Ex agency CD Skip Waterhouse launches Visceral Films – a new model of production company

These days everybody seems to be touting a new model of production company, but Skip Waterhouse, creative director at new Surry Hills based film company Visceral films claims to have found production Nirvana.

“As a creative guy, I’ve always been on the lookout for a product’s unique selling point, so when I stumbled upon our model, I was blown away,” says Waterhouse.

“Traditionally, a production company’s unique selling point was really just their ‘list of directors’ (along with great producers). At Visceral, we’ve got a great list of directors – including Adam Blaiklock, Eden Diebel and James Holt – but we’ve also got the best post production facilities here in-house, along with a couple of million dollars’ worth of gear.”

“Look, there are a few production companies that have a fair bit of gear, and there are a few post-houses that have a director or two, but it’s never been done to the extent that we at Visceral have done it.

“Our fire-power is fucking huge – two Flames, a full-on DaVinci grading suite, along with a host of Avids, and we’ve got more camera gear you can poke an AWARD pencil at – Alexa’s, steadicams, anamorphics, drones etc, etc – around three million dollars worth of gear at our directors and DoP’s disposal, so unless you want to shoot a Hollywood feature, we’ve got everything you need.

“But, just because everything’s in house, doesn’t mean you have to compromise on quality – we dry-hire the best operators around town, so the end product is as good as any in the business.

“It’s a new model that’s all about putting the maximum amount of those dwindling production dollars, on screen. It’s an old adage, but one that Visceral Films has really brought new meaning to.”

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