One location day eats the whole budget
A single shoot day with a crew, a venue and a permit can absorb what was meant to cover a run of releases, and the second single ends up with whatever is left.
MUSIC AND LABELS
Films For Music And Labels.
Music video and release film for labels, managers and promoters, built shot by shot rather than filmed, so a release schedule is not held up by a shoot day.
Who this is for
- Record labels and management releasing more than one single a year
- Artists and promoters who need a performance piece and the cuts that go with it
- Anyone whose release date is fixed and whose shoot date is not
The job
Four Things That Go Wrong.
The lip sync does not hold
A performance piece lives or dies on the mouth matching the track. It is the first thing a viewer notices and the hardest thing to fix after the fact.
The vertical cut is an afterthought
A release runs upright on a phone long before anyone sees it wide. Deciding the vertical at the end means reframing a film that was never composed for it.
The release moves and the shoot cannot
Dates move in music. A booked crew, venue and permit do not move with them, and the film either arrives late or arrives unfinished.
What gets delivered
- Colour graded masters with logo lock ups, in the aspect ratios and formats agreed at the brief stage
- Frame accurate lip sync, so a performance holds and a release can run in more than one language
- A directed shot sheet before a single frame is generated, so the sequence is designed rather than assembled
- Directed by the studio's creative director from first prompt to master delivery
The work
Films That Show This Kind Of Job.
These are the studio's own productions, made to show what the pipeline does. Each one is on the work page in full.
Mainstage
A DJ plays a night set on a stage under the tower, the crowd in front and the tower lit with the studio's name, made upright.
Streetside
A performer on an outdoor festival stage at dusk, then the camera closes in on his face at the microphone, made upright.
The Course
A reel with the studio's mark on every shot: an office, a car at night, a restaurant, two children by the sea, a stage and a presenter.
The Every Market Calculator sets published ranges for a traditional Dubai shoot against the published computing and dubbing cost of generating the film you describe, and shows the source of every figure it uses. Neither figure is the studio's price.
Open the calculatorCommon questions
Before You Enquire.
How is the lip sync handled?
Frame accurate lip sync is part of the pipeline rather than a fix applied afterwards, which is also what lets a release run in more than one language without recasting or filming again.
Can the same piece be delivered wide and upright?
Yes, in the aspect ratios and formats agreed at the brief stage. Deciding that at the brief rather than at delivery is the part that keeps the framing right in both.
How do you keep an artist looking the same across a sequence?
With reference sheets and a directed shot sheet agreed before any frame is generated. Holding a face, a wardrobe and proportions steady across a full production is the method the studio writes about on the insights page.
What does a music video cost?
A project is priced from the brief and confirmed in writing before anything starts. Beforehand, without contacting anyone, the Every Market Calculator shows published shoot ranges against the computing cost of generating the film; neither figure is the studio's price.
Which languages do you work in?
English and German, with frame accurate lip sync so a campaign can run in more than one language without recasting or reshooting.
Tell Us About The Release.
The first conversation covers what the piece has to do: the audience, the message, where it runs, and in which formats and languages. Nothing is committed and nothing is quoted at that stage.
Cloud & AI Infrastructure
- MicrosoftAzure
- DIFCInnovation One
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