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're often taught to chase structure, characters and tension. But during lockdown, all of that fe...

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 that expands perception, sharpens attention, and opens doors into lives and places you might otherwi...

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 privileged nature of our lives in the West, and why independent media matters now more than ever. F...

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 geography shaped by conflict, memory, and resistance. This is the first of several episodes unpacking...

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 collapse? We talk about how to turn helplessness into creative action. About how storytelling can co...

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 philosophical tensions underlying "neutral" reporting and explore why subjectivity is deeply intertwined ...

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 machine: a way of capturing and reworking the past in the present. For more episodes, films, and...

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’s another to stay home and look directly at what’s growing in your own backyard. For more episod...

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’t feel helpless. We explore the importance of an analogue existence and our relationship to natur...

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 need independent storytellers more than ever—people making sharp, empathetic, and intelligent work. Star...

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 is going on in our World, told through the Shadowgraph lens. 3. Audio Essays Narra...

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 complexities of filmmaking interwoven with the politics of working in Palestine. These honest insights int...

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 addicted to adrenaline. He also talks about the role of documentary as a tool for capturing memo...

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 filming, the camp was abruptly invaded by the army, forever changing the lives of the people w...

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_media Newsletter: www.shadowgraph.co YouTube: Shadowgraph TV

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: www.shadowgraph.co YouTube: Shadowgraph TV

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 access to a story. Follow Shadowgraph Instagram: @shadowgraph_media Newsletter: www.shadow...

We talk with photographer Rod Morris about black-and-white analogue photography as a tool for capturing memory and reading life through light. Follow Shadowgraph Instagram: @shadowgraph_media Newsletter: www.shadowgraph.co YouTube: Shadowgraph TV

Catch up with the latest news about what we have been up to. Tomorrow, we will launch a crowdfund for our new film from Palestine, which offers a unique angle on the struggle to keep the memory alive. We are also launching an online shop that will offer political posters and street photography from around the world. Follow Shadowgraph Instagram: @shadowgraph_media Newsletter: www.shadowgraph.co YouTube: Shadowgraph TV