Stage One, The cyc

A 2,400 sq ft white cyc stage with five tall north windows that black out, and a freight elevator to the floor.

Check Stage One availability Rates from $1,450 a day

A photographer and a sitter on a stool in the middle of a white cyc studio.

A curly-haired photographer holding his camera in the white studio.

A sitter lounging in an armchair while the photographer bends to shoot beside a tall window and radiator.

The room

Stage One is the room we shoot most of our own commissions in: a hard white cyc along the back wall, a painted floor, and five tall north-facing windows that give soft daylight from nine until four — or black out completely in under two minutes.

It suits portraits, fashion, still life on a large set and small motion jobs. The cyc is repainted before every hire booked as a full day; colour paint is available on request.

Stage One specifications
Floor area	2,400 sq ft (60 × 40 ft)
Cyc	30 ft wide × 24 ft deep × 18 ft high, two-wall corner cove
Ceiling	20 ft to the beams, rigging points on a 10 ft grid
Daylight	Five north windows, 5 × 12 ft, motorised blackout
Power	200 A three-phase, twelve 20 A circuits
Load-in	Freight elevator 10 × 8 ft door, 4,000 lb, dock at street level
Support rooms	Hair and make-up room, client lounge, kitchen, two restrooms
Capacity	Up to 30 people on set

Stage One · plan in feet, not to construction accuracy · cyc 30 × 24 × 18 ft

Rates

Shoot or prelight day10 hours, 8:00–18:00, includes cyc repaint white	$1,450
Half day5 hours, weekdays only, no repaint	$850
Build or strike dayFor set construction before or after a shoot day	$1,100
OvertimePer hour after 10 hours; double after midnight	$150
Weekend surchargePer day, Saturday and Sunday	$250
Cyc paint, colourPer coat, paint and labour; returned to white after	$400

Demo rates in US dollars, before tax. Set your own in data/stages.ts.

Included

Wi-Fi, kitchen and coffee
Hair and make-up room with two stations
Client lounge with tethering screen
Two C-stands, sandbags and apple boxes per ten people
Steamer, iron and garment rail
Studio manager on site

Before you book

Dates can be held without payment. Holds rank in order: first, second, third.
A 50% deposit confirms a booking. The balance and any overtime are invoiced on the day and due in 14 days.
A certificate of insurance (COI) is required before load-in: general liability of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence, naming the studio as additional insured.

All policies

The photographer standing over the sitter in the armchair, camera lowered.

A sitter perched on a radiator under tall industrial windows, the photographer shooting from the floor.

Also for hire

Stage Two, The beam room — A 1,100 sq ft room under white timber beams with warm walls, paper sweeps up to 12 ft and a boom-mounted beauty dish.