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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 […]
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In Conversation : Brandon Sines on New York
• What’s your inspiration for creating Frank Ape? In the beginning I think I was searching for a vessel for messages I thought were clever, […]
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In Conversation with TomatoZero
How did you get started and what’s your inspiration with Tomato Zero? We started like everyone else I suppose, Alex was drawing since he was […]
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In Conversation: XEME on HONG KONG
After a long time we caught up with a good friend and one of Asia’s most widely respected graffiti artists, XEME. From alleyways and overpasses, […]
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In Conversation: DARBOTZ on JAKARTA
“There are too many shapes and colors in the streets, I want to make it bold and yet catches your eyes.“ It has been 10 […]
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GHOST AMBER: Trailer
We are absolutely delighted to share the first trailer for feature project GHOST AMBER. GHOST AMBER is best described as a film about celluloid, memory […]
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Storytelling Styles With Ian Mutch
“I live near forests and a beautiful coastline so there’s plenty to see and discover close by…I like to study the micro worlds…bugs, shells and […]
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Working From Home With Kids
For many in the creative industries working from home is no great shock. Even with an office to go to, sometimes you need a change […]
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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, […]
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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. […]
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10 Years Of Graffiti Asia (Part One)
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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 […]
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#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 […]
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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 […]
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Fresh Weekly Music: COMMUNIQUE
COMMUNIQUE is a new DJ platform from one of our own, Matt’ IXA’ Rudge and old time friend Paul Carter. On a weekly basis they’ll […]
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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 […]
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CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Footage Giveaway
WE’RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF OUR NEW MONTHLY CUTPACKS GIVEAWAY. That means every month we’ll be giving away, for free, a themed bundle […]
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Hello My Name Is…
Hi, I’m Andy Funnell, a director here at SRK and all-round camera nerd. I cut my teeth at the BBC editing, shooting, and directing across […]
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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 […]
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Hello My Name Is..
I’m Tim Grabham, but I’m also sometimes known as iloobia and I’m a filmmaker and animator. Currently I’m living by the sea in Brighton UK, […]
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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 […]
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Executing Briefs Under Covid
At the start of the year I was in the early stages of planning a multi-country shoot. Our client, a pan-Asian corporation, needed us to […]
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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 […]
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#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 […]
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Hello My Name Is..
I’m Ryo George Sanada. Born in rainy Manchester UK (making me a Citeh fan) but I was actually raised in a small town called Toyohashi […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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5 Films Sites Worth Checking Out
There’s thousands of blogs, film sites, filmmaker resources out there, but here’s 5 sites we actually look at for inspiration and resources and actually care […]
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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 […]
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Cooking With Stock Footage : Japanese Cuisine Katsudon
Edit Videos faster than ever with our Cutpacks themed stock footage. Youtubers, marketers, food bloggers rejoice. We’ve announced that we’re slowly rolling out Cutpacks. Themed […]
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Six Free Shots Ready To Use
So at Studio Rarekind we take editing, video and imagery quite seriously and as much as I would love to say we’ve gone through all […]
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Getting Creative With Stock
‘How do you make compelling content if you are a small business or individual?’ – the answer is stock video. Shooting can be expensive and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Documentary, Insights, Photography
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 […]
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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 […]
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Case Study: CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
Channel News Asia is an English language news channel based in Singapore that broadcasts to 29 territories across Asia and Australia. Channel News Asia created […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]