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Filming a music video in a rented studio
What to check when you film a music video in a hired studio: size, blackout, cyc or green screen, power and shoot time.
Last updated: 7 November 2026
Choose size and look before you book
A video with dance or a band needs floor space and height for camera moves; a performance against a cyc can be smaller. Filter film studios and check the metres on the card. Green Screen Studio Utrecht lists music videos as a use; Revontuli a large film studio for commercials and videos among other things.
Light, haze and background
A blackout studio can be useful for a music video and enough power for coloured light. Ask whether haze or a smoke machine is allowed (not every cyc or green screen will take that) and whether you may hang from the truss. For an endless background you hire a cyclorama or green screen. Match your lighting to what is already in the studio; see lighting setups.
Time and sound
Allow time to set up scenery and lights. For several setups, work out how much hire time you need; Studio Big Time offers a long day until 22:00 and counts build and wrap inside the hire. Playback is common: you still do not want a loud street or buzzing air-con on set if you also record live fragments. See sound and your shoot day.
Frequently asked questions
May I bring a band with a full backline into the studio?
Studios in the directory
- Photo
- Video
Westerpark Studio
Amsterdam · Noord-Holland
€575
/ day
250 m²
- Daylight: yes
- Blackout: yes
- Cyclorama: yes
- Street-level loading: yes
- Lighting included: no
- Photo
- Video
Cameranu Fotostudio Rotterdam
Cameranu · Rotterdam · Zuid-Holland
€250
/ half day
80 m²
- Daylight: yes
- Blackout: unknown
- Cyclorama: yes
- Street-level loading: unknown
- Lighting included: yes
- Photo
- Video
Studio Big Time
Almere · Flevoland
€300
/ half day
85 m²
- Daylight: unknown
- Blackout: unknown
- Cyclorama: yes
- Street-level loading: yes
- Lighting included: yes
- Photo
- Video
Revontuli Filmstudio
Revontuli · IJsselstein · Utrecht
Price
unknown
430 m²
- Daylight: unknown
- Blackout: yes
- Cyclorama: yes
- Street-level loading: yes
- Lighting included: unknown
- Photo
- Video
Studio B
XYZ Studios · Amsterdam · Noord-Holland
€450
/ half day
300 m²
- Daylight: unknown
- Blackout: unknown
- Cyclorama: yes
- Street-level loading: yes
- Lighting included: unknown
- Photo
- Video
Hout video Studio 2
Hout video · Maastricht · Limburg
€150
/ hour
25 m²
- Daylight: unknown
- Blackout: unknown
- Cyclorama: yes
- Street-level loading: unknown
- Lighting included: yes