"Making a film is like entering a new relationship.  It's based on respect, responsibility, affection.  Euphoria and disappointment are always involved, sometimes conflict too, and sometimes you don't finish it." As well as making documentaries, we also offer the following services: FCP editing, cameraman hire, photography, film concept development, proposal writing, location scouting.

Our approach to documentary film
The "observational" documentary film technique (also known as cinema verite, fly-on-the-wall or direct cinema) can be best described as "capturing the extraordinary in the ordinary"  -- in other words observing daily life and showing the extraordinary things that go on right under our noses.  This approach is related to the study of anthropology, in which people are observed over a long period of time.   In practise, the filmmaker chooses a character to portray, gets to know them and the people they interact with, follows them around and builds up a portrait that is as honest as possible.  The art is in choosing an inspiring character who can communicate naturally in the presence of a video camera.

The observational technique avoids voiceovers, interviews and special effects.  If done in the right way (with empathy and patience but without irony) the results can be extraordinary. But getting it right is surprisingly difficult -- even though it seems incredibly simple.