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The Archives

With films going back to 2010, there are projects of all kinds in the archives - from the 2016 Olympics to music videos, feature films, commercials, and more. 

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Services

From a quick consultation to producing an entire feature film, we've done it before, and we're happy to help you with your next project. Get in touch with any questions, or book a consultation for any of our services below. 

Script Services

  • Script creation and writing 

  • Production Formatting

  • Dialogue Passes

  • Script Doctoring

Budget + Schedules

Give your next project structure with a budget and a schedule. We'll break down your script and create a healthy and scrappy budget.

Production Services

From producing feature films to music videos, commercials to short films, we're here to help you produce your next project in Illinois.

Casting Services

Our production services include a fully equipped casting office with Compass Casting and Bokeh Background, our sister companies. 

Commercial Production

With an Emmy-nominated commercial producer at your fingertips, we're here to navigate casting and usage, crew up, and deliver your commercial 

Consultations

Not sure where to start or not ready to jump in? Schedule a free 15m consultation to learn more, and get a plan in place with us. 

Coming Soon

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Met Her at the Club • Feature Doc

Six Chicago strippers talk intimately about where they're living: at the intersection of sex work and activism. Each story is different, but their fight is all the same, and they all dance for all our sons.

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Inseparable • Short Film

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Laura in Light • Short Film

The exploration of how difficult, and freeing it is, to learn to let go in your twenties through the medium of light. 

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Projects in Development

comedy

  • Call Me Daddy - When Sophie leaves her in-demand architecture firm to take care of her pregnant best friend for the summer, she never expected to fall in love with her friend's doula, experience birthing pain, or 

  • First Wife - When a professional hitman, turned gardener, gets called back to her old life, she has to get permission from the first wife before accepting their mutual ex's contract.

  • Curtains - Liz heads to her hometown to bury her uncle, save the town's community theater, and do her best to stay out of romantic entanglements.

  • Hosting - It's the new generation's first time hosting. A turkey in a kiddie pool, grandma on the roof, and pot-smoking in-laws do their best to make the holiday memorable.

  • Backup Plan - Amy came to see her niece's Thanksgiving dance recital. She only lied that her niece was her daughter so she could trick the teacher into falling in love with her. What could go wrong?

  • Christmas in the Cards - Brenna heads home for Christmas, only to find out her dad's college roommate and adult son are spending Christmas with their family. Mistletoe, snarky commentary. 

horror + thrillers

  • Only by Blood - A sibling rivalry turns into an explosive, booby-trap-filled slap fight when a sister delays her brother while his wife and daughter escape the state.

  • Farm Boys - In a world run by women, Men are kept on a farm, kept from earning money or access to healthcare, and have to band together to escape their captors. 

  • Mr. Able - Horror - After Senator Richard (Dick) Able votes against the expansion of disability rights, a group of people traps him in an inaccessible building, with the promise of release if he can survive the trials of his own creation. 

  • Walk Along Kal Haven - Horror - They're not vampires - they're worse. They're human. When a group thinks human blood is the only cure, one man has to escape

series

  • Restoring Rantoul - This renovation series follows Dr. Laura and Sarah on their journey to restore the Chanute Air Force Base barracks and surrounding community into a thriving civilian hub, honoring history, helping their new neighbors, and building up the local economy.

  • Starling Motors - When Jen's life turns upside down in a heartbeat, she has to fight for her car dealership while mourning, and 

  • First 75 - Four couples, all best friends, want to have a shared backyard to raise their kids together. The only problem is there's an old lady in the last house on First Street. They'll do their best to get rid of her...mostly legally.

  • Beards - "We've always been here." An exploration of queer folks in the military told through two lavender marriages that keep all four folks safe through the 1940s in Middle America. 

documentary

  • Met Her at the Club - At the intersection of sex work and activism, Chicago's strippers strip back the truth about who they are, and what they actually go. 

  • Recommissioned: Rantoul - A renovation series focusing on the restoration of Chanute Air Force Base's buildings and community. 

  • Golden Boy  - "Kent drowned." He was the golden boy of his hometown - a nice kid, pro ball player, who loved his momma - and this documentary explores why the police's version of the story is a lie. Help us get Kent's mom justice. 

  • She Dies Twice - Like dancers, soccer players are told when their career is over, if they don't get injured or become legendary. Meet women at different points in their soccer careers, and wait for their deaths.

behind the scenes

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