How to Choose the Best Studio Location for a Corporate Video Interview

When planning a corporate video interview, the location can have a major impact on the final product. A beautiful space can give an interview production value and visual depth, but there’s another factor that matters just as much—sometimes more: sound.

For our Denver video production projects, we frequently use online location services to find studios, lofts, homes, offices, and other spaces available by the hour. These services make it easy to find interesting locations throughout Denver and Colorado, but choosing a space for professional video production requires looking beyond the photos.

Study the Photos Carefully

Start by studying every available photo of the space—not just the hero images.

For a corporate interview, we’re usually looking for depth behind the subject and opportunities to create an interesting composition. Windows, architectural details, furniture, shelving, artwork, and practical lights can all help a videographer create a background that feels natural and dimensional.

This is one reason photo studios can sometimes be excellent interview locations. Many offer furnished areas or practical sets that create a much more interesting background than the standard seamless backdrop or wide cyc wall found in many traditional soundstages.

But there is an important catch.

A Photo Studio Isn't Necessarily a Video Studio

A space designed primarily for photography may have little or no consideration for sound.

For a photographer, a large concrete room with high ceilings and hard surfaces may be beautiful. For a corporate video production, those same features can create echo and reflections that are difficult to control.

When evaluating a studio online, look closely at the surfaces. Concrete floors, brick walls, large windows, exposed ceilings, and mostly empty rooms should immediately raise questions about acoustics.

Curtains, rugs, upholstered furniture, acoustic panels, and other soft materials can help. An experienced Denver videographer can also bring sound blankets and other acoustic treatment, but there are limits to what can realistically be controlled on location.

Read the Reviews—Especially for Noise

Reviews can reveal things that photographs never will.

Search for comments mentioning noise, sound, construction, neighbors, traffic, HVAC, trains, airplanes, or music. A photographer might mention these issues casually because they didn't affect their shoot. For a video production company recording an interview, that same comment can be extremely valuable.

One issue that has surprised us in the past isn't noise inside the studio. It's noise coming from next door.

A studio can look perfect and even sound reasonably quiet when you walk into it. But if there's a busy coffee shop, restaurant, gym, workshop, or other business sharing a wall, that noise may become very obvious once you put a professional microphone on someone.

Footsteps, chairs scraping across floors, music, voices, dropped equipment, and doors opening and closing can all travel through walls and ceilings. These are exactly the kinds of problems that can interrupt an otherwise polished corporate interview video.

Construction Can Ruin an Otherwise Perfect Location

Construction is another wildcard, particularly in rapidly developing areas around Denver and throughout Colorado.

A beautiful studio doesn't do much good if someone starts using a hammer drill halfway through an executive interview.

This is especially important in downtown areas, converted warehouses, and mixed-use buildings where renovations may be happening elsewhere in the property. Construction across the street can also create problems, particularly if the location has large windows.

Before booking a location for a Denver corporate video production, it's worth asking the host directly whether there is any known construction in the building or immediately nearby.

Sound Is Often the Biggest Concern

When scouting locations for Denver video production and corporate videography, we're always thinking about what the camera will see. But we're listening just as carefully.

Traffic, HVAC systems, elevators, neighboring businesses, refrigerators, ventilation fans, airplanes, and construction can all become noticeable when recording professional dialogue.

Some of these problems can be managed by an experienced video production crew. Others can't.

That's why selecting a great location for a corporate interview isn't simply about finding the prettiest room online. The best location gives you both sides of the equation: a visually interesting environment and enough acoustic control to capture clean, professional sound.

For companies looking for professional video production in Denver or throughout Colorado, taking a little extra time to study the photos, read the reviews, and ask the right questions before booking can save a lot of headaches on production day—and ultimately produce a much better corporate video.