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01 — Before the Cut

Films and campaigns where the camera observes as much as it records — built for Netflix, Amazon, Google, and the studios that set the frame.

We set the frame for

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SC 02Cold Open

A scene is never neutral.

A frame is never innocent.

Between what happened and what remains,

there is a witness.

We build cinema for that space.

First witness, inside the frame. Second, behind the lens. The third — the one we work for — sits on the far side of the screen, breath held, already implicated.

03 / Selected Evidence

Evidence

06 entries · direction, design, campaign, system

A working archive of films, commissions, and cinematic systems. Each entry is a record, not a portfolio.

  1. EV / 001

    A Quiet Recall

    A short film about the room we forget last.

    Client
    Independent
    Role
    Direction · Edit
    Year
    2024

    Production note: one camera, available light, no additional grading. The room does the work.

  2. EV / 002

    Field Notes for a City

    A campaign filmed at the hour the streets stop performing.

    Client
    Google
    Role
    Studio of Record
    Year
    2024

    Production note: six cities, four nights each, one fixed lens. Tokyo cut first.

  3. EV / 003

    The Long Hallway

    A title sequence built like a corridor you cannot leave.

    Client
    Netflix
    Role
    Title Design · Direction
    Year
    2023

    Production note: practical sets, in-camera dissolves. No digital extension.

  4. EV / 004

    Chapter Without Dialogue

    A brand film told entirely through what is almost said.

    Client
    Amazon Studios
    Role
    Concept · Film
    Year
    2023

    Production note: script removed in week three. Final cut runs four minutes silent.

  5. EV / 005

    Object, Held

    A commercial about the weight of things you choose to keep.

    Client
    Maison Verre
    Role
    Direction
    Year
    2022

    Production note: one product, eleven hands, no cuts under three seconds.

  6. EV / 006

    Atlas of the Almost

    A cultural moving-image series for a museum after dark.

    Client
    Centre Lumière
    Role
    Cinematic System
    Year
    2022

    Production note: looped for the gallery, rebuilt frame-accurate for the cinema cut.

SC 04Method

Three lenses.
One discipline.

Every project is racked through each before it leaves the room.

  1. ƒ1.4

    LENS 01

    Frame

    What we leave outside the frame is the first cut a film makes.

  2. ƒ2.0

    LENS 02

    Presence

    The lens enters the room and closes the door behind the viewer.

  3. ƒ2.8

    LENS 03

    Memory

    We build for the after-image — what stays once the screen goes dark.

SC 05Identity

Not a production house.
A point of view.

One discipline — the camera as witness — applied to every format. We staff for the frame, not for volume.

  • 01Brand Films
  • 02Commercials
  • 03Title Sequences
  • 04Campaigns
  • 05Short Films
  • 06Cultural Moving-Image
  • 07Cinematic Systems
  • 08Long-form & Documentary

SC 06 — Last Frame

Call theWitness.

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