Los Angeles · AI Studio

Filmmaking
From the Frontier.

New Territory Media is an AI studio for film productions, documentaries, and branded content. Powered by Lumen, our custom AI filmmaking platform.

Our Work Has Shipped On

What We Do.

Three Ways to Work With Us.

01

Studio

Full Productions, Start to Finish.

Branded Content & Commercials

Brand films, ad spots, and campaign work for consumer brands and agencies.

Documentary Recreations

Historically grounded recreations built with AI workflows that hold up to broadcast standards.

Hybrid Productions

Live-action shoots blended with AI-generated environments, characters, and sequences.

02

Production Support

The AI Department for Your Production.

AI Supervision

On-set and post guidance from a team that's already shipped AI work at scale.

Previs

AI-generated previs to lock creative direction before the cameras roll.

AI B-Roll and VFX

Generated shots, inserts, and visual effects for productions in motion, matched to your existing footage.

03

Build & Transfer

Custom Tools and Pipelines for Your Team.

Custom AI Pipelines

End-to-end workflows built around your project, then handed off to your team to run.

Bespoke Tool Builds

Internal tools and integrations that solve problems off-the-shelf software hasn't.

AI Strategy Consulting

Advisory work for teams figuring out where AI fits in their production pipeline.

Lumen.

Our Custom AI Filmmaking Platform.

Every NTM project runs on Lumen, a custom AI filmmaking platform we built for the studio. Lumen is how we move through AI filmmaking workflows at speeds off-the-shelf tools can't match, and how we blend generative AI with traditional film craft when a project calls for hybrid work. It's the studio's edge, and it's the reason our AI work ships faster and holds up better.

01

Speed

Iterate at the pace of AI without losing the quality bar of traditional production.

02

Craft

Blend generative models with real cinematography logic, lighting, and editorial pacing.

03

Output

Work that holds up on broadcast, next to live action, and under legal review.

Recent Projects.

All Projects
The Last Resort
Documentary · Netflix
The Last Resort
Feature documentary on photographers Andy Sweet and Gary Monroe in the sunburned paradise of 1970s Miami Beach.
Papa Machete
Short Film · National Geographic
Papa Machete
Character-driven short film on the noble, mysterious, and slowly vanishing martial art of Haitian machete fencing.
CafePress Holiday Spot
Commercial · CafePress
CafePress Holiday Spot
Holiday TV commercial for the custom gift retailer. Produced for broadcast and web.

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VP Land is our media brand covering the frontier of creative technology: AI filmmaking, virtual production, and the tools reshaping how films get made. A newsletter, website, podcast, and YouTube channel, followed by over 30,000 creatives.

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