Garden Studios breaks down sustainability benefits of virtual production for World Earth Day

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For World Earth Day, film and TV studio Garden Studios is highlighting the environmental benefits of virtual production and how it can help the industry reduce carbon emissions.  One of the biggest sources of carbon emissions in the industry is travel. Albert’s 2025 report, Accelerate, cited that 65% of film production emissions are generated by … Read more

Garden Studios celebrates five years “advancing virtual production”

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Central London film and TV studio Garden Studios celebrated its fifth anniversary in March 2026, following the launch of its most advanced virtual production stage to date. The company started in 2021 with just two sound stages and, within half a decade, has expanded to seven and delivered over 150 projects across film, television and … Read more

Garden Studios announces launch of its “most advanced” virtual production stage

A virtual production studio

Garden Studios has announced the launch of its most advanced virtual production stage, officially unveiled at an exclusive industry event held at the studio on 18 March.  The new LED volume represents a “significant investment” in next-generation production infrastructure, designed to support the growing adoption of virtual production across film and high-end television. 

Since launching … Read more

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A NEW ERA FOR VIRTUAL PRODUCTION AT GARDEN STUDIOS Garden Studios’ extensive hands-on virtual production experience has resulted in a volume stage designed to offer productions greater creative flexibility through smarter design, advanced LED technology and collaborative expertise.  Garden Studios is one of the longest running virtual production facilities in the UK; the first iteration of the stage was built in February 2021. Since then, we have … Read more

Industry Wide Shot / Studios

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BOOM IN GLOOM  Studios in the UK are thriving and new facilities keep opening, yet production teams are still feeling the squeeze. What’s behind the paradox?   The UK film and TV industry generates £12 billion annually and supports 90,000 jobs nationwide, making it a major economic force and a magnet for international filmmakers.    Yet for many UK crews and … Read more

Bee Devine to leave Sky and join Garden Studios in London

It was announced that Bee Devine will be joining Garden Studios in June as the COO after 11 years at Sky Studios and more than 20 years of experience across strategic delivery, production, operations, and business planning in the broadcast world and as an established leader in sound stages and tech-enabled production. Garden Studios was … Read more

Garden Studios and MetFilm School join forces to roll out VP training courses

Gardens Studios, London’s biggest film studio, and MetFilm School, a leading industry-focused film, television, and online media school, has announced the launch of its cutting-edge Three-Day and One-Day Virtual Production Courses. These innovative courses aim to provide comprehensive, hands-on education in the rapidly evolving field of Virtual Production.  “The world of media production is rapidly … Read more

Garden Studios achieves B Corp certification

Garden Studios, a pioneer in the film and TV studio industry, announces that it has achieved B Corp certification. This recognition positions the company amongst a global community of businesses committed to high standards of social and environmental impact, transparency, accountability, and the transformation of the global economic system. “Becoming a B Corp signifies our … Read more

Virtual production studios for film and TV in Europe

Virtual production technology has made waves in the European film and TV sector. New studios are opening in the UK and on the Continent every year, so our handy directory will help you keep track of what is available, whatever the size of your project. Is your European virtual production studio missing from the list? … Read more

Anna Valley and Garden Studios join forces to provide new large-scale virtual production studio

Anna Valley and Garden Studios are partnering to set up a new virtual production studio in central London.  The announcement follows the companies’ collaboration on the recent SMPTE Virtual Production Showcase that took place at Garden Studios and featured an LED volume by Anna Valley. Together, the companies are providing a 150sqm+ volume and supporting … Read more

Brompton Technology / Virtual Production: Gearing up for 2023

Meet some of Brompton Technology’s virtual production partners who are using the manufacturer’s innovative technology to raise their game.   As a leading manufacturer and supplier of LED processors for high profile live events, stepping into the fast-growing world of virtual production was a natural progression for Brompton Technology. With the new challenges arising, the company’s … Read more

Explore MetFilm School’s four studio locations

One of the key factors that makes studying at MetFilm School so unique is that their campuses are based within working film studios. Not only does this mean that they are surrounded by filmmaking experts from all fields, from hair and make-up to post production, but it also allows students to be completely immersed into … Read more

Brompton Technology processing helps LED screens become a collaborative partner for in-camera VFX

This is a sponsored article, created in partnership with Brompton Technology.  In-camera visual effects using LED screens has rapidly moved from a pioneering specialty to a mainstream technique being widely used across film and television production. The fundamental idea is to do your visual effects “in camera” by filming the action against a display showing … Read more

Brompton Technology and London’s Garden Studios form partnership

Home to a technically advanced film production complex, Garden Studios is a one-stop-shop for a wide variety of TV and film productions, designed specifically to support the latest technologies as well as decades of future innovation. Its in-house virtual production stage is driven by Brompton Tessera processing, ensuring it delivers superb image quality to every … Read more

Garden Studios chooses Mo-Sys VP Pro XR for virtual production stage

Mo-Sys Engineering has seen its latest VP Pro XR server deployed by London’s Garden Studios for its state-of-the-art virtual production (VP) stage installed in March 2021. Garden Studios is adding a second StarTracker camera and lens tracking system to support its ongoing R&D and expansion. Garden Studios’ virtual production facility allows filmmakers to shoot real-time … Read more

Garden Studios launches partnerships with MetFilm School and Mission

Garden Studios announced that they will be partnering with MetFilm School and Mission. Both companies will be situated on-site in the Unit 16 space of The Townsend Campus at Garden Studios MetFilm School will deliver four 6-month courses at their new home at Garden Studios which are offered twice a year. These are: Acting for Film, … Read more

Virtual production studio Garden Studios unveils carbon neutral film

London’s first virtual production studio has revealed the UK’s first ever “carbon neutral” virtual production film. Garden Studios announced the news on Friday to mark the countdown to the COP26 Climate Summit. Created in partnership with Quite Brilliant and MadeBrave, the film showcases the real benefits of virtual production, revealing how the wider creative industries … Read more