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The Storytelling Lab is a series from Shadowgraph that shares raw, practical tools for telling stories with minimal resources. It’s for filmmakers, writers, and audio producers: anyone building stories from the ground up. In this episode, we step into the mythic arc of creativity: a journey that begins in crisis and descends into the underworld of self-doubt, disorientation, and not fitting into t...

Tune in for the latest from Shadowgraph! We share updates on what we’ve been working on, including our first online course in the art of independent documentary filmmaking. Hear about our latest film release from Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, and get updates on three other films currently in development. Join our growing community Newsletter: www.shadowgraph.co  Follow Shadowgraph Instag...

The Storytelling Lab is a series from Shadowgraph that shares raw, practical tools for telling stories with minimal resources. It’s for filmmakers, writers, and audio producers: anyone building stories from the ground up. In this episode, we turn the camera inward. What happens when a filmmaker stops chasing external spectacle and begins the filmmaking process by looking inward? Drawing on our own...

Field Notes is a series from Shadowgraph: short audio diaries from the world of filmmaking. In today’s episode, we move deeper into the Al Yarmouk camp for Palestinians in Damascus. We reflect on how we approached the camp’s shifting aesthetics as filmmakers, from the way light moves through abandoned streets to the quiet weight carried in the tone of a person’s voice. An unplanned encounter with...

What the Hell is a series from Shadowgraph: a space to reflect and make sense of the absurdity unfolding around us. We offer creative tools for those of us feeling the weight of a destabilised world. In this episode, we look at the role of independent media: not just as an alternative to the mainstream, but as a space to go deeper. Beyond the breaking-news cycle, there’s a chance to slow down, ask...

The Storytelling Lab is a series from Shadowgraph that shares raw, practical tools for telling stories with minimal resources. It’s for filmmakers, writers, and audio producers: anyone building stories from the ground up. This week, Shadowgraph host Ross Domoney reflects on the rucksack as the centre of modern independent filmmaking. With lightweight cameras, compact audio gear, and a laptop, you...

Field Notes is a series from Shadowgraph: short audio diaries from the world of filmmaking. In today’s episode, we reflect on the challenges of filming inside the Al Yarmouk camp for Palestinians in Damascus. Beyond the logistics, we discuss the ethical reminders we carried with us: how to remain sensitive while documenting people who have lived through immense instability. We reflect on the diffi...

What the Hell is a series from Shadowgraph: a space to reflect and make sense of the absurdity unfolding around us. We offer creative tools for those feeling the weight of a destabilised world. In this episode — The Anti-Narrative Therapy — we talk about freeing yourself from the pressure of always having to find a story. We offer an exercise that is calming and restorative.  As filmmakers, we&apo...

The Storytelling Lab is a series from Shadowgraph that provides you with raw, real tools for telling stories with minimal resources. It’s for filmmakers, writers, audio producers: anyone trying to build stories from the ground up. This week, Shadowgraph host Ross Domoney shares personal reflections on why we love video cameras. More than just a tool, the camera becomes a companion: a black box tha...

Conversations is a series from Shadowgraph where we speak with independent storytellers, artists, and thinkers exploring the creative process in a world on edge. In this episode, we step away from the studio and onto the sea front. There, we speak to a passerby, imagining the ocean as Solaris, a living, thinking mirror reflecting the chaos of our times. Through our conversation, we touch on the pr...

Field Notes is a series from Shadowgraph: short audio diaries from the world of filmmaking. In today’s episode, we talk about the gap between expectation and reality on a filming trip. Specifically, what it’s like to plan for a story and then meet the reality of it, on the ground. We reflect on our recent shoot in Damascus, Syria, where we filmed inside the Al Yarmouk camp for Palestinians: a geog...

What the Hell is a series from Shadowgraph: a space to reflect, and make sense of the absurdity unfolding around us. We offer creative tools for those of us feeling the weight of a destabilised world. In this episode — The Crisis of the Inner World — we ask what happens to our inner lives when the outside world is on fire. How do we hold onto imagination, reflection, and meaning in the face of col...

The Storytelling Lab is a series from Shadowgraph that provides you with raw, real tools for telling stories with minimal resources. It’s for filmmakers, writers, audio producers: anyone trying to build stories from the ground up. This week, we talk about the difference between objectivity and subjectivity in filmmaking and why embracing your point of view is a strength. We delve into the philosop...

Conversations is a series from Shadowgraph: in-depth dialogues with independent storytellers. In this episode, I’m joined by photographer and filmmaker Rod Morris. We talk about the intricacy of making slow, multi-layered analogue images and why the world needs this more than ever, in an age of image overload. We explore photography as a form of memory, and how the process itself is a kind of time...

Field Notes is a series from Shadowgraph: short audio diaries from the world of filmmaking. In this episode, we talk about what it means to film with political groups you don’t ideologically agree with. We revisit a documentary shoot with the far right in the UK — a project that forced us to sit with discomfort, rather than escape it. It’s one thing to fly across the world, film, and walk away. It...

What the Hell is a series from Shadowgraph: a space to reflect, and make sense of the absurdity unfolding around us. We offer creative tools for those of us feeling the weight of a destabilised world. In this episode, we sink into the chaos: doomscrolling, disconnection, and digital overload. We speak openly about what it means to witness horror through a screen — and how to take action so we don’...

Storytelling Lab is a series from Shadowgraph that gives you raw, real tools for telling stories with minimal resources. It's for filmmakers, writers, audio producers—anyone trying to build stories from the ground up. In chaotic moments, the instinct is to chase everything. In this episode, we show you how to do the opposite. The world’s on fire with noise, conflict, and disinformation. We ne...

We're bringing back the Shadowgraph podcast — a weekly audio dispatch from the world of documentary filmmaking, set against the chaos of a world on fire. What to expect:  Rotating formats (in no particular order). 1. Field Notes Short audio diaries from the world of filmmaking.  Real stories, failures in the field and personal reflections. 2. Headlines in Context Breaking down, what the hell...

In this podcast, we give you some updates on what we have been working on and the direction Shadowgraph will take in the future.  Follow Shadowgraph Instagram: @shadowgraph_media Newsletter: www.shadowgraph.co YouTube: Shadowgraph TV

In this episode, Ross Domoney from Shadowgraph talks about the funerals of the Palestinian fighters and civilians killed in an Israeli army raid on Nur Shams refugee camp. We also delve into decision-making while battling the fatigue that can hit hard at the end of a large filming project. This is the final episode of a six-part podcast series, 'Behind the Lens', which explores the compl...

In this episode, after getting put under siege in our West Bank hotel by the Israeli army, we finally enter Nur Shams refugee camp. In the aftermath of this raid, the occupation forces have left a vast trail of destruction. The residents of the camp search for signs of those missing. From a filmmaker's point of view, Ross Domoney from Shadowgraph talks critically about the dangers of getting...

In this episode, we get caught up in the most destructive Israeli army raid in the West Bank in decades. We discuss the calculated risks filmmakers take in hostile environments, especially during dangerous events like army raids. After a week of unsuccessful attempts to access the Nur Shams refugee camp, we finally gained entry and captured some truly moving documentary material. However, while fi...

This episode features practical filmmaking advice and highlights the necessity of patience and flexibility. After an extended delay, we are granted entry to a refugee camp in the West Bank, inhabited by numerous armed Palestinian factions. Shadowgraph’s new podcast series explores the nuances of filmmaking, blending in political context along the journey. Follow Shadowgraph Instagram: @shadowgraph...

In this episode, we discuss how tricky it is to gain access and film in a hostile environment in the West Bank of Palestine when you do not have any connections to the area you want to work in. This story is part of Shadowgraph’s new podcast series that explores the complexities of filmmaking interwoven with the politics along the way.  Follow Shadowgraph Instagram: @shadowgraph_media Newsletter:...

In this new podcast series, Shadowgraph explores the intricacies of the filmmaking process, with some politics fed in along the way. These episodes are from our recent trip to Palestine, where we filmed a documentary about memory as a form of resistance. In part one, we talk about the build-up to working in a new political landscape, the complications of filming, and the painful feeling of losing...