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Answer five questions to see whether a business video should be animated or filmed with real people, places or products, with the time and cost trade-offs explained.

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Pick the right type of business video by the job it must do: an explainer, a testimonial, a social clip or a podcast, with a short chooser.

3 min read

How long a business video takes from brief to final file, what sets the timeline, how many revisions to expect, and why the shoot is often the shortest stage.

4 min read

Eight short videos on a pre-lit stage, four if you relight for each one. Where studio time goes, with worked days and prices near Chichester.

3 min read

Decide what a video is for before you publish it, then measure the few numbers that show whether it did the job. A plain method with a worked example.

3 min read

Staff bring credibility and actors bring control. How to choose who appears in a corporate video, mix the two, and brief whoever is on camera.

6 min read

A first-timer's order of play for small business content: what to make first, what to leave until later, and how one shoot day becomes weeks of material.

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A content day planner for brand teams: list the assets, group them by set-up, time each set-up and check the day fits before you book.

5 min read

The eleven things a one-page video brief needs, what each one changes in the quote, and what a good studio should send back. From our barn near Chichester.

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A feedback form for video approvals, with the rules to agree before the first cut, the steps for each round and the mistakes that cost time.

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A creative brief template for video: the objective, audience, deliverables, approvals and budget fields, with a worked example and common mistakes.

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A deliverables spec sheet for video jobs, with one row per file, the columns that matter and a worked example for a film and its cutdowns.

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A one-page brief for a logo sting, lower third or animated graphic. What to fill in, a worked example and the mistakes that cost a review round.

5 min read

A corporate video costed line by line from a Chichester studio's published rates: room, crew, edit, and three worked examples, all +VAT.

4 min read

Real UK studio hire prices, from £25/hour to £395 a day. What's included, what costs extra, and the full rate card. A working studio near Chichester.

3 min read

Compare a studio day with a location day line by line, using Granary's published studio and crew day rates and the location costs to check before you decide.

4 min read

Granary Digital rates: infinity cove £295/half day, green screen from £40/hr, crew from £350/day. All +VAT. Studio near Chichester, West Sussex.

4 min read

A Channel 4 drama directed by Tim Pope needed a cottage interior. It was built and dressed on Granary Digital's infinity cove near Chichester in five days by a six-person crew, then shot.

3 min read

A DeLorean driven onto Granary Digital's infinity cove near Chichester and shot with both gullwing doors open in haze and coloured light. What the shoot involved and what it shows about drive-in studio work.

4 min read

A 2026 guide to hiring a photo or film studio in West Sussex: what to check, day-rate ranges and how the region's studios compare. By a studio owner.

3 min read

A working studio's checklist for planning a shoot: pre-production decisions, kit lists, schedules, and the three things that blow studio days.

2 min read

A capability guide to film and photo studios across West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey. Find a cove, green screen, rain rig or podcast studio near you.

4 min read

What a 5.3m x 7.1m infinity cove actually holds: a Land Rover Defender, an eight-person battle scene, a panel of six, full-length fashion groups. Real examples with focal lengths, from Granary Digital near Chichester.

4 min read

The barn at Adsdean has no windows, skylights or roof lights. James Jones on why every bit of light coming off a lamp is what makes the studio work.

4 min read

The numbers a car photographer needs before booking a drive-in studio: 2.4m wide, 4.5m high doors, a 5.3m x 7.1m cove, ground-level access, which cars fit clean on white, and what a Defender needs.

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The questions to ask before you hire a studio, from what the rate includes to the real room size, access, crew and cancellation terms, with Granary's figures.

5 min read

Who to ask for a testimonial video, how to word the request, the questions that get a good answer, and the consent a UK business should have signed.

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Interview questions for a CEO on camera, grouped by theme, with follow-ups, a simple method for running the interview and the mistakes to avoid.

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Work out the studio hours and editing hours for an audiobook from its word count, with the method, a worked example and the errors that throw plans out.

7 min read

How a remote ADR session runs: Source-Connect Pro, transport sync, streamers on picture, full-quality takes at both ends, and what the director and actor need.

5 min read

About 80 to 90 words for a 30-second ad, fewer with a phone number in it. Speaking rates for ads, explainers and e-learning, and how to time a script.

5 min read

ACX's audio rules in plain English, how a word count turns into fifty hours of work, and why the noise floor is where home recordings fail.

4 min read

The arithmetic of audiobook recording: about 9,000 words to a finished hour, two to three studio hours per finished hour for narration, editing and proof-listening on top, and ACX delivery specs. From Granary Digital's studio near Chichester.

3 min read

What we learnt making The Phoenix Formula, a 24-episode audio course: testing demand, checking sources, mastering, a private feed and selling it lawfully.

2 min read

How a charity can make a credible film on a small budget: one job, one story, one location, consent planned early and cut-downs chosen for the channels that matter.

2 min read

How a school can plan a short promo film: one audience, approved pupils and staff, one location, a shot list and a consent process agreed before the shoot.

3 min read

How to set up a talking-head video for an online course at home on a budget, covering sound, light, background and eye level, with a test to check it.

6 min read

How to plan an online video course before you film: one promise, 4 to 8 modules, lessons of 3 to 6 minutes, retention habits and a studio schedule.

Filed under Edit, deliver and publish

How to turn one filmed shoot into a month of posts, with a repurposing map for each source and a calendar that keeps every cut in order.

Filed under Rules, rights and safety

The general safety points a studio induction should cover, from electrics and height to floors, haze and water, and who has to assess the actual job.

Filed under Make a podcast

UK market ranges for podcast studio hire, editing and agency production, set against our own prices: from £108+VAT an hour or £395+VAT an episode.

Filed under Photography and headshots

How to get stock ready for a product shoot: sorting, spares, cleaning, glass, liquids, colour and file names, from a studio near Chichester.

Filed under Rules, rights and safety

Nine months into the less healthy food ad rules, the ASA's rulings show what makes a product identifiable. How to plan a food shoot around them.

Filed under Rules, rights and safety

How charities can get consent for stories, photos and film that people truly understand: what to explain, what the form covers, how long it lasts.

Filed under Rules, rights and safety

What a school and a film crew need to agree before a camera comes in: lawful basis, consent, pupils who must not be shown, and safe handling of footage.

Filed under Plan and run a shoot

Studio or location? A working studio owner's test for when control wins, when a real place wins, what each day really costs and when to use both.

Filed under Glossaries and test files

A plain-English glossary of studio and film production terms: infinity cove, chroma key, gaffer, DMX, day rate, autocue and 45 more, explained by a working studio.