Treehouse Digital

Treehouse Digital is an independent UK visual effects, virtual production and real-time animation studio and production company. Based in the Bournemouth and Poole area, it combines technical production services with the development of original film and television projects. Its work spans feature films, episodic television, streaming series and branded content.

The business grew from a creative partnership established in 2006, initially making zero-budget films with physical miniatures and green screen effects. It incorporated in 2009 and expanded into a commercial studio following investment and restructuring in 2015. This filmmaking background continues through its two internal divisions: Treehouse Services, which delivers production and visual effects work, and Treehouse Productions, which develops screenplays and original intellectual property.

Production capabilities

Treehouse Services supports projects from early visual development through final delivery. Its capabilities include concept art, storyboarding, previsualization, technical visualization, virtual production design and supervision, LED volume integration and real-time camera tracking. Post-production work encompasses VFX supervision, look development, character and environment creation, 2D compositing and quality control. The studio also develops cloud-based real-time animation pipelines and executes feature animation in Unreal Engine.

A shift toward in-camera visual effects and real-time production in 2020 led to The Well, a computer-generated horror short made using Unreal Engine and MetaHuman technology. Treehouse subsequently delivered the visual imagery, environments and real-time character animation for Duncan Jones’ animated science-fiction feature Rogue Trooper, working alongside Liberty Films and Rebellion Studios.

Original storytelling

Alongside its services business, Treehouse develops and packages its own screen projects. Its work includes the VFX short Litterbugs, the Crypt TV series Shelley and Treaters, the inaugural release in its ScaryTales anthology. Its original thriller screenplay Play Dead was developed into a feature directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and produced with Ghost House Pictures. The combination of commissioned production work and original development gives the company roles both as a technical production partner and as a creator of screen stories.