Competition research

Competitors - 

Epic studios, Norwich - 

Epic studios offers four studio spaces for hire, including a 400sqft infinity studio for CG production and a 10,000sqft sound stage; A huge range of film equipment for hire to fulfil any production needs, with access to specialist cameras for underwater and aerial; Specialist crew hire for productions, international included; They also hold music events, doubling as an entertainment venue.

Epic Studios works with big studios like the BBC, National Geographic and Netflix, and therefore have a large international client base making them highly popular and a good choice for productions with lots of money attached. This however means that the disadvantage of Epic Studios is high costs for their specialist services, so a smaller production might want to take on a cheaper production house to provide crew and equipment services to keep costs low, especially for an independent production.

Eye Film, Norwich - 

Eye film offers filming services to clients and can produce short adverts through to feature films. While having range they usually stick to documentary format and on occasion make animations too. On top of this they offer a secondary service of film training much like my own business, however they charge £600 upwards for short courses where my business would offer free training alongside partial employment akin to an apprenticeship.

Their client base consists of big names like the BBC and Channel 4, however have worked with the emergency services and various public service companies. Included in their track record are David Attenborough documentaries, however it is due to this that my business would have an advantage against such a largely commended company as they are primarily documentary filmmakers. Another advantage in my favour is the cost comparison for training.

Lambda Films, Norwich - 

Lambda Films offers film services starting at idea conceptualisation and ending at the final stages of editing and colour grading and as well as this offer services in the animation sector. They mostly work on corporate video and public service productions and have a few high quality 3D animation concept models for various products.

They've made videos for clients such as the UEA, The Garage and an advert for the video game Jurassic World Evolution on top of a whole host of others. An advantage for me is they don't seem to work in film production and rather stick to client video work and animation, however will be a big competitor if my business were to expand into video production.