-in. A scissor lift on site. |
Also at the Burbank production studio: a giant LED video village where the whole team watches the finished composite. The pre-lit green cyc also rents on its own as a green screen studio for traditional chroma key. Month-to-month production offices sit in the same building. Burbank on Google Maps.
Also at the Albuquerque production studio: a furniture and prop warehouse on site, and New Mexico Qualified Production Facility status, the designation that lets qualified New Mexico spend reach the 30% refundable credit. Our New Mexico film tax credit page covers how it works and when it pays out. Albuquerque on Google Maps.
Real photos, not renders
Production studio photos from Burbank and Albuquerque
The studio floor, the monitor showing the finished shot, and the rooms your talent and crew use between setups.
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Shot in our studios
Talk shows, commercials, music videos and features, finished in camera
Kevin Hart’s Hart to Heart for NBC and Peacock, a T-Mobile spot that became one of the most-viewed commercials of 2021, NBA 2K with Shaquille O’Neal, Khalid’s Satellite and a custom game-show build. Hover to preview; click to play with sound. Tap to play with sound.
Virtual standing sets, ready to film
Production sets that are already built
A subway car, a grocery store, a boardroom and a designer house with its own kitchen, living room and office: locations that are slow to build and hard to lock up. Here they load in seconds, at either studio.
Check availability
Check dates for a production studio in Burbank or Albuquerque
Format, dates and a rough scope is enough to start. A producer reads it, not a sales queue, and replies with availability at both studios and a quote built on your shoot.
- Included: the studio, the sets, lighting, audio, the teleprompter system and the operator who runs the virtual sets
- Optional: three camera operators (one on the jib) and a teleprompter operator, or bring your own team
- Quoted against your shoot, never a rack rate. See what drives the cost
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Studios for filming every format
Commercials, corporate and branded content, music videos, documentaries, interviews, shows and features all shoot here, single- or multi-camera. Live streams too: the composited set goes out live in the feed, wherever you are streaming. If your project has a format, its own page goes deeper, with the sets and credits for that kind of shoot. A corporate piece might open in a hotel lobby and cut to an office floor without anyone leaving the studio.
- Commercial studio rental
- A national spot in a day, or six spots in six locations in one shoot day.
- Corporate and branded content
- Offices, lobbies and showrooms from the library, or your own headquarters recreated from photographs.
- Music video production studio
- Five looks in one day. The edit starts the next day, because the composite is finished in camera.
- Talk show set rental
- The home of Kevin Hart’s Hart to Heart. Three cameras at once and audience seating.
- Game show set rental
- Custom game-show sets built to your format, with multiple shooting areas, plus audience seating at both studios.
- News set rental
- Anchor desks and newsrooms with swappable city skylines, and your graphics and logos on the set monitors.
- Host wraps
- A full season of wraps and promos batched in a single day.
- Vertical drama production studio
- The script’s locations load between takes, from the library or built for you, so episode volume never waits on a company move.
- Film studio rental
- Features and episodic work, including the Albuquerque feature studio and the New Mexico credit.
- TV studio rental
- Multi-camera talk, game, news and unscripted shows with audience seating.
- Press junket studio
- Back-to-back interviews on sets you choose, with green rooms and makeup on site.
- Sci-fi and spaceship sets
- Spaceship bridges and sci-fi interiors from the library, loaded in seconds.
Many locations, no company moves
Hilton Head Island, a 32-episode series, shot more than 50 locations without leaving the Burbank film studio. Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana for FOX was shot entirely in the Burbank studio. That is what a production studio rental with the sets included gets you: the script’s locations come to the floor, and the crew stays put.
- Locations
- 50+
- Episodes, one studio
- 32
Empty stage rental vs. a turnkey production studio
Many production studios for rent are a room and a grid. The room is the rental, and everything that turns it into a location is your build or a separate line item. If you are pricing a four-wall stage, compare line by line. Looking for a sound stage in Burbank specifically? See our Burbank sound stage rental page.
| What you need | Typical four-wall rental | Turnkey production studio here |
|---|---|---|
| Changing locations | Four-wall: A company move or a new build | Here: The next set loads between takes |
| Audio and the teleprompter system | Four-wall: Often a separate line item | Here: Included |
| Going live | Four-wall: The stream shows whatever was physically built | Here: The composited set goes out live in the feed to your channel or stream |
| Room for talent and the client | Four-wall: Depends on the building you rent | Here: Dressing rooms, makeup, green rooms and offices at both studios |
| Set storage | Four-wall: Store the build or throw it away | Here: Sets live on drives, with no storage fee |
The rental is quoted to your shoot days, crew size, set complexity and which studio you use. How production studio rental rates are built.
Step by step
How a production studio rental works
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Tell us the project
Format, scope and dates: a one-day commercial, a corporate series, a music video, a documentary sit-down. A producer replies with availability at both studios and a quote built on your actual shoot, not a rack rate. Want to see it first? We arrange a studio tour with a live CastleVision demo, by appointment.
What to send for a quote:
- The format and the number of shoot days
- Your dates, or the window you are working in
- Which studio: Burbank, Albuquerque or not sure yet
- The looks or sets the script needs
- The crew you are bringing, and whether there is an audience or a live stream
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Pick your sets
Choose from 250+ ready-to-film virtual sets in the set library: newsrooms, talk-show sets, offices, penthouses, spaceships and everything between. Sets load in seconds, so one shoot day can cover looks that would normally take a week of builds. Not in the library? Our artists build it from your reference, or we capture your real location with CastleVision.
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Shoot it in camera
The operator who runs the virtual sets is included and drives the system while you direct. Add our optional crew, three camera operators (one on the jib) and a teleprompter operator, or bring your own team. The finished shot is on the monitor, so there is no background to add in post and no strike day at wrap.
FAQ
Production studio rental questions
- What does a production studio rental include here?
- The studio and the technology: a green screen stage running the patented CastleVision method, 250+ ready-to-film sets, lighting and audio packages, grip, the teleprompter system, dressing rooms, makeup, green rooms and production offices, and the operator who runs the virtual sets. An optional crew package adds three camera operators (one on the jib) and a teleprompter operator, or you bring your own team. You bring the script and the talent.
- How much does it cost to rent a production studio in Los Angeles?
- Every rental is quoted to your production, not a rack rate. The quote follows your shoot days, crew size, set complexity and which studio you use. When you compare, count what is already in the rate here: the sets, lighting and audio packages, grip, the teleprompter system, the support spaces and the operator who runs the virtual sets. There is no set construction required, no strike and no set storage to add on top. See what drives the cost on our rates page.
- Can you rent a production studio for a day?
- Yes. A national commercial can shoot in a day, six spots in six locations fit in one shoot day, and a full season of host wraps can be batched in a day. Send your dates and the number of shoot days, and the quote is built on them.
- What kinds of productions rent the studio?
- Everything. Commercials, corporate and branded content, music videos, documentaries, interviews and podcasts, talk shows, game shows, news, live streams and full features. Single- or multi-camera, one scene or a whole season, the same studios handle it.
- How is this different from a regular studio for rent?
- A typical video production studio rental gives you an empty stage. You build, dress, shoot and strike. Here the location is already on the floor: load any of our virtual sets in seconds and capture the finished shot in camera, so your shoot days go to shooting.
- Where are the production studios?
- Burbank, California, at 154 S. Victory Blvd, in the Media Capital of the World: directly across from Nickelodeon and about five minutes from Warner Bros. And Albuquerque, New Mexico, at 8610 President Pl NE, about 10 minutes from the Sunport. The Albuquerque studio is a Qualified Production Facility, where your shoot can qualify for the state’s 30% refundable film tax credit. Every set is available at both.
- Can we watch a live demo on our own material first?
- Yes, by appointment, for producers with a project. We run a live CastleVision demo on the floor, so you can watch a set load in seconds and see the finished shot on the monitor before you commit shoot days.
- Is there space for talent, hair and makeup?
- Yes. Dressing rooms, makeup, green rooms and production offices come with every rental. Burbank has five green rooms, a hair and makeup room and production offices, with month-to-month offices in the same building. Albuquerque has dressing rooms, makeup, dining, lounges and a star-talent motorhome.
- Do I need virtual production experience to shoot here?
- No. The operator who runs the virtual sets is included in every rental and drives the system for you. You direct. Book a tour and we’ll run a live CastleVision demo on your material.
- Is there parking and load-in?
- Yes. Burbank has 20+ parking spaces and drive-on load-in, so equipment and even vehicles roll onto the stage. Albuquerque has extensive parking, easy load-in and a furniture and prop warehouse on site.
- What happens if we need pickups months later?
- Pickups do not mean a rebuild. Our sets live on drives, so we reload the exact set, lighting and framing, even months later, with no set storage fee in between.
Plan the shoot: studios, sets, costs and credits
What a line producer checks before a scout.
- The Burbank studio across from Nickelodeon, about five minutes from Warner Bros.
- The Albuquerque studio a New Mexico Qualified Production Facility near the Sunport
- The facility green rooms, makeup, offices, parking and support spaces
- Rates and what drives the cost shoot days, crew, set complexity and which studio
- Virtual set rental 250+ sets, searchable by room and theme
- City street sets exteriors that are hard to lock up for a shoot day
- Courtroom set a procedural staple, ready to film
- How CastleVision works the patented method behind the live, in-camera composite
- New Mexico film tax credit 30% refundable on qualified spend at the Albuquerque studio
- Credits films, series, specials and commercials shot in our studios
- Video gallery more finished work, shot in camera
- Production offices in Burbank month-to-month offices in the studio building
- Burbank sound stage rental the Burbank soundstage where the set is already standing when you arrive
- Virtual standing sets in Los Angeles standing sets that load in seconds, at either studio
- Green screen studio and why we composite live instead of in post
- Book a studio tour by appointment, with a live CastleVision demo
Send your format and dates. A producer comes back with availability at both studios and a quote built on your shoot.
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