Video library
Films we made, and films we point at.
Work we shot ourselves, and other people’s work embedded through their own player where they allow it. We never re-host anybody’s video.
Ours
Made on the unit.
Camera
Loading a 400ft magazine
35mm, in a changing bag and in a darkroom.
Close on hands loading a 400ft magazine into a 35mm camera, changing bag, timed and unedited
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Camera
Marking up and pulling focus
How a 1st AC sets marks and holds a moving subject sharp on primes.
Focus puller at the eyepiece and at the follow focus, marks laid on the floor, a rehearsal running
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Camera
Filling in a camera report
What goes on it, and why post needs it.
Camera report on the cart being completed between takes, slate and lens list in shot
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Prep
Before anybody turns over.
Prep
A recce, start to finish
Who goes, and what gets decided.
A recce walkthrough of an empty location with director, DoP, gaffer, 1st AD and locations
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Prep
A prep day in the rental bay
Building a package from a kit list, and the paperwork it goes out on.
Camera prep bay, cases open, kit list on a clipboard, technician checking a lens on a projector
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Prep
Reading a call sheet
Every box on the page, in the order the day uses them.
A call sheet on a table, annotated line by line, hands pointing to each section
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
DepartmentLighting, electrical and grip
Distro, safely
From the genny to the lamp, and the parts a new spark must not guess at.
Sparks running cable from a generator to a distribution box, labelling and taping runs
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Shaping a single source
One lamp, a flag, a bounce and a piece of black, and four different looks from it.
A gaffer shaping one source across an interior, flags and bounce being added one at a time
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Laying and levelling track
Why a dolly move fails on the floor, and how grips stop it.
Grips laying and levelling dolly track on an uneven floor, wedges and level in shot
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
DepartmentSound, and the floor
Placing a boom
Out of frame, out of the light, and close enough to be worth having.
Boom operator working a two-hander, frame lines visible on a monitor beside them
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Rigging a radio mic
Placement, clothing rustle, and what ruins a take you cannot hear on set.
Sound assistant rigging a radio mic under costume, with the costume standby present
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Running the floor
How a 1st AD builds a day, and what “lock it up” is protecting.
1st AD calling first positions and a lock-up across a busy set, crew responding
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
StagePost and delivery
From card to cutting room
Offload, checksum, backup.
DIT cart mid-offload, two copies running, checksum report on screen
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Inside an assistant editor’s day
The job that keeps a cutting room running.
Assistant editor at a workstation, bins and sync maps visible, rushes coming in
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
What fails QC
Why masters get rejected.
A delivery spec beside a QC report on screen, failures highlighted
Filming scheduled. Still frame shown.
Held and unused
Recorded, not yet online.
Recorded on cleared shoot days at Pinewood, at 3 Mills and on independent sets.
Camera
Mark Nutkins
Cinematographer, on the standard a simulation runs to.
Mark Nutkins — cinematographer, Rivals and Curfew — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Camera
Rupert Hornstein ACO
1st AC, on watching the trainees work.
Rupert Hornstein ACO — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Camera
Dean Thompson
1st AC, on the grade the camera course leads to.
Dean Thompson — 1st AC, No Time to Die and Belfast — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Grip
Malcolm Huse
Key grip, on the department nobody documents.
Malcolm Huse — key grip, Gypsy Grips — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Virtual production
David Levy
Fivefold Studios, on the bridge between industry and academia.
David Levy — managing director and CTO, Fivefold Studios — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Trainee
Ilsa Qureshi
A trainee’s own account.
Ilsa Qureshi — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Camera
Annie Latham
2nd AC, on what changed after two days.
Annie Latham — 2nd AC, Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Journalism
Nada Aggour
Broadcast journalist, on the reporting half of the work.
Nada Aggour — broadcast journalist, The Telegraph — interview
Recorded. Not yet edited or online. Still frame shown.
Embedded once each file is cleared.
Commissioned, not yet shotNot yet shot.
Each placeholder names the film that belongs there.
The opening loop
Home page loop — camera, crane, unit, faces, silent and untitled
Home page loop — camera, crane, unit, faces, silent and untitled
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
Pinewood Futures Festival
Pinewood Futures Festival — the festival film
Pinewood Futures Festival — the festival film
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
The Ken Adam Building
The Lab at work — kit prep and a test running in the Ken Adam Building
The Lab at work — kit prep and a test running in the Ken Adam Building
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
Call to wrap
One production simulation, start to wrap
One production simulation, start to wrap
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
Shot on Film
35mm loaded, threaded and shot
35mm loaded, threaded and shot
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
Story to Screen
Story to Screen — a writers room session with Screen Sisters
Story to Screen — a writers room session with Screen Sisters
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
Stabilisation
The stabilisation work moving
The stabilisation work moving
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
The Faith Inclusion Toolkit
A production manager on an adjustment that cost nothing and changed who could work
A production manager on an adjustment that cost nothing and changed who could work
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
Work with us
Showreel cut for buyers
Showreel cut for buyers
Commissioned, not yet shot. Still frame shown.
The LED volume from the floor, landscape on the wall
What we are filming
Organised by department, because that is how a set is organised.
Camera
Loading, marking, focus, prep and the order a camera department does things in
Building
Lighting and grip
Distribution, safe rigging, load and the physics behind both
Building
Sound
Boom technique, radio mics and why the mixer asks for a room tone
Building
Data and post
Card handling, offloading, checksums and the workflow that stops a day being lost
Building
AI and future workflows
Department-by-department, tested on a shooting day
Written
Shot on film
Celluloid handling, 35mm loading and what a lab needs from you
Building
Every film carries captions and a transcript.
Using it
No sign-up, captioned, free to reuse.
Labels on external links
Where we point at somebody else’s material we say whether it is free or paid. We earn nothing either way.
The directory
Bodies to join, places to train, funding, studios, the nations and regions, and support. Nobody has paid to be on it.
Use it in a classroom
Teachers may screen and re-use anything here without asking. Attribution is appreciated, not required.
How it grows
Filmed when a unit is running.
The library grows at the speed the work does. Where a film is not made yet, the placeholder says what belongs there.
Next
The films are free. The unit that shoots them is the thing we sell.
Everything here is free to watch, captioned and free to reuse. The same unit that films it is available to hire: a commissioned film, technical support, a space, or a test day with a product on it. One door for all of it, and it says where it is sending you before you fill anything in.
