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Production Services
Exclusively by Grimm Pictures Ltd.
Every story deserves its first frame.
First Frame is the accessible production-services arm of Grimm Pictures Ltd. — the same cinematographer, cinema cameras, and production standards behind our feature films, scaled to fit your budget.
A music video, a brand campaign, a short film, or the passion project you've carried for years — your story deserves real craft behind the lens.
Day Rate — From, Ex. VAT
£700 / day
Cinematographer with RED KOMODO Super 35 camera package — the accessible option for tighter budgets
Every booking includes
Until 30 October 2026Ends 30 October 2026
£700
£500
Ten-hour day
£350
Half day
Save £200 on a full day
Cinematographer with our RED KOMODO Super 35 camera package and the full ARRI Film Lab look pipeline. Ex VAT. Quote the code when you call. Offer ends 30 October 2026.
20 November – 20 December 2026Ends 20 December 2026
£700
£455
Per shoot day
Save £245 a day
Thirty-five per cent off any RED KOMODO Super 35 shoot day booked inside the window — cinematographer and camera package. Ex VAT. Quote the code when you call. Offers don't stack. Offer ends 20 December 2026.
Music video — full package
£1,500 / three days
Prep day, shoot day, then edit and grade — delivered. Shot on our RED KOMODO Super 35 package through the same ARRI Film Lab pipeline. One flat price, not a day rate, ex VAT.
Multi-day & weekly
Four days booked, the fifth is half price. Standing term on every package, every time.
Equipment: four days’ rental is charged as the week. Crew and operator days are not discounted on that basis, so a week is quoted as four days’ kit plus the days actually worked.
Multi-day terms don’t combine with the promotional rates above. A standard 25% discount can be applied for qualified productions — ask when you call.
Ways to pay
We quote the job, then invoice it — and the invoice carries a pay link. Card, debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer, in a couple of taps. Card payments run through Stripe, so we never see your details. However you fund it is up to you — most clients pay on a company card, which already spreads the cost through their own issuer. Buy now, pay later options are available, subject to status and credit approval. We’re a film company, not a lender: where a pay-later option is used the provider sets the terms and collects the instalments, so the plan sits between you and them. More on paying.
Shooting ARRI
from £2,500 / day
DoP with ARRI ALEXA LF Studio camera package — from €2,800 a day in the EU. Large-format acquisition for feature, commercial and high-end branded work, quoted per project. This tier is not discounted. The look pipeline is identical on either camera.
What We Shoot
We start with your vision, not our template. Tell us what you're making, what you've got to spend, and what it needs to look like — we'll tell you honestly what's achievable. It's your story — we're just here to help it look as good as it deserves.
The camera scales to your budget. The look does not. Whether we shoot ARRI or RED, the grade runs through the same pipeline — ARRI Film Lab, ARRI Look Library, Genesis Pro, and our own library of custom LUTs built against reference feature photography. Point at a film you love and we can get close to it.
Music Videos
Marketing & Brand
Short Films
Documentary
Social Content
Sizzle Reels
Scale it up
Editing and post-production · Additional crew · Multi-day shoots · ARRI camera package · Equipment-only hire
Led by award-winning writer-director Stephen Presley — three Accolade Awards of Merit, two Impact DOCS Awards, a win at the I AM Film Awards in London, and the LA Film Festival IFS award for Best Trailer. You're not hiring a camera — you're hiring a filmmaker who believes your story is worth doing right.
30+
Nominations
17
Wins
Scaling Up?
Grimm Pictures is an eligible production company for UK & Irish film tax incentives. If your project grows into a co-production, we can help structure it. See the pathway →
Whatever you're making — we want to help you tell it the way it deserves to be told. Tell us about your project and we'll come back with an honest answer on what it takes.
films@grimmpictures.comDates unavailable
We are fully booked 1–20 November 2026. Dates before 1 November and from 21 November onward are open as normal.
Book a shoot day
Pick a date, or just
pick up the phone.
Tell us the dates you have in mind and we'll confirm what's free, usually the same day. Quote any discount code when we speak.
Promotional rates apply to the RED KOMODO Super 35 shoot-day package only and are quoted excluding VAT. Subject to availability. Quote the discount code when you call. Offers do not stack, and do not apply to the ARRI ALEXA LF tier.
