Digital tools meets old school filmmaking

From the crew that brought you InCamera, a hybrid FX company for the Film and Television industry.

Recent Work

  • 1664 Ad Spot

    Bespoke moco rig builds make the impossible possible.

    Project

  • FLOCK

    Organ interiors, burning barns and shotguns for this Film4 & BFI backed short.

    Project

  • ParaNorman. Laika! by Creators

    Poltergeist gags galore! The mighty Laika! commissioned us to recreate this famous scene from their animated classic in live action.

    Project

  • Virtual Production

    Our latest work using VP takes you on an alternate ride in the Alien universe.

    Watch on YouTube

Hot Off The (Actual) Press!

Continuing on from our educational endeavours on Youtube, we’ve been invited to create articles for Industry leading VFX mags…

3D World, the world's best-selling monthly magazine for CG artists. Every issue features brand-new tutorials written by working professional artists, with hours of video training and tutorial files to download. Discover new ways to create CG content for animation, movies, arch-viz and games.

befores & afters is a brand-new visual effects and animation online magazine–and now print and digital edition publication and podcast destination!–from visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes.

Tommy Martin and James Price (JP) met in 2015 when Tommy was running Band, Bristol’s most successful independent film studios. With his background as a DP and director, Tommy produced and directed countless commercials and films over Band’s 10 year history, including some pioneering virtual productions during and post covid.

Enter JP. With an extensive background across Art and FX departments, JP predominantly worked as a compositor for film and TV with regular forays into the practical side of FX work, from motion control and animatronic action prop builds to VFX Supervisor roles.

Concerned that the proliferation of CG solutions in the industry was leading to a loss of knowledge sharing around practical FX methodology, they harnessed their mutual adoration of in-camera FX techniques and their empty studio (thanks covid) and started InCamera, a Youtube channel that celebrates and demonstrates the in-camera approach to VFX work.

With big brand commercials, shorts and feature films already under their belt it was time… for Punkworks!

Services

. Full service hybrid fx production

. Bespoke motion control

. Inert and ‘action’ props

. Bespoke element capture and compositing

Wanna Make Something?

If you’ve got a brief, a mad idea or want to discuss a tender, drop us an email.