Daemon is a state-of-the-art creative services company focused on accelerating independents to maximise IP at every stage.
Daemon melds seasoned media professionals and experienced future facing creatives to maximise IP at every stage of the value chain, creating and developing worlds, environments, and characters with an efficient, real-time workflow and a stunning, state-of-the-art polished look.
With a menu of on-demand consultancy, advisory, strategy and creative technology services, we offer an agency model which can accelerate the right partner to the next level - expanding their storytelling, pushing it into new channels and transforming the way they engage with their audiences.
What we offer
- Virtual Production / Unreal Engine Creative Production
Leaner, more efficient virtual production methods are here right now. Shows like The Mandalorian, Dune and Netflix’s 1899 are all early adopters, using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to create virtual worlds and environments that historically were hugely expensive, took years to create and were mega high risk due to external conditions such as weather, travel and Covid. Unreal Engine uses real-time game-engine technology to create worlds, with scenes being shot in volume studios in front of giant LED screens.
As Daemon we have spent the last few years working within Unreal Engine and have secured a team of specialists and partner relationships with volume studios and technicians. We’ve done it so that the independents don’t have to. We are now activating this efficient world-class team, ready to create compelling content. We also offer advisory to help the production world make the right decisions when it comes to the use of this exciting tool.
Web 3.0 Creative + Consultancy
NFTs are making a massive impact in the business world. We haven’t seen this enormous impact or excitement about innovation since the advent of social media. We are at the leading edge of this ‘Industrial Revolution’ and bring this as part of our strategic plan to grow and scale a future-focused business.
We have been pioneering the technology and have been deep-seated as the creators of the world’s largest NFT ecosystem in parallel with a Metaverse environment in which we collaborated with the developers of Fortnite - one of the most successful video games ever.
Design + Marketing
We bring decades of experience in the fierce agency world, and the ability to translate these skills into design and content creation and campaign activation.
With strong commercial backgrounds in creating narrative-focused social and online campaigns, we understand how to tell a story and segment a campaign for maximum impact and efficiency.
We pride ourselves on smart design and can apply these skills from vector, 2D, 3D, design, and animation so our titles and co-production partners can access these talents, bringing a ‘big budget’-style polished delivery to titles and film branding. These assets can be segmented into diverse online and offline touchpoints, merch and swag, ensuring a title is not just compelling but gives audiences a reason to remember.
Pre-vis IP + development
We collectively have a creative, commercial mindset applied to the production of our own originated titles ranging from VOD docu-series, mini-series and features.
We are not precious as creatives, we thrive on the energy of an idea and develop these ideas into treatments, pitch decks, and sizzlers, using our talents and experiences to create scalable titles focused on key target markets and audiences.
About us
Daemon offers cutting edge creativity in new technology, virtual production, NFTs and Web 3.0 content for independent film and HETV. We’ve released or financed well over a thousand acclaimed films, and spent decades delivering commercially successful brand strategy, design and marketing. We’ve built a formidable team of specialists to deliver a one-stop shop for creativity on demand.
Our trusted partner network extends into industry-leading virtual production and Web 3.0 (MovieVerse) opportunities.
WHAT WE BRING
Products + Services
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Virtual Production - Unreal Engine Creative + Advisory
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Pre-Viz & Ai Pre-Viz
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Titles, Branding & Design
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Key Art
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Campaign Creation
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Branded Content Channel Production + Management
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NFT Creation + Media consultancy
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Web 3.0 / Metaverse Creative, Consultancy + Development
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Content Origination + Development
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MetaHuman, MoCap + Facial Tracking
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Sales + Distribution - NO CONTENT
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Secured Lending + Investment
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Digital Outdoor
We are your partner of choice because of our one-stop-shop capabilities in next-level technology and new creative solutions.
New technologies are revolutionising the world of film and high-end TV. How do you make sure you're positioned to maximise on where the industry is headed?
Daemon has the ability, not just to be a service provider but a true creative partner, harnessing our 360-degree capabilities to maximise the potential of your IP at every step of the value chain.
We accelerate content into a new future with Daemon’s fusion of knowledge, networks and technology.
Ai Pre-Viz
The mind-accelerator.
Ai is never going to replace human creativity. But it can accelerate it.
Most sectors now use Ai in some form or another, but for the film industry, think of Ai as a powerful tool that can vastly speed up the concept stages of visual development.
We use these tools with our technical expertise from early-stage developments, treatments and bibles through to character design and world-building.
Virtual Production.
Informing the future of the film and TV industry.
Virtual production enables greater flexibility and creativity in filmmaking and cost savings on physical sets and VFX, whilst significantly speeding up the post-production process.
Virtual production revolutionises the way films are made by allowing the creation of highly detailed, real-time digital environments and characters.
This method opens up new creative routes and revenue opportunities by generating the digital ‘ingredients’ that can then be developed into VR/AR, NFTs, gamification, and Web3 ‘Movieverse’ experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine as a creative ecosystem.
Unreal Engine.
A powerful tool for the future of film production and storytelling.
Unreal Engine changes the way content is made by providing filmmakers with a powerful ecosystem for creating realistic digital environments and characters, as well as for visual effects and animation.
Unreal Engine allows for the creation of highly detailed and photorealistic 3D worlds, which can be integrated seamlessly with live-action footage. This enables filmmakers to achieve levels of visual realism that were previously only possible with expensive and time-consuming traditional VFX.
NFTs Web 3.0.
NFTs in the film industry. Really?
In a similar way to how we used to collect special edition DVDs – which has gone by the wayside as everything tends to stream now – the advent of NFTs prevents digital copying and is a way for unique content to be collected again.
NFTs have the potential to change the way we consume, distribute, and engage with films and other forms of entertainment.
NFTs can be used to create ‘hype’ around a new release, leverage a fan base, help with brand building and retention at the marketing stages and generate revenue from the utility of the title (access to talent, key art, directors’ cuts, soundbites etc).
Active Partnerships
Ben Hickingbotham
Creativity as a weapon of choice, teamed with a sharp and strategic commercial mind locked onto next level technology - Ben brings formidable vision and expertise to future-facing content. As a creative director, Ben will always want to deliver the impossible, and frequently does.
Sarah Hickingbotham
From communications to strategy and PR, Sarah’s abilities in rationalising concepts, drawing the best out of talent, getting to the heart of a story and wording strong campaigns have won her acclaim from numerous national and international brands.
Phil Clyde-Smith
An experienced film director with a strategic mind and methodical creative approach. Phil works seamlessly with the creative team, protecting the vision and story with a tenacity and drive to complement the technology and always gets the very best out of the people and projects.
Mick Southworth
A well-known and connected founder and front man of several leading film distribution and production investment companies in his 30-year career, Mick has also managed exclusive output deals with major global distributors and released some 950+ films.
Martin McCabe
A leading figure in independent film and video distribution, production and acquisitions over the last 25 years, Martin has headed up roles in acquisitions and distribution for some of the UK’s leading indie film distribution businesses, releasing 900+ features including two Oscar-winners.
Philip Burgin
Chairman of Enriched Media Group and Creative House Productions. A wealth of experience in corporate structuring, Philip sits on the board of a number of private equity funds and real estate companies, and is a producer for the 2019 Oscar-nominated First Reformed.
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