Underdog Crew

Underdog Crew The Underdog Crew youth empowerment project. Inspiring young minds through the power of filmmaking and creative pursuits. But I overcame it.

UNDERDOG CREW STUDIOS

DB Morgan’s Underdog Crew studios

As a mental health survivor, anxiety sufferer and general all-round underdog, DB Morgan is proud to welcome under-represented and minority groups into all his filmmaking exploits. Having trialled his ‘youth involvement project’ during the shoot of his 2010, MTV competition winning, short film, ‘Subject 3’ he quickly learned that everybody has something to offer in a creative environment and crew members on the autism/asperger’s spectrum especially came away empowered and motivated from their experiences on set. UNDERDOG CREW EMPOWERMENT THROUGH:

Building confidence through teamwork! A nurturing environment to develop new creative ideas. Encouragement, guidance and signposting into further learning. Self sufficiency/responsibility through daily rota’d lunch cooking Taking ownership of choices based around positive actions

“When I was younger, I never really believed in myself, I never really had confidence in many things. From issues from my childhood. My parents suffer from mental illness and it was really tough. I always felt like I couldn’t achieve anything, and I have nothing to show to the world. I had a dark stage in my life dealing with a lot of suicidal thoughts. This team and film have given me a sense of purpose, and the title alone just shows how I feel now in life. After dealing with a lot of stuff and gradually picking myself up. This experience has given me faith.”

JAMIE WRIGHT (19) FOUNDING UNDERDOG CREW MEMBER and GRADUATED MENTOR


Fully DBS registered Underdog Crew team members, chaperoning daily groups of up to ten attendees in live film set environments at our studio base. Monthly specialist filmmaking workshops. Annual prize giving/graduation ceremony. High intensity creative filmmaking workshops. www.megalodonstudios.co.uk/underdog

Huge shoutout to Cllr Mike Lilley, the outdoing Mayor of Colchester city, for supporting The Underdog Crew CIC this past...
08/10/2026

Huge shoutout to Cllr Mike Lilley, the outdoing Mayor of Colchester city, for supporting The Underdog Crew CIC this past year as one of his chosen charities. A proper gentleman and old skool geezer. Much love, from Dom, Laura and the Crew. xx

🚨 BIG NEWS FROM Underdog CrewSTUDIOS 🚨 We’re incredibly proud to announce that Underdog Crew Studios is now a validated ...
06/10/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS FROM Underdog CrewSTUDIOS 🚨 We’re incredibly proud to announce that Underdog Crew Studios is now a validated Arts Award Centre.

That means our young people won’t just be learning real creative and filmmaking skills - they can now work towards officially recognised Arts Award accreditation while doing it.

And what better place to start than our most ambitious project yet…

🎬

Check out the footage from our incredible first day and see what our young people are already creating.

🔥 Filmmaking
🔥 Practical effects
🔥 Sound & music
🔥 Performance
🔥 Production skills
🔥 Real industry experience
🔥 Recognised accreditation

There are only a few project internship spaces remaining for teenagers who want to be part of something very different.

Join us in the Apocalypse.

Sign your teenager up now and become part of the crew.

Underdog Crew Studios presents 'PROJECT FEAR'.Behind-the Scenes of ...

🔥 ONE WEEK INTO THE BUNKER BUILD… 🔥 …and the transformation is well underway.This Saturday, we’re ready to welcome our P...
29/09/2026

🔥 ONE WEEK INTO THE BUNKER BUILD… 🔥 …and the transformation is well underway.

This Saturday, we’re ready to welcome our PROJECT interns into the studio to begin turning the space into a fully realised cinematic vision of surviving the apocalypse for our debut feature film production: 🎬 PREPPER

WE HAVE 3 SPACES LEFT!!!! Ages 13 to 18 (SEN welcome) An accredited 8-month feature film production internship!

Our PRE-VIS gives a flavour of where we’re heading visually — muted autumnal colours, worn textures, practical survival detail and warm, atmospheric lighting to create a bunker that feels genuinely lived-in rather than simply “dressed”.

This isn’t just about building a set.

Our young creatives will be getting hands-on with production design, set dressing, props, lighting, continuity and the practical problem-solving that goes into creating a believable film world from the ground up.

And this is only the beginning…

☢️ Follow the PROJECT journey here:

https://www.underdogcrew.org/project-fear

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61594153203633

📻🔥 OUR FIRST BRAND PLACEMENT SPONSOR! 🔥📻 A HUGE THANK YOU to Mark at Charlie Bravo 10-4 - www.charliebravo10-4.co.uk...
22/09/2026

📻🔥 OUR FIRST BRAND PLACEMENT SPONSOR! 🔥📻 A HUGE THANK YOU to Mark at Charlie Bravo 10-4 - www.charliebravo10-4.co.uk

Mark and the team have come onboard as "Official Comms Sponsor" for PREPPER, supplying the CB radio kit that our young survivors will rely on to try and stay connected with the outside world as the apocalypse grows around them.

And this isn’t just background dressing. The CB setup will be a working, regularly used part of the film, becoming one of the survivors’ vital links to whatever — or whoever — may still be out there.

We absolutely love creative partnerships like this. Real businesses. Real equipment. Real product integration.

And a professional film production giving young emerging filmmakers the chance to learn their craft for real.

Mark... thank you for believing in and being the very first company to officially come aboard.
Welcome to the apocalypse. 😈📻












** For AI haters. Conceptual pre-visualisation is a great use of AI where there is no budget for conceptual artists. So don't hate on us. We have no budget for anything at this stage! No AI will feature in the finished movie.

'PREPPER' film set has officially begun! Day #1 at the top and our Pre-vis concept art below. Keep watching as things...
22/09/2026

'PREPPER' film set has officially begun! Day #1 at the top and our Pre-vis concept art below. Keep watching as things develop. WE STILL HAVE 5 internship spaces left (13 to 28 - SEN welcome) - Saturdays 12noon till 5pm at Underdog Crew's White Colne studio. ALL ENQUIRIES: https://www.underdogcrew.org/project-fear

🎬🧟 DOES YOUR TEENAGER LOVE…🎥 FILMMAKING💻 EDITING🎭 ACTING🩸 SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS✍️ STORYTELLING 🎬 CAMERA • DIRECTING • P...
13/09/2026

🎬🧟 DOES YOUR TEENAGER LOVE…🎥 FILMMAKING💻 EDITING🎭 ACTING🩸 SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS
✍️ STORYTELLING 🎬 CAMERA • DIRECTING • PRACTICAL EFFECTS • PRODUCTION

hen this could be the project they’ve been waiting for.

🔥 THE MOST EXCITING UNDERDOG CREW PROFESSIONAL FILMMAKING PROJECT YET starts on:

📅 SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2026
📍 Underdog Crew Studios, White Colne, Essex, CO6 2PS

Our new PROJECT:FEAR internship gives young creatives the chance to work on a proper film production, develop real industry skills, build confidence, make friends, find their role and create something they can genuinely be proud of.
This is for the young people who don’t just want to WATCH films… They want to MAKE them.

🧟 ONLY 6 INTERNSHIP SPACES LEFT!!!

If your teenager is creative, obsessed with movies, loves horror, practical effects, acting, editing, cameras, props, storytelling or simply needs a place where their imagination is taken seriously…

👉 GET THEM IN THE CREW.
🔗 https://www.underdogcrew.org/project-fear
🎥 REAL PROJECT. REAL SKILLS. REAL EXPERIENCE.

Address

Underdog Crew Studios, Unit 6&7, Colchester Road, White Colne
Colchester
CO62PS

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 9pm

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+447498606258

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