MMMotion PicturesShort films for companies that make things

Plan a film

Plan a film with us.

The form asks for the few things we need in order to reply properly. It takes a couple of minutes. What comes back is a set of questions, a suggested walk-round date and a plain quote — written by a person, from the bookings address.

Sending the brief is an enquiry, not a booking. Nothing is charged and no date is held until we have agreed one in writing.

What happens next

After you press send

The brief lands in the bookings inbox, which is read by the crew, not a call handler. Within two working days you get a reply that asks the questions the form could not — usually about the shift pattern, the quiet room and the faces that can be filmed — and offers a date for the walk-round. Most walk-rounds happen on a video call; a visit is offered where the site is large or the light is awkward.

After the walk-round we send the shot list, the day plan and the quote in one message. If you go ahead, the date goes in the diary and this page has done its job.

Softbox lights on stands in front of a white studio backdrop

The set-up is the work; the rest is the list

FR 4AThe briefInt. bookings desk — day

Placed in

Manchester, England. A crew that drives to the site rather than a studio you come to, though a studio day is booked when a product film needs one.

Service area

Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire without a travel day. The rest of England and Wales with one, quoted plainly. We do not film outside England and Wales.

Prefer to write?

[email protected]

The same inbox as the form. The desk is read Monday to Friday, nine to six; shoot days are not desk days.

FR 4BWhere we areExt. Manchester — day