About
A small Dorchester consultancy that helps broadcasters and content teams plan, build and run live television studios with fewer surprises on air.
How a regional gallery became a consultancy
glamforyu was founded in 2014 by Helen Marsh, who had spent years working in regional television galleries. She saw how often live programmes were let down by avoidable problems. The company grew from the wish to fix those problems properly.
Helen began by advising local production teams on running orders and cueing, the unglamorous parts of a live show that decide whether it feels calm or chaotic. Early clients asked the same question again and again: why did something work in rehearsal and fail on air?
The answer was rarely one thing. It might be a monitor path nobody had tested, a room that swallowed dialogue, a light that made a guest look washed out, or a fallback that existed only in someone's head. Helen realised that the technical and human sides of a studio had to be looked at together.
That conviction led to the team we have today. Daniel Pryce brought systems engineering and careful documentation, Priya Nair added acoustics and audio, and Tom Whitcombe took on lighting and camera work. Each joined because they preferred fixing causes to patching symptoms.
Our base is a business yard in Dorchester, where we plan projects, prepare documentation and keep test equipment. We take on work for news programmes, interviews and live shows, and we say plainly when a job is better suited to someone else.
Twelve years on, the approach has not changed much. We visit, measure, write down what we find, agree the scope in a quotation and then do the work. We would rather explain a decision in plain language than hide behind technical vocabulary.
What guides our work
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Reliability
A broadcast has no second take, so we test connections, rehearse fallbacks and check the dull details. We would rather spend an extra hour in rehearsal than leave a crew guessing on air.
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Clarity
We write findings, quotations and plans in plain language. Daniel documents every build so your crew can follow it, and nothing in a quotation is left for you to interpret.
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Craft
Neat cabling, considered camera positions and carefully placed lighting show on screen. We take time over details such as framing and sound because audiences notice them even when they cannot say why.
The people and practice behind each studio project
We are a small team, and each project has a named person responsible for each area of work. That keeps conversations direct and means the person who measured your room is the one advising on how to treat it.
A small, specialist team
Four people make up glamforyu, each with a distinct area. Helen leads client planning and workflow reviews, Daniel handles studio systems, Priya looks after acoustics and audio, and Tom covers lighting and cameras. Because the team is small, you speak to the specialist rather than a go-between. Larger projects draw on several of us at once, and we plan visits so that everyone sees the studio together. This also lets us notice where one discipline affects another, such as a lighting rig that adds fan noise to a quiet room.
How we assess a studio
We start with a visit. We look at the room, trace the signal path, listen to the space and watch your crew rehearse. Priya measures sound, Daniel checks connections and Tom studies camera and lighting positions. We take notes and photographs, then write up the findings so you have a record. Only after that do we propose any work. This order keeps recommendations tied to what we actually saw, rather than to a standard package of fixes.
Working with your own crew
Studios run on the people in them, so we involve your crew from the start. We ask what frustrates them, rehearse changes with them and train them on the day where that is part of the agreed work. Tom regularly runs camera and lighting sessions for news and interview sets. Our documentation is written for the people who will use it, so that once we leave, your team can operate and maintain the studio with confidence.
The kinds of teams we usually work with
- Regional broadcasters
- News production teams
- Independent producers
- Corporate content
- Interview programmes
- Live event streams
Tell us about your studio and what you want it to do better
Use the contact page to describe your programmes and equipment. We will reply with questions, and if the work suits us both, we will arrange a visit and write a quotation.
Send us a message
- Phone
- 01305 842160
- By email
- [email protected]