A film studio
on London's Southbank.
Virtual production, live streaming and podcast production under one roof, a short walk from Waterloo, Blackfriars and Southwark stations. Built for technology brands that want broadcast-quality content without the logistical friction of a trip to Park Royal or the Lee Valley stages.
Why Southbank
The Southbank is where central London's media industry actually works — ITV across the river, the BBC upstream, the Royal Festival Hall and National Theatre next door, and every major agency within ten minutes in a cab. For tech brands shooting corporate content, it means executives can come straight from a City meeting, a client pitch or a Waterloo train and be on camera inside twenty minutes. No wrangled car to a remote stage, no half-day gone to the M25.
We chose the location for the same reason our clients book it — it removes the logistical objections that usually delay a shoot by a week. If your CEO has an open Thursday morning, you can land a production into that window without anyone needing to block out the whole day.
What's actually at the studio
- LED volume stage — curved virtual production wall with motion tracking and an Unreal Engine environment system, sized for corporate and brand content.
- Podcast studio — two-camera room for long-form interviews, panels and episodic series, acoustically treated and lit for multi-guest conversations.
- Broadcast gallery — vision mixer, graphics, confidence monitoring, redundant hardware encoders, fibre stream uplink with bonded cellular backup.
- Green room and dressing — proper talent space with wardrobe, hair and make-up bench, and a quiet area for last-minute prep.
- Producer / client gallery — a separate space so marketing leads can watch the shoot without standing behind the DOP.
- Kit room — cinema cameras, broadcast PTZ cameras, prime lens set, wireless audio packages, lighting for both narrative and broadcast looks.
Who shoots here
Clients who have run production out of this studio include Lenovo, NetApp, TD SYNNEX, BCN, SnapLogic, Bell Integration and Greenpixie. The work ranges from one-day executive shoots to multi-day channel partner summits, virtual keynotes, episodic podcast series and product launch broadcasts. Subject matter skews technical — cloud, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, data platforms, developer tooling — which is exactly how we like it.
Access, logistics and the boring-but-important stuff
The studio is at Cargo Works, 1-2 Hatfields, London, SE1 9PG — a couple of minutes from Southwark station and under ten from Waterloo. Step-free load-in for crew kit. Coordinated loading slots for splitter vans and production vehicles. Commercial parking within 200m for producer cars. Dedicated talent entrance for executives who would rather not walk through the production area. Studio manager on site from the moment kit starts moving to the final client walk-out. If you've ever lost an hour of a shoot to a building manager who didn't know you were coming, you'll notice the difference.
Who the studio is not for
Big-budget feature film work. Large-ensemble drama with a wide LED volume. Events needing an in-room audience of two hundred or more. Those briefs are better served at the larger London stages — Pinewood, Shepperton, 3 Mills — and we'll happily recommend where to go. What we run is the corporate-and-broadcast envelope, at a standard that would suit either, in a footprint that matches the commercial reality of tech brand marketing budgets.
How to book
Most bookings start with a fifteen-minute conversation about the outcome — what the content is for, who it reaches, how it needs to perform. From there we quote transparently, day-rate led, with every line item declared. Confirmed bookings lock in a shoot day and a studio manager. Retained clients plan a quarter ahead and reserve regular slots at preferential rates. Drop us a brief and we'll come back with dates and a quote inside a working day.
The studio, answered.
Where is the studio and how do crews and talent get there?
Cargo Works, 1-2 Hatfields, London, SE1 9PG — on the Southbank, walkable from Southwark (closest), Waterloo and Blackfriars stations. Waterloo is the usual arrival point for out-of-town talent — under ten minutes on foot. Step-free load-in for crew kit and a dedicated talent entrance for executives who don't want to walk through the gallery.
What can I actually shoot there?
Two production spaces sit alongside each other — a curved LED volume for virtual production and a two-camera podcast studio. Between them we cover product launch films, executive narratives, panel shows, podcasts, live broadcasts, interviews, analyst roundtables and episodic brand series. If it lives in the "broadcast-quality corporate content" envelope, it belongs here.
Can external producers hire the studio as a dry-hire?
Yes, with our technical crew on stage. We don't dry-hire the LED volume without an operator because the equipment cost is too high to hand over uncovered, but you can book a stage day, bring your own director, DOP and talent, and we'll provide the engineer, the environments and the on-stage technical lead. Ask for the "crewed hire" rate.
What kit is available on site?
Full LED volume with motion tracking and an Unreal Engine environment system. Four-camera PTZ broadcast package for live production. Cinema cameras and a prime lens set for narrative work. Engineered audio capture (Shure/Sennheiser), a proper gallery with vision mixer and graphics, redundant encoders, fibre stream uplink with bonded cellular backup. Full kit list shared with every confirmed quote.
Is there parking or nearby load-in for production vehicles?
Yes — we coordinate loading slots with the building and there are commercial parking options within 200m for producer cars. Large vehicles (splitter vans, full production trucks) need to be booked into our loading window so they don't conflict with other productions.
Can we bring an audience for a hybrid event?
In-room audiences up to around forty people are comfortable in our standard configuration. Larger audiences shift the production to an offsite venue with our crew — we run those regularly and the broadcast infrastructure travels with us.
Who looks after catering, green room and talent logistics?
Our studio manager handles the whole day — talent schedule, dressing, hair and make-up liaison, catering order, and the run-of-show document that keeps multiple stakeholders on the same timeline. No separate production coordinator invoice.
Do you share the studio with other clients on the same day?
No. Shoot days are single-client. If you've booked the day, the studio is yours — nobody walking through with a different production. If budget pressure calls for half-day bookings, we do run those, but two half-day clients never overlap.