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Silhouetted crew move a camera rig through green-lit haze on a stage.

What we do

Five pillars. One working unit.

New entrants, working crew and HoDs on one unit. That's how we test kit, make films and widen who works in screen.

Projects Work with us

Five pillars

A cinema camera built on a stabilised rig with a wooden handle, on a carpeted bench.01 Technology and R&DNew camera and production tools, put through a working day. A technician works the wheels of a remote head at a control desk under coloured stage light.02 Production simulationUnits with a call sheet and a head of department in every chair. A camera assistant checks a camera on a tripod on a street location.03 Social impact filmmakingFilms that matter, in the tradition of British social realism. A speaker presents in a panelled library hall with a screen and bookcases.04 Academia and industryUniversities and research on a working set. Two women rig a cinema camera on a mount beside a car on a studio stage.05 Access and opportunityFrom first day to head of department.
Pinewood Futures Festival 2023 1:03Our film

One unit, several pillars

One shoot day can test a prototype, crew a simulation, place students and make a film.

All projects

On the unit

  • A crew member in hi-vis points towards an LED wall beside a crane-mounted camera.

    Pointing the unit to the LED wall, Pinewood

  • An operator in headphones carries a cinema camera on a wearable support rig outdoors.

    A cinema camera on a wearable support

  • A trainee looks up from the camera on a stage, a colleague behind her.

    Looking up from the camera on stage

  • Crew prepare a camera rig and lights at the back of an open kit van on a residential street.

    Rigging at the back of the kit van

  • Two crew members unload a tall tripod from a kit van.

    Unloading the tripods

Programmes

A technician handles a 35mm film camera at a bench lined with film cameras in the test room.Shot on FilmOur 35mm project, with Kodak, Panavision and Digital Orchard. A panelled library hall set out with chairs and a flip chart for a development session.Story to Screen LabIn partnership with Screen Sisters CIC. Crew build camera carts and monitors in front of an LED wall on a Pinewood stage before the festival opens.Pinewood Futures FestivalWe build and run the production unit.

Heard on the unit

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