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Software & systems

Software built around how you work.

Apps, internal tools, websites, email and storage for your business. Planned with you, built properly, handed over.

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Software & apps

Custom software, shaped around your business.

Internal tools and customer apps, built for the way your team already works. No bending your business to fit someone else's template.

  • Internal tools and admin panels
  • Web apps that work on any phone
  • Bookings, quotes, stock and scheduling
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Custom systems

Your tools, joined up.

Automations, dashboards and integrations between the software you already use. Enter it once and the system carries it to the right place.

  • Automations for the repetitive work
  • Dashboards built from your own data
  • Links between the tools you already pay for

Software for film crews

Grace Production OS

A production operating system for film crews. Built by TDH Systems with Obelisk Studio. In open beta for US productions.

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Grace stripboard schedule, with each shoot day as a column of scene strips and call and wrap times underneath
The schedule, laid out as a stripboard.
Grace budget top sheet: above-the-line and below-the-line accounts, each with its total
The budget top sheet.
Header of a Grace call sheet: the production name, a general call of 07:00, a shoot call of 07:20 and the weather
The daily call sheet.
Grace production dashboard cards: scenes wrapped, crew and cast on set by department, and shots planned for the day
The production dashboard.
What it is
Software that plans and runs a film shoot, from the first script to the last shoot day.
What it does
It turns a script into the schedule, the budget and the daily call sheet.
Who it's for
Producers, production managers and assistant directors who run the set every day.
What it saves
The late nights spent rebuilding schedules, budgets and call sheets by hand.

Inside Grace

Made for the people who run the set, on a laptop or a phone.

Grace day-out-of-days grid: each character in a row, each shoot day in a column, with start, work, hold and finish days marked in colour
Day out of days: which actor works on which shoot day, drawn from the schedule.
Grace on two phones: the day's dashboard with the general call time, and the shoot day's scenes in order with their planned times
On a phone: the day's call and every scene in order.

Everyday systems

The basics, done properly.

Every business needs a website, email and a safe place for its files. We set them up in your own name and look after them.

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Websites & brand

A fast, clear website, with the brand, words and pictures behind it. It runs on your own domain and stays yours.

  • Design and build
  • Logo, colours and type
  • Copy and photography
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Business email & back office

An address on your own domain for everyone on the team, with calendars, files and contacts that stay in step. We move your old mail across.

  • Email on your own domain
  • Shared calendars and contacts
  • Set up on every phone and laptop
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Private cloud & storage

Your files on storage you own, reachable from anywhere and backed up. No more hunting through personal drives.

  • Sync on every device
  • Share links for clients
  • Automatic backups

Starting a business

Starting a company? We set up the rest.

Your accountant handles the registration. We handle what comes after, so you open with the basics already in place.

  • A domain name, with email on it
  • A website with your company details
  • Letterhead, quote and invoice templates
  • Online payments on your site or invoices
  • Shared files, calendars and backups
How our pricing works
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How we work

Built with you, one checkpoint at a time.

Software goes wrong when it is built out of sight. So we show you working pieces early and often.

  1. Step 1: Discovery

    We sit with the people who will use it and map how the work really happens. Then you get a written plan and a quote.

  2. Step 2: Build, with checkpoints

    We build in short stretches and show you working software at each checkpoint. Changes are cheap when they come early.

  3. Step 3: Handover and support

    You get the logins, plain notes and a walkthrough for your team. We stay on for fixes, updates and new features.

Tell us how the work gets done today. We will plan the software around it.

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