The ITV sequence Consider Me demonstrates the worth of treating digital manufacturing as an entire picture pipeline moderately than merely a display screen on set. Right here is how VP was used. 

Written by BAFTA and RTS-winning screenwriter Jeff Pope and directed by Julia Ford, the sequence stars Aimée-Ffion Edwards (from Sluggish Horses), Miriam Petche (Trade) and Aasiya Shah (Raised by Wolves), with Daniel Mays (Pearl Harbour, Line of Responsibility) portraying John Worboys, a British convicted serial intercourse offender, often known as the Black Cab Rapist. 

With a major proportion of the drama going down inside a black cab travelling via London at night time, digital manufacturing specialist fivefold studios developed a managed LED workflow that would help the story’s demanding artistic, technical and efficiency necessities. The manufacturing used a 30m-wide by 4m-high ROE Visible BP2V2 LED wall pushed by 4 Brompton 4K Tessera SX40 processors.

The manufacturing went on to resonate strongly with audiences. Following its Might 2026 premiere, Consider Me grew to become ITVX’s most-watched drama of the month, producing 16 million streams and demonstrating how the rigorously managed technical workflow supported an bold and compelling ultimate manufacturing. Brompton shared the entire story behind the manufacturing, so with out additional ado, dive into it. 

Filming the scenes conventionally on a low-loader would have required intensive night time shoots on London streets and, in line with the fivefold group, may have taken between three and 5 occasions longer. “The managed surroundings additionally helped defend the performances from the sensible pressures of capturing such disturbing materials at night time on the streets of London,” explains Tom Murphy, Head of Manufacturing at fivefold studios. 

 “Lots of the key dramatic beats relied on site visitors lights altering and the cab following particular routes. With the ability to programme these occasions, set off them on cue and repeat them precisely allowed us to stay devoted to the script in a method that will have been extraordinarily troublesome on a low-loader.” 

fivefold grew to become concerned early within the course of, with preliminary discussions starting in early 2025. Three months earlier than the shoot, the corporate labored with the manufacturing’s heads of division to check and validate the color and picture pipeline at its R&D Hub. The power replicates the entire manufacturing workflow on a smaller scale, permitting technical inquiries to be resolved and inventive approaches examined earlier than the full-scale stage and crew had been required. 

On the centre of this preparation was the flexibility to ascertain a dependable 10-bit picture pipeline with an correct reference for the displayed picture and its color transforms. Utilizing the identical Brompton workflow throughout analysis and growth and on set enabled fivefold to refine the setup prematurely, offering a extra managed and predictable place to begin when principal images started. 

“Brompton was central to giving us confidence within the picture pipeline for Consider Me,” continues Murphy. “Getting access to the identical Brompton workflow in our R&D Lab meant we may check, refine and validate color, picture transforms and show accuracy earlier than anybody arrived on set. That stage of management made an actual distinction to the manufacturing, giving the group a dependable reference for the displayed picture and creating a much more predictable digital manufacturing workflow.” 

fivefold has used Brompton processing throughout nearly all of its productions thus far, whereas a number of members of its group have labored with the expertise since 2020. The mix of established workflows, constant processing and help from the Brompton group gave the manufacturing confidence because it launched digital manufacturing to executives and crew members who had not beforehand labored on this method. 

Working intently with cinematographer Bryan Gavigan, the gaffer and the DIT, fivefold aligned the LED imagery with the bodily lighting and digicam necessities. “Our important job was to make sure that the background by no means took the viewers out of the second or the efficiency,” Murphy notes. “That meant getting the brightness, distinction, color, perspective and scale proper, whereas sustaining an in depth report of each setup in order that the manufacturing at all times had a devoted reference.” 

Lighting is also pushed by the video playback, enabling synchronised results to be mapped to particular areas of the content material and reproduced constantly between takes. Detailed information had been maintained for each setup, scene and take, offering the crew and manufacturing with an correct reference ought to a sequence must be revisited. 

An iPad-based interface allowed the digital manufacturing supervisor to stay alongside Ford and set off occasions, reset the sequence to its beginning place and reproduce cues effectively. For the actors, the real-time surroundings supplied seen motion and lighting to reply to naturally, lowering the necessity for extra path and serving to performances stay synchronised with the world exterior the automobile. 

The managed workflow additionally expanded what the manufacturing may obtain past the cab sequences. One opening shot, that includes a bus crossing a bridge and passing the London Eye, was written into the drama as a result of digital manufacturing made the sequence achievable with considerably much less sensible danger. 

“Consider Me demonstrates the worth of treating digital manufacturing as an entire picture pipeline moderately than merely a display screen on set,” concludes Patrick Goodden, Technical Gross sales Supervisor (UK and Eire) at Brompton Expertise. “Through the use of the identical Tessera workflow throughout pre-production and principal images, fivefold studios was capable of validate the pipeline prematurely, keep a reliable visible reference and provides the artistic group exact, repeatable management on the day. We’re proud that Brompton processing helped take away technical uncertainty from such a demanding manufacturing, permitting the group to give attention to efficiency, continuity and storytelling.”