Motion Picture Services
 

An integrated motion picture service that works with you, your team and your clients like we are one of you.

Autoclave is neither a production company nor a ‘collective of filmmakers’.

It is the joint venture of multidisciplinary nerds Cam Stewart and David Goldsmith, a label and brand for our work.

Whether running camera department or seeing assets through to delivery, we specialise in the ‘edge-case’: when creativity risks failing due to technical, logistical or temporal issues, we know what to do.

Regardless of the production, we thrive on leveraging our knowledge and skills to empower creative minds to do their best work.

 

autonomous

[aw-ton-uh-muhs]

adjective

To function independently.

enclave

[en-klayv]

noun

A distinct group, encircled by a larger one.

 

Cam Stewart

Cam is missing from the majority of photos taken during his childhood - because he took them.

His early interest in photography morphed into a pursuit of the moving image where his earliest efforts operating a handycam landed him his first gig: filming school concerts.

Now working throughout the film and television industry, Cam chaperones camera departments through corporate, content and commercial productions- guided by the belief that an integrated technical solution is key to empowering creativity, particularly in film where most tech hinders it.

Cam is known for his calm, collected demeanour and brings with him an intricate understanding of both the technical and creative fields of film, always working to ensure that the two are seamlessly bound on screen.

David Goldsmith ‘Goldie’

David wasn’t missing from his childhood photos (despite taking many of them) thanks to an early interest in Photoshop.

He worked as a retoucher for a local photographer while studying, a job which taught him many of the most important aspects of guiding visual attention through a frame. Once he had been introduced to the “3-way Colour Corrector” in FCP7 however, he firmly committed to the moving image.

It was Cam that first dragged David out of the post production world and onto set, where a natural tendency to ignore standards had him refuse to be credited with traditional roles- and thus “Goldie” was born.

Now a working colourist and DIT, Goldie strives to minimise technical downtime whilst keeping workflows consistent from set to post.

Services

Camera

Gear Check, Operation, Focus, Monitoring and AutoCue

On Set

Video Assist, Live Grading & Compositing, DIT and Streaming

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Finishing

VFX, Colour, Finishing and Online

Post Management

Workflow and Delivery

Equipment

From providing a complete camera and/or compute package down to tracking down “that one little thing” to make something go, we’ve generally got it covered.

Rates

Effective 1 / 1 / 2025

We believe rates should be fair and transparent, so here they are:

Our rates and terms are reviewed yearly following consultation with industry bodies such as the Australian Camera Department, Freelancers, Screen Producers Association, the MEAA and of course, our clients.

Location

Based in Melbourne, available anywhere.

 

What can we do for you?

contact@autoclave.io

 

“Our director is in Sydney but the interviewee is in Perth, can an interotron still work?”

“The sequence needs to be delivered to the client with a grade and titles within 5 minutes of capture”

“We need to mount an autocue on a drone”