Looking for BIG news? Digital Orchard’s got some.. 🎬
We’re thrilled to share some huge news - we’ve expanded at Pinewood Studios, taking on a new office in the Ken Adam Building. This move strengthens our partnership with Kodak Film Lab London and embeds us even deeper in the heart of UK film production!
🎞️ This expansion means we can support productions on the lot even better, while continuing to provide our full suite of Film and Digital Dailies, Scanning, and Colour services - all delivered with the same precision and care we’re known for
At Orchard Film, we offer end-to-end services for all celluloid needs. Our Scanity 4K HDR and ScanStation 65 scanners cover everything from 8mm at 4K to 65mm at 6.5K, handled safely and meticulously. Services include: Film dailies, QC, and colour grading, Synced editorial & archival to drive or LTO, ‘Mastering on Film’ and archive reel scanning, Ultrasonic cleaning and post-scan clean-up, 8mm stock & scanning packages via our Film Shop
👉 With our new Dailies hub at Pinewood, we can now offer faster on-lot support, helping productions capture, process, and deliver both Digital and Film Dailies seamlessly - with exceptional quality at every step
‘Being close to our long-time partners at Kodak allows us to support productions faster and more efficiently than ever,’ says our CEO Callum Just. ‘We’re proud to keep growing our presence at world-famous studios and to keep pushing what’s possible in the realm of film and digital’
📍 Now open in the Ken Adam Building at Pinewood Studios
Get in touch to see how we can support your next production
Tricky & The Cereal Killers | 35mm 🥣
Our Orchard Film were thrilled to have recently worked with @ulimeyeranim8 - scanning this wonderful 35mm short at 4k on our Lasergraphics ScanStation
🌟 Proof of concept. Set in 1990s London, the story follows a husband-and-wife animation team whose careers collapse overnight when new laws ban sugary ads targeting kids. Their mostbeloved creation, Tricky the Leprechaun, is left behind, along with their broken family. Decades later, their teenage granddaughter Charli finds Tricky’s old animation art in the attic. When she posts it on a popular short form video platform using AI tools, her viral meme accidentally opens a portal, unleashing the once-cute cereal mascots, now corrupted by AI, into the real world
Credits:
Animation - Ryan Fairbanks, Michael Schlingmann, Dean Roberts, Uli Meyer, Gary Dunn, Boris Hiestand, Ole Christian Loken, Panagiotis Rappas, Sandro Cleuzo
Character Design - Uli Meyer, Gary Dunn, Craig Kellman
Tricky cel painted by Lucie Julliat
Live Action - Maya: Margaret Clunie
Ben: Tom Ashley
Charli: Jessica Prentice
Tricky Rob Rackstraw
Kids - Julius Meyer, Charlotte Isabell Parker, Kai Roberts
Cinematographer - Markus Ilschner
Composer - Lindsay Whright
Casting - Tom Medcalf
Sound designer - Giorgos Mikrogiannakis
BagPipes - Lorne MacDougall
Focus Puller - Alexandra Voikou
2nd AC - Esther Mitchell
Gaffer - Henry Young, Nicolas Hambleton
Sparks - Edmund Bishop, Oliver Young, Jordan White
On-Set Art Direction - Daniela Topham
Sound Recordist - Charlie Hinde, Olly Kent
Sound Recordist Assistant - Ariya Beecham
Special FX Supervisor & Props - Mark Bailey
VFX clean-up - Olpamish Bazarbaev
Hair & Make-Up - Lisa Meyer, Emma Leon
Runner - Anya Chung, Korede Alaran
Stills Photographer - Niki Bruckner
BTS - Seun Pinheiro
Colourist - Garry Maddison
Grade producer - Steve Faulmann
Filmed on Kodak Vision 3
Film Stock & Processing - Kodak Lab London
Film Scans by Orchard Film (part of the Digital Orchard Group)
Special thanks to
Paul Chung & Daniela Topham for the use of their home
Orchard Film: Where Film Meets Mastery (quite literally) 🎞️
From 8mm to 65mm, your negatives are in expert hands. We process, digitise, and colour with precision - thanks to decades of experience and world-class equipment
✨ Highlights:
- Processing for 8mm, 16mm, 35mm & 65mm
- Vistavision colour & B&W negative
❗️Purchase 8mm stock, scan packages, delivery & archive drives from our Film Shop
- 4K Scanity HDR workflows for 16mm & 35mm
- 65mm 5-perf, Vistavision & IMAX scanning with Lasergraphics ScanStation 65
- Viewing dailies, QC, bespoke colour grading & synced editorial
- Drive & LTO archival, final grade via Digital Orchard
🎬 Plus: Record digital footage back to celluloid with ‘Mastering on Film’
Make every frame count - visit our Orchard Film page to book in your film!
The Original & Authentic Barbour Tartans 🏔️🧵
Orchard Film, part of the Digital Orchard Group, provided film scanning, with partner Kodak Film Lab London @kodak_shootfilm processing the footage
🎞️ With exceptional precision @orchardcrew ’s Loader @ciaran_tunmer ensured every roll of film was perfectly loaded, supporting the magic behind the camera 🐏
This beautifully crafted piece was created in-house, with every detail, from direction to sound design - brought to life by the talented team at @brother___film
Director & DOP @lukeellingham
Production Company @brother___film
Creative Director @marcusellingham
Producer @georgianaslc
TORNADO | 2-perf 35mm
‘It could be the Yorkshire Moors, it could be Cornwall, the Lake District, or the Highlands. I wanted to comment on the multicultural nature of early Britain; I wanted it to be a Britain full of all different kinds of people - a Japanese samurai, a French weightlifter, an African bandit. And I think if I’d been more specific about where it’s set, I might have lost a bit of that power’ - John Maclean, Director
Scanned in 4K on Orchard Film’s Scanity HDR - by Dan Redrup, Timi Oladeji, and Harry Wilson
Processed by partner @kodak_shootfilm Kodak Film Lab London
💭 Craig Parker, Producer for Film Services shared, ‘We were thrilled to work on John Maclean’s latest feature, Tornado. It’s a visually stunning film with incredible texture, tone and landscape’
‘Our Orchard Film team scanned it in 4K on 2-perf 35mm using the Scanity HDR, and we’re incredibly proud of the results’
Get in touch today for your feature
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