Film
Short film, series episode or feature film, from £520 ex VAT per finished minute
You are commissioning a film, not trial and error: the script is locked before the first frame, and every character keeps the same face from the first shot to the last.
Excerpts
Work by the studioWhat you receive
Precise deliverables- The locked script, broken down scene by scene.
- The visual bible: art direction, sets, light, palette, ten proof shots.
- The character sheets: one sheet per outfit and per state, one reference per camera angle.
- The frame accurate timeline: every image carries the second at which it appears.
- The storyboard, captioned and timed, approved by you before one second of video is generated.
- The film or episode edited and graded, high-definition master, 4K subject to the quote.
- The mix: voices, music, atmospheres, levels calibrated for broadcast.
- The versions: 16:9 master, textless version, French and English subtitles, vertical 9:16 cutdowns set out in the quote.
- The licence: exclusive and perpetual, all media, all uses, on full payment.
How we work
Four rules, no exceptionsNothing is shot without a written brief and an agreed price.
One sheet per outfit and per state, so the face holds from one shot to the next.
Every shot is generated several times, and we keep the best take.
Identity, location, light, continuity: four points checked before the shot ships.
Turnaround
Numbered, not an open-ended promiseTimelines start once the deposit and your materials are received. The exact schedule is agreed in the quote; the ranges below give the order of magnitude.
- Visual bible on its own: 3 to 4 weeks.
- Teaser or trailer: 3 weeks.
- Short film of 5 to 8 minutes: 8 to 12 weeks after the bible is approved.
- Short film of 9 to 12 minutes: 12 to 18 weeks.
- Episode of 20 to 25 minutes: 5 to 7 months.
- Feature film: schedule agreed in the quote, block of scenes by block of scenes.
Any delay in approval pushes delivery back by the same amount. A film is not delivered on an advert's timeline: the 100% AI feature film presented at Cannes took 38,476 generations for 95 finished minutes.
What is included, what is not
So the quote holds no surpriseIncluded
- Two rounds of revisions at each stage: script, bible, storyboard, edit.
- One named approver on your side.
- Voice over and dialogue, synthesised and directed by the studio.
- Music, original or royalty free.
- French and English subtitles.
- The exclusive, perpetual licence to the final deliverables.
Not included
- The third round of revisions and any request that reopens an approved element, on an additional quote.
- The rights to a commercially released track.
- Recording with live actors.
- Distribution.
- Subtitles in another language.
- The working files, which stay with the studio.
Examples
Work by the studioZoya, the Source Code. First episode of a drama series, characters locked shot after shot.
Aya and Koffi, The Invisible Chains. Two long form productions in progress at the studio. Koffi runs to 81 scenes across its first two episodes: that is the scale at which the method has been tested.
Extracts on the Films page.
Frequently asked questions
Before you signOn quote, priced per finished minute. Short film of 5 to 12 minutes: from £1,050 ex VAT per minute. Series episode of 20 to 25 minutes: from £780 ex VAT per minute. Feature film of 75 to 95 minutes: from £520 ex VAT per minute. Teaser or trailer of 60 to 90 seconds: £1,650 to £3,000 ex VAT. Visual bible (locked characters, sets, ten proof shots): £3,000 to £5,200 ex VAT, produced first and deducted from the balance.
One sheet per outfit and per state, one reference per camera angle, every shot matched to the preceding one, and a continuity check against the scene's reference shot.
Either way works. If you bring one, it is read, broken down and locked with you. If the studio writes it, it is quoted separately and approved before the bible.
French or English. French and English subtitles included, any other language on quote.
On full payment: an exclusive, perpetual licence, across all media and all uses. The working files stay with the studio. The studio may show the film in its portfolio, unless you object in writing before delivery.
By stage: 30% on signing, 30% on approval of the visual bible, 30% at the end of shooting, 10% on delivery. Short formats are paid 50% on booking.
Business outside the UK: no UK VAT, reverse charge on your side. In the UK: 20% added. Mamakatiopa Ltd is VAT registered under number GB 396 0036 92.
A quote issued block of scenes by block of scenes, two rounds of revisions per block, and an additional quote before an approved block is reopened.