WE ARE SWAMP
A CREATIVE OUTDOOR FILM STUDIO FOUNDED & LED
BY FILMMAKERS ALEX MOORE & JOEL PORTER
ALEX MOORE
JOEL PORTER
WHAT DO SWAMP DO?
SWAMP IS A CREATIVE FILM STUDIO, SPECIALISING IN DOCUMENTARY FILMS & BRANDED CONTENT FOR SPORT AND THE OUTDOORS INDUSTRIES.
WE ARE COMMISSIONED TO MAKE THE ENTIRE FILM OR HIRED AS SELF-SHOOTING DIRECTORS, EDITORS, CINEMATOGRAPHERS & CAMERA OPERATORS.
WE ARE DEDICATED TO SHARING MEANINGFUL STORIES. OUR FILMS SHOWCASE THE ADVENTURES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE AND THEIR PURSUITS IN SPORTS AND THE OUTDOORS.
OUR STORY
AFTER MEETING AT FILM SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER, UK, WE SPENT 5 YEARS BUILDING WOOLGATHER FILMS TOGETHER, PRODUCING SHORT-FORM LIVE ACTION & MOTION GRAPHICS SOCIAL CONTENT, CORPORATE VIDEOS & MUSIC VIDEOS.
THERE WAS ENJOYMENT IN MAKING A LIVING, RUNNING A BUSINESS, AND DEVELOPING OUR CRAFT. BUT DEEP DOWN WE KNEW WE WEREN'T FULFILLED. WE WERE RESTLESS. WE WEREN’T TELLING THE STORIES WE WANTED TO TELL.
THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT…
WITH THE WORLD FORCED INSIDE, WE REALISED MORE THAN EVER HOW MUCH THE OUTDOORS MEANT TO US. LIKE COUNTLESS OTHERS, LOCKDOWN GAVE US A CHANCE TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT OUR LIVES. WERE WE ON THE RIGHT COURSE? WERE WE FORGING THE CAREER WE WANTED OR SIMPLY COASTING?
WITH TIME TO ANALYSE OURSELVES AND OUR BUSINESS, WE DECIDED TO SHAKE THINGS UP AND FOLLOW OUR PASSIONS.
CONSTANTLY INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND US AND THE JOY OF GETTING OUT AND MOVING, WE DECIDED TO DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO SPORT & OUTDOOR FILMMAKING.
WOOLGATHER FILMS WAS OVER. SWAMP WAS BORN.
