progressive
and inclusive filmmakers.
A fresh, thoughtful and award winning production company, working with the content creators of the future.
Welcome to
ESA Productions
An award winning content production
house dedicated to developing emerging talent in the UK’s Film, TV and Social Media Creation Sectors – all whilst delivering outstanding value to our clients.
We help develop the trainees of ESA by collaborating with industry clients such as Sky Studios Elstree, The London Community Gospel Choir, The MOBO Awards and Apples & Snakes. We also make content for various commercial businesses across the UK. Our team lead on projects to ensure high-production values whilst ESA’s students take
on work experience within trainee roles to become industry-ready.
Our
Services
We offer end-to-end content production services including live performance crewing, lighting, filming and streaming; PMV production; charity and commercial promotional videos; and podcast recording.
We work with a range of charity, community, corporate and industry-partner clients to deliver exceptional industry-class products whilst training ESA students on-the-job.
We are able to offer discounted rates compared to other production companies in our field thanks to supplemented funding from our education-partners.
Showreel 2013
In 2023, our documentary for The London Community Gospel Choir was nominated ‘Best Documentary Feature’ at the I Will Tell International Film Festival.
Meet the
Team
Chris Mitchell
MD of ESA Productions
Somi Briggs
Director of ESA Productions
Adam Spinks
Lead Producer
Jake Kramer
AV Engineer
Our Distinguished Clients
MOBO
Awards
London
Community
Gospel Choir
Apples
& Snakes
Our Studios
& Kit
ESA Productions has 3 studio spaces. Two smaller stages and a large double height multi purpose studio space. All spaces are served by a control room and triple phase lighting and sound rig.
ESA Productions has a lighting warehouse on site including lamps, dimmer packs and programmable control desks.
ESA Productions has in-house editing suites as well as an audio recording studio. Productions can be cut, titled, colour graded, audio mixed, mastered and exported on site.
ESA Productions has a wide selection of microphones, cabling and sound recording kit to ensure clean audio.
ESA Productions also makes podcasts and social media content. We have a podcast studio suitable for producing audio and video pod content.
ESA Productions has a prop and set workshop on site so that the art department is in close proximity.
ESA Productions is a certified Black Magic facility. We have our own stock of Black Magic cameras and a range of lenses, ensuring the highest broadcast quality of capture.
Hair, makeup and costume facilities are on site. ESA Productions has a makeup suite, costume store and wardrobe workshop.
Talent at ESA
Our alumni have already gone on to produce projects for and work on productions with Sky, BBC, Disney, Netflix, National Geographic, and many more.
We are the only institution in the UK developing young talent for trainee+ level across the production spectrum. Our alumni network beginning in 2016 are now well on their way to leading within production teams across the Film & Television industries.
Get in touch today to crew your project with ESA Talent.
Take Action:
Support Our Mission
We rely on our industry partners and community to support in bringing our curriculum to life; creating meaningful opportunities in the Film, TV and Entertainment industries for our students.
There are so many ways to support - from industry talks, workshops, work placements and training, to gifting resources and donating to fund the growth of facilities and equipment. See how you can support today: