ON DEMAND DRIVING PLATES
From a Road to LED Volume
CreatE Bespoke Driving Plates for Virtual Production
Custom Driving Plates That Follow Your Story
At Silvertown Studios, we can produce driving plates entirely in-house, from route planning and filming through to colour management and final delivery. We can capture driving footage at locations across the UK and EU, with each shoot planned around your production, creative brief and narrative. The footage is then prepared specifically for LED virtual production, ensuring it works naturally with your planned shots and the overall look of the project.
Driving Plates That Fit Your Production
Creating convincing driving sequences begins long before the cameras roll. High-quality driving plates provide the foundation for realistic automotive content, allowing vehicles to appear as though they are travelling through any location while remaining safely inside a controlled studio environment.
From planning the route and capturing the footage, to colour management and final delivery. Every stage of the process is handled by our experienced team. This ensures the content is optimised specifically for LED volumes and virtual production workflows, resulting in natural reflections, realistic motion and seamless integration on set.
Captured for LED Stage Workflows
We capture high-quality driving plates using cinema-grade cameras and stabilised vehicle rigs, tailored to your creative brief and designed for playback on our LED stages. From busy city streets and motorways, to coastal roads and countryside routes, we help bring a wide range of driving environments to life in a controlled studio setting.
Our driving plate service includes:
Cinema-grade capture using professional camera systems and stabilised vehicle rigs for smooth, high-resolution footage.
Bespoke location footage tailored to your production, from urban environments to country roads and coastal routes.
LED-optimised content prepared for accurate colour reproduction, smooth playback and reliable performance on our screens.
Creative Freedom
Our in-house driving plate service gives director’s, DOP’s and agencies greater creative control from pre-production onwards. Routes, driving speeds, camera positions and focal lengths can be planned around the chosen vehicle and camera setup, ensuring the footage fits the creative vision and works seamlessly on our LED stages.
Shot planning to define camera angles and framing before capturing the footage.
Route matching to the desired environment, speed and action within the scene.
Camera and lens matching to ensure the driving plates align with the planned shooting setup.
Content testing on our LED stages to review the footage in context and refine the shot before the production day.
Frequently Asked Questions
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In a nutshell, we would attach five cameras to a vehicle and drive to your desired location to capture the specific road and driving plates you require. We would just need some key details from you beforehand, including the location you would like to film, the preferred time of day, and the weather conditions you are looking to capture. From there, we can plan the shoot accordingly and make sure the footage is captured to suit your production requirements.
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The filming itself is relatively quick, but we do need to take into consideration that the weather is not always on our side. To make sure we can capture the exact conditions required, we would usually recommend allowing a 10-day filming window. This gives us enough flexibility to monitor the forecast and choose the best possible day for the shoot, ensuring the final footage matches the desired look and weather conditions.
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Filming days start from £2,700 + VAT. Depending on the requirements, we can also capture multiple locations within a single day — for example, Mayfair in the morning, Soho in the afternoon and Docklands in the evening.
We are not limited to London either; our setup is fully mobile, allowing us to travel across the UK and Europe to capture the locations and driving plates you require.
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