Studio 86 — Studio 86 Glassell Park Recording Studio and Industrial Loft Filming Location

Studio 86 is the kind of Glassell Park filming location that already feels lived in by the creative world. It is a two-level recording studio and industrial loft with a big daylight work floor upstairs, a fully dressed live room downstairs, and enough raw texture throughout to keep a frame from feeling flat. Concrete block, exposed timber joists, steel structure and warm wood floors set the base tone, while the instruments, acoustic treatments, rooftop and gated concrete yard give production teams several usable looks without leaving the property.

Daylight Filming Floor

The upper level is the widest, most open part of the studio, and it photographs as a true creative workspace rather than an empty loft. The floor plate is broad and mostly uninterrupted, with high exposed timber joists, steel beams and simple linear fixtures overhead. Worktables and office chairs sit naturally in the room, showing how much space there is to stage a scene, build out a photo setup or move a camera without losing the depth of the space. The raw concrete-block walls and lightly worn, warm-toned wood floor give wide shots a practical industrial texture. Windows run along opposing walls, with extra daylight coming down through the skylights, so this is the best place to schedule broad daylight coverage while both side light and overhead light are working. As the sun moves, the window-side seating corner becomes a tighter, more focused setup. Later in the day, when you need more control, the downstairs recording studio offers darker backgrounds and overhead fixtures instead of changing daylight.

Live Room And Instruments

Downstairs, the live room has the feel of a working recording studio the moment you walk in. It is not a blank stage dressed for the day. Area rugs break up the concrete floor into natural performance zones, and the microphone stands, coiled cables, amplifiers and keyboards give the frame the kind of detail that is hard to fake. The upright piano and ornate red piano both work as strong hero pieces, while the drum kit against the full-height black curtains gives the room a clean performance wall. This is one of the strongest spaces on the property for a music video or artist shoot because the performance positions are already there. There is open floor around the central pianos for camera movement, and the sofas and low seating along the perimeter can play as a rehearsal or listening area without taking over the room. The exposed joists still connect it visually to the rest of the building, but the lower level feels closer, darker and more intimate than the daylight loft above.

Connected Interiors And Support Spaces

The two floors connect through an open steel-railed stairwell, which is useful both practically and visually. From the stair edge, you can catch the width of the loft, the window banks and the ceiling structure in a single composition, which gives productions a strong transitional angle between the upper and lower spaces. A second stair runs down beside the concrete-block wall and keeps the same stripped-back industrial feeling. There are also smaller interiors that give this filming location more range. Near the large roll-up door, the lower utility area has dark wood cabinetry, a stainless-steel refrigerator, sink and microwave, so it can support crew or play as a compact workplace break area. A mustard sofa with wood-framed lounge chairs creates a mid-century-flavored corner between two windows. Even the restroom has a distinct look, with black-and-white patterned walls, a floating concrete sink and warm globe lighting, while the adjacent shower shifts into smooth gray walls and a dark penny-tile floor.

Production Access, Yard And Rooftop

The exterior keeps the same industrial language as the interior, with painted concrete block, simple rectangular windows and large roll-up doors. The pale walls are cut with dusty-pink geometric fields, which gives the building a recognizable graphic face without feeling overly designed. Beside it, the fenced concrete yard gives crews a clear exterior staging area, with a wide gate and enough pavement to keep arrivals, gear and resets close to the studio. For a Glassell Park shoot, FilmLA can coordinate permitting, and the gated yard with roll-up access helps keep equipment movement straightforward. The flat rooftop adds another useful look, with open sky, low parapets, skylight housings and rooftop equipment in the foreground, plus neighborhood rooftops, palms and distant hills beyond. It is exposed to direct sun, so roof coverage is best planned around the shadow length you want, with the yard below available for staging between setups.