Storm+Shelter

14/10/2022

Everyone, please let us introduce you to !

Zoe is the latest honorary who joined us for a week of work experience to get a peek behind the curtains and gain insight into what life in video production can look like.

Click the link in our bio for a full writeup of what their week was like. TLDR: it was good.

16/09/2022

🏆 WE’RE A WINNER BABY 🏆
Very excited to announce that Please Don’t Stand Up When Room Is In Motion ft. took home the jury’s prize for Best Feature Documentary at last night.

Also huge congrats to for taking home the jury’s prize for ’No Budget Short Film’ with and to for being a finalist for ‘Best Short set in Wales' with

Oh also, while we’re on the topic, ’s film JACKDAW has been nominated for a , so we should probably mention that too 😉

15/09/2022

OH LOOK IT’S MATT. Not to be confused with Matt...or Nat...or Mac.

Matt is our new producer and as you can see has already got stuck in with the paperwork. Great to have ya. 🙌

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Artistic direction:

06/09/2022

EVERYONE SAY HI TO LEWYS! 👋

As the latest addition to the MoGraph team, Lewys will be making things move and look all pretty and stuff as our new Motion Designer.

We're super stoked to have him on board (pun intended).

02/09/2022

THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN || Michael || Editor

To be an editor you need a keen eye, an open mind and an incredible amount of patience for when Premiere crashes on you for the third time.

Here’s what Michael wishes he’d known when he’d started.

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17/08/2022

THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN || Amy || Producer

Between wrangling creatives, and clients, and product, and people, and schedules, being a producer isn’t always the easiest job in the world. Here are some tips from our superstar producer Amy to make things go a little smoother.

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05/08/2022

THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN | Jamie | Content Marketing Manager

Yo dawg I heard you like content marketing. That’s why we had our content marketing manager do some content marketing about being a content marketer

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This series is in partnership with

03/08/2022

What do you do when you give one of your iconic buildings a level up? You make a cool film to celebrate.

The new facilities at are stunning, so we wanted to create a video that showed them off, all while keeping the most important aspect at its heart — the students.

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Client: Cardiff University
Director: Joshua Bennett
Cinematographer: Dominic John
Editor: Michael Kenny
Colourist: Lewis Jelley
Assistant Producer: Matt Ashwell
Camera Assistant: Liam Rees
Gaffer: Jack Lilley

03/08/2022

What do you do when you give one of your iconic buildings a level up? You make a cool film to celebrate.

The new facilities at are stunning, so we wanted to create a video that showed them off, all while keeping the most important aspect at its heart — the students.

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Director: Joshua Bennett
Cinematographer: Dominic John
Editor: Michael Kenny
Colourist: Lewis Jelley
Assistant Producer: Matt Ashwell
Camera Assistant: Liam Rees
Gaffer: Jack Lilley

31/12/2021

Smell ya later, 2021! 👋🏻 We’ve done a fair bit over the last 12 months and put together some of our best projects yet 🤜💥🤛 Still a bit COVIDy, though. Not about that.

As always, huge thanks to our team, clients and our freelance fam that make the magic happen year on year 🙌🏻

Time to kick some 2022 butt! 🎉 Y'all stay safe 👌

24/06/2021

Hey! 👋 Us here at Storm & Shelter are looking for families, kids and friends to feature in a paid TV Commercial that we’re filming at the end of July.

We are looking for the following groups of people:
Teenagers! Tight mixed friendship groups of five or more aged 16+ (and not in full time education)
Families - all ages
Grandparents
Dads & Daughters - age 5/6
Parents with newborn babies
If you’d like to get involved - then send us a video to [email protected]!
Just you, or with your family and friends.

We want to know who you are, your hobbies, what you enjoy in life!
..and if you’re up for it - we’d also like to see your dancing skills! Bust some moves for 10-15 seconds to the tune of ‘Don’t Stop Til you get enough’ by Michael Jackson.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

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23/06/2021

Fancy an even deeper dive behind the scenes of our commercial for the Bentley Motors Motors Bentayga Hybrid?

Worry not, our DOP Lewis Jelley has written an article exploring how he shot the ad with the Sony Electronics Venice Rialto Camera Extension system 🤓🎥

If you like what you see and you want to get your hands on the Venice Rialto, speak to the folks at Cinewest. Thanks again for the kit support, chaps 🙏

Back in 2018, I attended a Sony Venice workshop at Camerimage festival. Alongside a demo of the standard-issue camera, they also unveiled…

22/06/2021

Ever seen a car ad on TV and wondered "How did they shoot that?"🤷

Take a peek behind the scenes of how our tiny but talented™ crew shot a commercial for the new Bentley Motors Bentayga Hybrid.

A huge thanks again to Mighty Sky Film and Cinewest for the collab on this one 🙏👊

Tomorrow we'll be dropping an article on how the Sony Electronics Venice Rialto made this shoot possible, keep an eye out 👀

17/06/2021

🚙⚡️New Work ⚡️🚙

During the second lockdown we teamed up with our pals Mighty Sky Film and Full Beam Creative, with the ambition of producing a small passion project to keep the creative fire burning...

Things escalated slightly - we ended up making a commercial for Bentley Motors 😅

A huge thanks to Cinewest (kit hire), Ben Simpson (Director), Michael Pearce (Colour) and the team at Bentley who all got stuck in to get this one across the start and finishing line 🏁

We're super humbled by what can be achieved with a very small, very hardworking crew 🙏🙌

Look out for a wave of BTS content which we'll be releasing over the next week, including a technical breakdown of working with the Sony Venice Rialto, and a multi-part guide to making passion projects 🤓

11/06/2021

WANT A JOB? WE GOT A JOB Y’ALL! 🗓️ 📝 📚 📈

We’re on the lookout for a skilled, dedicated and creative Content Marketing Manager. You’ll join our team and expand our production company’s digital footprint and increase brand awareness so we can make more beautiful films for even more awesome clients.

Check out the job description—https://jobs.stormandshelter.com/content-marketing-manager

01/06/2021

Golden hour shooting is the most nail-biting but most rewarding experience 😅 Shooting an entire sequence within that short window takes nerves of steel and perfect planning. Shots in the bag, onto the next one 👏🏻🎉👏🏻

Shout out to our production team for nailing the perfect location 👌🏻

28/05/2021

First month back at the gym and we are feeling pumped 🤜 💥 Who else is back and feeling better for it? 🙌🏋️‍♀️ 🎉

24/05/2021

Howdy! Need a healthy dose of Monday Inspo? 👀

Every Wednesday lunchtime, us Storm & Shelter lot get together as a team to spend some time totally saturated in creative ideas. ✍🏻 With a new theme each week, we’re all tasked to bring things we’ve seen that fit the bill and chat about what drew us to ’em.

Lively debate, a heap of laughs and a hefty dollop of inspiration is served to keep us on our toes and get our brains firing on all cylinders. 🧠

Every month, we’ll share with you our top picks from the past couple of weeks; giving your brain a creative kick up the butt to get out there and make stuff!

👇🏼 Head to our journal for a quick read! 👇🏼
https://stormandshelter.com/journal/creative-roundup-may-2021/