Video Photo Studio offers professional green screen rental and chroma key video production in Manhattan, NYC, for corporate videos, interviews, commercials, training content, product demonstrations, music videos, social media content, virtual backgrounds, and VFX projects.
Located in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, our studio pairs a seamless green screen cyclorama with professional cameras, controlled lighting, audio recording, monitoring, teleprompter capability, and optional chroma key post-production. Clients can book a full production with our crew or rent the studio for their own production team.
Green Screen Studio Quick Specs
Studio Size: Approximately 1,350 sq. ft.
Ceiling Height: 13 ft.
Green Screen Area: Approximately 18 ft wide × 13 ft high.
Background: Seamless green screen installed on cyclorama.
Location: 37 West 26th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY 10010.
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Seamless Green Screen Cyclorama Studio
Our green screen is installed on a studio cyclorama, creating a smooth transition between the vertical background and the floor. Unlike a flat backdrop with a visible wall-to-floor seam, a cyclorama allows for wider compositions, standing presentations, full-body shots, movement, and scenes where the floor comes into frame.
The 13-foot ceiling gives you extra room to position lighting equipment and keep proper separation between subject and background — a distinction that matters in chroma key work, since reflected green light can affect skin, hair, clothing, transparent materials, and reflective surfaces.
Green Screen Production or Studio Rental
Clients can choose the production model that best fits their project.
Full-Service Green Screen Production
Our production team supplies the studio, cameras, lenses, lighting, audio recording, camera operation, teleprompter, monitoring, and technical support needed for professional green screen filming. This option suits companies, agencies, executives, marketing teams, organizations, and creators who’d rather have a managed production than coordinate equipment and crew on their own.
Green Screen Studio Rental
Production companies, filmmakers, photographers, agencies, content creators, and independent crews are also welcome to rent the studio and bring their own team and equipment. Studio rental starts at $150 per hour, with a four-hour minimum. Additional cameras, lighting, audio equipment, teleprompter, and technical support can be added based on the needs of the shoot. If you need studio space without a full production package, our Video Studio Rental in NYC services may be a better fit.
Green Screen Production Packages & Pricing
Production Duration: 4–6 Hours
This full-service green screen production package is designed for clients who want our team to handle the complete technical setup, filming process, and file delivery.
The first hour is dedicated to studio preparation and technical setup. This includes installing and preparing the green chroma key background, creating even green screen illumination, setting up rim/separation lighting, positioning the main key light, preparing one or two cameras, installing a teleprompter when required, and setting up production monitoring.
The package also includes professional audio preparation with boom microphones and wireless lavalier microphones, followed by the filming session itself.
After recording is completed, our team breaks down the production equipment and prepares the recorded media for delivery.
Included in the $2,500 package:
- 4–6 hours of total production time
- First hour dedicated to studio and technical preparation
- Green screen installation and preparation
- Even chroma key background lighting
- Key light and rim/separation lighting setup
- One camera setup (Additional camera: $700)
- Teleprompter setup when required
- Production monitoring setup
- Boom microphone setup
- Wireless lavalier microphone setup
- Professional audio recording and monitoring
- Filming and technical production support
- Equipment breakdown after the shoot
- Copying recorded footage to the client’s hard drive or uploading files to the cloud
Post-production, chroma key extraction, background replacement, compositing, motion graphics, and VFX are not included in the production package and are quoted separately based on the requirements of each project.
For production teams bringing their own camera operator but requiring professional lighting support. This add-on includes an experienced lighting technician / gaffer who will fully set up and balance the lighting for your green screen production.
The service includes green screen background lighting, subject lighting, light positioning, exposure balancing, shadow control, separation lighting, and adjustments to help minimize green spill and create clean footage for chroma key post-production.
Professional studio lighting equipment and modifiers are included in the $600 service fee.
This service is booked in addition to the Green Screen Studio Rental and is ideal for crews that already have their own camera operator but do not have a dedicated gaffer or lighting technician.
Rent our professional green screen studio in Manhattan for your own production crew. The studio rental rate is $150 per hour with a 4-hour minimum.
A seamless green chroma key backdrop installed on the cyclorama is included with the studio rental at no additional charge.
If your production requires the green screen to extend across the studio floor for full-body shots, movement, or wider compositions, an additional floor green screen extension is available for $20 per hour.
Green screen lighting is not included in the standard studio rental. Clients may bring their own lighting crew and equipment or add our Green Screen Lighting Setup & Gaffer Support service for professional lighting preparation.
This option is ideal for production companies, filmmakers, agencies, photographers, and independent crews that already have their own camera operator and production team but need a professional Manhattan green screen studio.
Professional Green Screen Lighting
Lighting is one of the most important elements of a successful chroma key shoot. The background and the subject should be treated as separate lighting zones: the green screen requires even, consistent illumination, while the person or product in front of it needs its own key, fill, and separation lighting. Proper lighting helps create a uniform background and provides cleaner material for chroma key extraction during post-production. For a more detailed explanation of background illumination, subject separation, light placement, and color temperature, see our guide How Does Chromakey Lighting Work?
Keeping adequate distance between the talent and the screen helps reduce shadows and reflected green light. Rim or separation lighting can improve edge definition around hair, shoulders, and clothing, making the final key easier to isolate. Reflective products, glasses, transparent materials, jewelry, glossy surfaces, and clothing containing green tones may require additional attention during setup to minimize reflections and green spill.
Camera, Audio & Production Equipment
We can build out the green screen setup with equipment suited to the requirements of each production. Available resources include Sony Alpha a7S III camera systems, professional Sony lenses, LED lighting, softboxes and grids, Sennheiser wireless lavalier microphones, shotgun microphones, production monitoring, and teleprompter support. Camera settings, framing, lighting, subject positioning, and the relationship between the talent and the green background all contribute to the quality of the final chroma key. For a broader explanation of how chroma key works and the technical differences between green and blue screen production, see Chroma Key Technology and Green / Blue Screen in Film Production.
Chroma Key Post-Production & VFX
Video Photo Studio can also provide post-production services for green screen footage recorded in our studio. This option is available for clients who want our team to handle chroma key extraction, compositing, and visual effects after filming.
Because every green screen project has different requirements, post-production pricing is quoted individually. The final cost depends on factors such as the amount of recorded footage, number of shots, complexity of the key extraction, background replacement, motion graphics, VFX requirements, revisions, and final deliverables.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The studio is available for rent with your own production crew. Rental starts at $150 per hour with a four-hour minimum.
The studio offers approximately 1,350 square feet of production space with 13-foot ceilings and a green screen area approximately 18 feet wide by 13 feet high.
Yes. The cyclorama and available floor space accommodate seated, standing, and full-body compositions. The studio includes complimentary installation of the green screen on the cyclorama wall. If your production requires the green screen to extend across the floor for full-body shots or movement, a floor green screen extension is available for an additional $20 per hour on top of the studio rental rate.
Yes. Professional cameras, lenses, LED lighting, modifiers, monitoring, and other equipment are available according to project needs.
Yes. Sennheiser wireless lavalier and shotgun microphone systems are available for productions that require professional dialogue recording.
Yes. A teleprompter can be built into presentations, corporate videos, interviews, training productions, and direct-to-camera recordings.
Yes. Chroma key extraction, background replacement, compositing, editing, color correction, motion graphics, and VFX are available and quoted separately from production.
Video Photo Studio is located at 37 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010, in Manhattan’s Flatiron District.
Book Green Screen Production or Studio Rental in NYC
Whether you need a fully managed green screen video production in NYC or a professional Manhattan studio space for your own crew, contact Video Photo Studio to discuss availability, production requirements, equipment, scheduling, and final deliverables.