How we make a film

Seven steps, each with a gate: nothing moves on until it is checked and approved.
This is the process behind every Purrallax documentary.

  1. Research, then the claim check

    Every film starts from primary sources: regulators, filings, museums, research papers. Each fact we say goes into a ledger with its source and how far it goes, and the script may not say more than that.

  2. Our own story and script

    We decide the journey: one picture for the idea, one toy model, a cast. The script is ours, in short plain sentences, and every factual line is checked against the ledger again.

  3. Storyboard and stills

    Every scene is planned, then drawn as a still and approved before anything moves. Real places and companies are never drawn: they are illustrated and labelled.

  4. Drawn from our own parts

    Every character, vehicle and set is a part we designed, built in code and reused: no stock footage, no generated images.

  5. Narration, then animation

    The narration is recorded from the finished script; then every scene is animated on its words, so things arrive exactly when they are named.

  6. Sound and music

    Music and sound effects are made for the finished picture, never the other way round.

  7. Re-check, publish, correct

    Just before a film goes out, the facts that can change are checked again. If we get something wrong later, we correct it in the open.