Formats · Length 30-90s · 9:16 · beginner
Studio tour video: how to shoot, edit, and prompt it
A studio tour walks through the space where you work, one zone at a time, with one line about why each thing is there.
By Sulan Zhang, co-founder of Vyra · Updated 2026-09-24 · Example: @sulansart
- Platforms
- TikTok, Reels, Shorts, YouTube
- Length
- 30-90s
- Aspect
- 9:16
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Gear
- phone, gimbal or steady hands, daylight, a tidy-ish room
People want to see the room behind the art. Start with the one object they always ask about.
At a glance
| Best for | New followers, "day in the life" audiences, students picking a setup |
| Hook style | The object people ask about, shown first |
| Pacing | One zone every 6-10 seconds, walking shots between |
| Caption style | A label per zone, short phrases over the talking |
| Music | Calm, steady, no drops |
| Shot list | Slow walk in from the door. One walking shot per zone. One close-up per zone. Your desk from your chair. A pull-back at the end. |
| Common mistakes | Panning too fast. Filming at night under one lamp. Narrating everything. |
Structure
- 0-3s: the object people ask about, close
- 3-8s: walk in from the door
- 8-60s: four to six zones, walk in, one line, one close-up
- 60-75s: the desk from your chair, what's on it today
- 75-90s: pull back to the whole room, one closing line
How to shoot it
- Daylight, blinds open. Studios look dim on phones.
- Walk at half the speed that feels natural.
- Hold each zone shot 8 seconds, then the close-up for 5.
- Say your line for each zone on camera, then again as a clean voiceover after.
- Leave the real mess (brushes in jars). Clear the other mess (trash, cables).
How to edit it
- Zones in the order you'd walk them.
- Walking shot, cut on the pause, close-up, back.
- Trim any pan over 90 degrees.
- Labels per zone ("paint wall", "drying rack") plus phrase captions on speech.
- One track under the voice, no drop.
- Match color across zones if the window light differs.
Prompt it in Vyra
Cut a 60-second studio tour from these clips. Open on the close-up of the preserved flower jars, then the walk in from the door. Go zone by zone in the order I walked. For each zone use the walking shot and then the close-up. Keep my one line per zone and cut everything else. Add a small label caption for each zone in the top left.
Slow down any pan that feels fast, and remove the clip where the dog walks through.
Match the color between the window-side shots and the back-wall shots so the room looks like one light.
Variations
- Desk tour, one zone, every object explained.
- Before and after tour, when you moved in vs now.
- Tour plus process, each zone ends with 2 seconds of it in use.
FAQ
Do I need a gimbal? No. Walk slowly, elbows in, and let Vyra trim the shaky starts and stops.
How many zones? Four to six.
Should I show the whole room first? No. Start with the one object, end with the wide.