Clients often ask what actually happens between "we need a film" and the premiere link. The honest answer: five steps, each with a decision you sign off, so there are no surprises — only a film that arrives looking like the one you approved. Here is exactly how we run it.
1. Discovery — the conversation before the camera
We start with questions, not quotes. Who is the film for? Where will it play? What should the viewer do afterward? From that conversation we write a treatment — the story, the look, the sound of your film in plain language — with a realistic budget and schedule attached. You approve the treatment before a single dollar moves.
2. Pre-production — where films are really made
Casting, locations, storyboards, shot lists, permits, insurance, call sheets. This is the least visible step and the most important one: a well-prepped shoot day costs half as much and looks twice as good. We rehearse talent, scout at the right hour, and check every piece of kit before it leaves the studio.
3. Production — calm sets, full coverage
On the day, our job is to protect two things: the performance and the schedule. Small senior crews, safety briefings, and always more coverage than the edit needs — the extra angle you "probably won't use" has saved three of our films in the cutting room.
4. Post-production — the final rewrite
Assembly, rough cut, fine cut — each with a structured review round where your notes get specific answers, not nods. Then color, sound, titles and graphics, all in-house, so the film never stalls between vendors.
5. Delivery — every screen, every format
The master leaves our studio QC-checked and captioned, encoded for everywhere it will play: cinema DCP, broadcast files, streaming uploads and social cutdowns. Twelve months later, when you need a recut for a new campaign, the project files are archived and ready.
Five steps, five sign-offs, one film. If that sounds like the way you like to work, we should talk.
