"Fantasy  Factory (b 1975, d 1996) began as a non-profit video centre providing  access to video facilities & advice at a time when non-broadcast video  was a new, undeveloped creative medium. As a small pioneering organisation  we recognised the benefits of working with a broad mix of producers, artists, educators, voluntary organisations, corporate, broadcasters, advertising  agencies etc in one narrow technical area - video editing and post-production  - rather than follow the BFI workshop model production, education, exhibition,  distribution). This improved our skills & overview as editors which       informed and benefited all our users. In between servicing clients, we entered into the vigorous debates that shaped the so-called independent  sector - and made our own productions..."