Sandstorm Films - Research

I been in contact with someone who works at Sandstorm Films in Swindon, in which I will hopefully be able to do my placement.

The company was founded in 2000 by Tom Ward. They have studios based in New York, London and Swindon. Sandstorm are involved in all aspects of pre to post production, and even film videos from their own studios.

It is quite a small company with only 21 employees listed on LinkedIn.

Behind the scenes of Tech21 video

Behind the scenes of Tresemme commercial

They have created corporate videos for brands such as Tresemme and Tech21. They have used innovative techniques in their films such as Motion Control. This works like a robotic camera to smoothly move and pan around a subject. The camera guy has control over the movements which are able to be programmed to repeat. 

They state that around 50% of the work they do is sound based, which is why they use Dolby Sound Mixing in order to ensure that they have the best audio quality.