Films that keep playing offscreen
We develop, shoot and finish films for brands, artists and broadcasters. The crew stays small, the edit stays honest and the grade happens down the corridor, so the film you sign off is the film that airs.
About the studio
2012
Founded in London
340+
Films delivered
26
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Eight directors with their own voice, represented worldwide and produced in house.
Meet the directors
Everything a film needs, under one roof and one producer. Bring us a brief, a song or a script at any stage.
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Development
Treatments, scripts, casting and look books, written with the director and tested before a single day is booked.
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Production
Crews, kit, permits and locations in 26 countries, run by producers who have done the remote shoot before.
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Studio
A 4,000 square foot stage in Hackney with a cyc, a kitchen set and a lighting grid for the days that need control.
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Edit
Three offline suites and an online room, with editors who cut for feeling first and for the brief second.
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Colour
A calibrated grading theatre with a resident colourist, so the look is set with the director rather than sent away.
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Sound
Design, mix and original music, from a thirty-second spot to a feature-length documentary.
Made for brands, artists, labels and broadcasters
Notes from a river shoot
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Behind the scenes
Samir Haddad
What a week on a mountain riverbank for Dust and Daylight taught us about tents, weather, small crews and carrying less than you think you need.
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The clapperboard is not a prop
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Craft
Theo Lindqvist
Why slates, scene and take discipline and proper sound sync still matter on a digital set, and how we run them on every Offscreen shoot.
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Lighting a room with one lamp
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Interviews
Yuna Sato
Yuna Sato and cinematographer Ama Boateng on lighting interiors with practicals for The Long Field and Signal, and why they rarely bring a light the audience cannot see.
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The Long Field premieres at Northlight Film Festival
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Hannah Reyes
Yuna Sato's short about a woman walking out across a winter snowfield has its world premiere this week as an Official Selection at Northlight Film Festival.
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Grading Night Drive
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Eun-ji Park
Colourist Eun-ji Park on building the look of Night Drive for Halden: two colours, one face, deep blacks and four nights of Manchester rain made to match.
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Annelise Vogt joins the roster
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Marcus Bell
The Berlin-based documentary director behind Low Water joins Offscreen for long-form, branded and commercial work, represented by both our London and Los Angeles offices.
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Casting real people
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Mara Okonkwo
Mara Okonkwo on street casting non-actors for Twelve Rounds, from gym noticeboards and casting tapes to contracts, consent and the first day on set.
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What a treatment is for
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Hannah Reyes
A director's treatment is a promise about a film, not a description of it. Hannah Reyes on what a good one does, what it should never try to do, and how we read them.
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A week in the edit of Feedback
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Behind the scenes
Daniel Okafor
Editor Daniel Okafor on one week of cutting Feedback, Kofi Mensah-Hart's tour film with The Lowlands, from 300 hours of rushes to a seventy-two minute film.
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