How we work.
Scope and price in writing, before we start.
- 01
Fit call.
A 15-minute call to confirm the story and the right tier.
A confirmed story and the right tier.
- 02
Idea direction.
Taste of Cinix has no discovery fee. On the fit call we present one idea direction verbally, and the 50% deposit unlocks the script. A Signature Film starts with research and treatment, credited in full to the film if booked within 60 days.
One idea direction, said on the fit call. On a Signature Film, research and treatment before a frame is made.
- 03
50% deposit + agreement.
Scope and price confirmed in writing. A 50% deposit and a written agreement book the production.
Scope and price in writing, and a booked production.
- 04
Pre-production.
Research interviews, archive gathering and restoration, shot planning.
Research interviews, restored archive, and a shot plan.
- 05
Craft.
The real shoot and reconstructed scenes, then edit, sound, music and grade.
The real shoot, reconstructed scenes, then edit, sound, music and grade.
For Taste of Cinix, the 50% deposit unlocks the script. For a Signature Film, final scope and price are confirmed in writing after research and treatment: before we start, never after.
Then and now.


Then · Archive, 1910
Now · Cinix reconstruction
Grade study on a Cinix reconstruction for Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital. Illustrative only.