IXA or Matt Rudge has been a long time collaborator. We’ve all worked together on films, events, book launches and he’s crew. Last September he […]
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EZRA, Dance, Art, Performance and Film
Where to start with EZRA DICKINSON . He’s a choreographer, activist, performer, sculptor, painter, animator, filmmaker and street artist. A true renaissance man who is […]
Documentary filmmaking with Clare Richards
We’ve worked alongside Clare Richards for over a decade. She’s prolific, talented and inspiration to so many artists we know. When was it you started […]
Academy Nominated James Longley on music composition and filmmaking.
Multiple Oscar-nominated and Sundance award winning filmmaker James Longley kindly contributed a number of music and audio tracks to our latest film SODO EXPRESS. How […]
APERTURE ZERO – 05. OIL
Words and pictures by Merik. 05. OIL When thoughts grow dull and the eye calcifies, a little lubrication is required to keep the the pipes […]
SODO EXPRESS: The idea, the film and the director’s statement
The idea behind the short film SODO EXPRESS came from watching a British news segment featuring Silicon valley old schooler Jaron Lanier. He explains the […]
Animation, Live Action and Short Films with Ingmar Järve
Ingmar Järve is playing a massive role in our latest film SODO EXPRESS. It’s through him and through his animation we get to express a […]
APERTURE ZERO – 04. A COUNTERPOINT
Words and pictures by Merik. 04. A COUNTERPOINT The Pipes Man limbered up to the corrugated barrier with wide wild eyes. What lay behind may be […]
SODO EXPRESS. Short films, graphics and titles talk with Ryo Sanada.
As we get closer to finishing SODO EXPRESS, we’re taking the time to chat to a few of the crew involved in the film and […]
BANANA KRUGER AND ALTERNATIVE COMICS
As we continue to chat to artists who have been involved someway in Stickerbomb, we come around to Lary aka BANANA KRUGER who lives and […]
FLOATING CIRCLES QUARTET – New Music Video by Cinema Iloobia
A hand drawn, synesthetic inspired animation for the track ‘White ‘n’ Fluffy’ by Floating Circles Quartet. The animation was inspired by the work of Oskar […]
Behind The Lens with Producer & Director, WILL FRANCOME
We had the pleasure of sharing offices with Director / Producer, Will Francome and his Reel Nice production crew many years ago in London Bridge. […]
Behind The Lens with NAOR ELIMELECH
Naor is a shooting director who was a massive part of one of our most difficult but satisfying productions over the years: SOKA AFRIKA. It’s […]
Burmese Daze: YANGON ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK
Having run a creative studio now for a number of years, I’m always looking for a dose of inspiration. If you can find it in […]
CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Stock Footage Giveaway
Have some free 4k (4096 x 2160) shots of the Pacific Northwest Beach on us. That’s 9 free individual stock footage shots that include a […]
Rebuilding Through Disaster
After ten years of living in South-East Asia, approx 4 months of lockdown and a long plane journey back to London where it all started, […]
Fresh Weekly Music: DON GRIZZ
We go wayback with DON GRIZZ. From early OPEN SAUCE nights in East London, to seeing him play shows at the WHITECHAPEL GALLERY with IXA. […]
Burmese Daze: PORTRAITURE FROM MYANMAR
I’ve enjoyed travelling around Myanmar over the last few years. I first visited in 2013 for the Yangon Photo Festival where I met an array […]
#WORKINPROGRESS – AEROTROPICAL and How To Brand A Defunct Semi-Fictional Airline.
AEROTROPICAL is a small #WIP project we are running at the moment. It’s just an idea we like and myself and Ryo came up with […]
Notes From The Edit: SODO EXPRESS pt.2
With the trailer released we inch closer to picture lock on the edit. With SODO EXPRESS and the miniscule budget we’ve been playing with, we […]
SODO EXPRESS: Trailer
Our latest film SODO EXPRESS gets closer to the finishing line… …which still means a lot of work which includes conceptualising and executing graphics. Finalising […]
Jakarta Street Portraiture
As my time winds down in Jakarta, Indonesia and we slowly enter the ‘new normal’ and exit what feels like round one of Covid, i’m […]
5 FRAMES WITH A TOYOCA-S
There I was in Seattle, the Shot On Film Store trying my hardest to get my Nikon FE2 fixed. It wasn’t happening. The drop it […]
Notes From the Edit: GHOST AMBER
GHOST AMBER is the latest film from our long term collaborator and crew member Tim ‘Cinema Iloobia’ Grabham. Currently the production is in lockdown thanks […]
#30DayAnimationChallenge
Tim ‘cinema iloobia’ Grabham is keeping busy with a #30dayanimationchallenge. “Grabbing scraps from around the studio can be surprisingly fruitful when you add a little […]
STICKERBOMB STICK AND SKATE BOOK RELEASE POSTPONED
STICK AND SKATE Stick and Skate is an irresistible collection of artwork and stickers from iconic brands including Flip, Chocolate, Almost and HUF. Featuring interviews, photographs […]
Notes From the Edit: SODO EXPRESS
DEEP IN THE EDIT We’re deep in post production on our latest indie film SODO EXPRESS and working on this has been one of the […]
SHORT FILM: SHUTTERBUG
Time To Make A Short It’s never that easy to make a short film. Whether it be an abstract piece or have a very traditional […]
Hello My Name is..
I’m Shazdirector (real name Suridh Simon Hassan) and I’m the co-founder, co-creator and co-conspirator at Studio Rarekind, Stickerbomb and stock video site Cutpacks.com. I’ve been making films and […]
Case Study: NIKE | Diversity & Inclusion
“At Nike, Diversity and inclusion is what drives creativity and innovation… ..it takes every one of our over 30000 employees working at the top of […]
SHOOTING CITIES: Moving from Seattle to Jakarta
MOVING CITIES I recently moved from Seattle, USA back to Jakarta, Indonesia and have been thinking a lot about the similarities and differences between these […]
Case Study: IPSOS
It’s sometimes hard to understand what research companies like IPSOS do but we’ve completed a lot of shoots in the field on behalf of them […]
Case Study: LEVI’S
Levi’s is a business we all wanted to collaborate with and through our artist network and book series STICKERBOMB, we had a wonderful opportunity to […]
Paper Stock | Giclée & C Type photographic printing
For most of my prints I tend to use Hahnemühle Bamboo paper. It’s the first fine art inkjet paper made from bamboo fibres and not […]
In Transition – Moving from Documentary to Fiction Filmmaking.
Documentary has always been the most natural way for me to make films. Documenting and filming friends and family in the music and art scenes […]
LayRoots – Estate Planning For Creatives
Estate planning. It’s the new thing in my life. Having a kid switched up a lot. Now there’s not just me and my missus plus […]