Short films, commissioned

Films about companies that don't quite exist yet.

For companies whose most important idea is difficult to show. The future, filmed before it arrives.

See what 001 is Commission a film

Pencrawl 001 · Circuit

What changes when a room remembers you?

Circuit is a chip on the wall you tap on your way in. The first Pencrawl is about the second time you tap it.

001

Circuit

Seven beats, in order

Show it.
Don't explain it.

The grammar is the format. Beat four is the one a normal production company does not run.

01

Enter the company.

02

Identify its future.

03

Find the human consequence.

04

Build what cannot yet be filmed.

05

Stage that future cinematically.

06

Make the founder part of the story.

07

Deliver one definitive film.

Two doors

One future or a season of them.

Every film is 3–5 minutes, with four cutdowns, ten graded stills and one consolidated notes round.

Single Film · Founder

One company. One definitive short.

1 × 3–5 minute hero film
4 cutdowns
10 graded stills
Delivery within 10 weeks

£15,000 ex VAT

Slate · Fund or accelerator

Four companies. One commissioned season.

4 × 3–5 minute hero films
4 cutdowns and 10 stills per film
Companies chosen jointly
Delivered within 6 months

£50,000 ex VAT

Built for the camera, not for keeps

If the camera cannot see the idea, we build enough of the future for it to see.

The future they're selling
is easier to build than it is to picture.

Some companies are building futures that cannot yet be pointed at. Their most important idea is half-built, invisible, or too unusual for a normal camera. A screen recording undersells it. An explainer flattens it.

Pencrawl enters the company, identifies the future it is trying to create, finds the human consequence, and builds whatever cannot yet be filmed. Interface. Prop. Future workflow. Staged interaction.

Then we film it as though it already arrived. One definitive short film, plus its derivatives. The future, filmed before it arrives. Show it. Don't explain it.