Optika Film Studios CIC

08/10/2026

WRITE YOUR STORY. MAKE YOUR FILM. 🎬

Got an idea for a film? Discover two new books by Optika Film Studios founder Spencer D Shackleton to help you write it, plan it and bring it to the screen.

📖 SCREENWRITING FOR BEGINNERS

A practical guide from your first idea to a finished screenplay.

• Build characters whose choices drive your story.
• Understand structure, scenes, action and dialogue.
• Learn screenplay formatting and practical rewriting.
• Prepare your logline, synopsis and pitch.

Follow clear explanations, exercises and worked examples from Spencer’s award-winning screenplay A Series of Fortunate Events.

🎥 SHOOTING THE SCRIPT
A step-by-step guide to filming your vision.

• Turn your screenplay into a shooting script.
• Create storyboards, shot lists and schedules.
• Plan your budget, camera choices, sound and continuity.
• Organise footage for the edit and prepare your film’s publicity.

Use the examples to make a plan your crew can follow, with industry terms explained in plain language.

Choose the book that helps with your next step. Both are available on Amazon:

📖 Screenwriting for Beginners
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HLXJ976X

🎥 Shooting the Script
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HLYJBMGR

03/10/2026

The website is now live, there are still some pages to finish like the membership area but all other pages should be accessible. Have a look around.

Discover what you can do—and take it further. Write a scene that makes people laugh. Build a set that transports them somewhere else. Create a costume, shape the lighting, perform, compose music or bring a story together in the edit. At Optika Film Studios CIC, there are so many ways to get creati...

02/09/2026

Exciting news arrived today, after submitting an application to register as a CIC with Companies House yesterday, I received notification that we were successful in our bid to register as a charity. Which now mans we can start to operate, and importantly, accept donations as a charity and bid for funding from organisations.

31/08/2026

It's what we do. with a little help from our friends and partners as well. Shytalk Productions

29/08/2026

If you would like to get involved in this years White Rose International Film Festival 48 hour film challenge, get in touch right now so we can build the team. You do not have to have experience, is open to all ages and genres, in film making whatsoever, just be keen and willing to take part, we need sound crew, camera operators, editors, sound designers, scriptwriters, actors, hair and make up artists. costumers.

All film making equipment will be provided. We just ned you! training provided.

This will act as a taster session for the upcoming Optika Film Studio launch, so if you or if you know qanyone who would like to be involved in some way or another in making a short 5 minute film in under 48 hours then get in touch. We won an honourary mention in last years event, and best use of dialogue, this year we want to win the main prize of best picture. so send me a message now. Shytalk Productions

Its back for a second time................... just before GTA6 takes over the world you can get creative one last time
email now for an application form

26/08/2026

With the CIC project flowing through the pipeline at the moment, I need to engage the community into viability for this community film/creative studio that would e available to everyone that was interested, including volunteers to help run workshops and take part as interested in film, even if you don't have any experience what so ever. please complete, and share this post, it doesn't commit you to anything, I just need to get at least 50 returns to show that the project for the community would be 1) viable, and 2) wanted in teh community and surrounding areas.

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18/08/2026

Another award, and accreditation to Filmmaking from the White Rose International Film Festival held in Harrogate on Saturday 15th August 2026, sharing the Honour with Kelli Hollis presented by the fabulous Velton J - Comedy Festival Director and Compere for the evenings award ceremonies. A fantastic night of film, and congratulations to all the other entrants, and to the winners, Runners up, honourable mentions and finalists.

29/05/2026

Our second award win in this prestigious Festival De Indie our fist for best short film, this time we have won the coveted Golden Squirrel for Film Score, first time in composing for Spencer Shackleton Ma, be proud guys, thanks to and for their collaboration on this short film project. and Shytalk Productions

Spencer Shackleton won Golden Squirrel Award !!! Congratulations !!!

20/05/2026

Canera movement as important as capturing the story, aesthetically plesing and adding production value to the film being produced.

17/05/2026

Many thanks to the judging panel at Festival De Indie for updating us as we now progress from Finalist to Nominee for the Golden Squirrel Award at the Festival. Lucinda Herbert Spencer Shackleton Ma Shytalk Productions