Producing high-impact opening films has been a key element of our annual event management of Newton Investment Management’s annual conferences every September.

Our Investor’s Guide to the Galaxy film set the scene for exploring the big ideas shaping investors’ opportunities and risks, and how these are reflected in Newton’s key strategies.

Mirroring high-production value sci-fi franchises such as Star Wars, we combined CGI and stock imagery to produce stunning planetary and galactic sequences, with on-screen graphics simulating a spaceship control deck.

A (fictional) interview with an eminent scientist sharing his knowledge creates drama and engagement in a Carl Sagan-style voiceover.

A monolithic dark object floating in space reveals itself as a huge 3-dimensional Newton logo, alongside the event’s title: ‘An Investor’s Guide to the Galaxy.’