we miss being on set…
…but we still have work to do!
let’s shoot.
Just because we aren’t leaving the house doesn’t mean we can’t deliver — our team is getting more creative than ever with how we’re approaching shoots.
Food Photographer/Stylist combo who can shoot from her living room? Bon Appetite! Ramadan campaign for your product? Props are in the mail! Wearing PJs in a Zoom PPM? 100% possible, and we swear they’ve never gone quicker!
We’re using our apartments as studios, our backyards as locations, our families and partners as talent - we’re all committed to staying safe and creative for as long as it takes.
Ask us how we can help you to adapt your brief to work with our photographers and filmmakers — we’re all jumping at the chance to bring your shoot to life!
better than stock.
Let’s support the artists who inspire our briefs and license the real deal! We’ve been helping our clients find images and negotiate fees with photographers from around the world — whether it’s from editorials, personal work, or simply finding shots that have run past their usage terms… it’s a fabulous way to breathe new life into these projects, and have the chance to work with new talent from across the globe!
fix it in post.
… that feels weird to say.
But we work with some of the world’s best who can build us something spectacular out of absolutely nothing.
This can be as easy as purchasing the right background for compositing an existing still. Or 3D modeling your product into the right environment… or starting the whole thing from scratch. So many possibilities!
weren’t there more?
On every campaign there’s the one (or seven) that got away. Let’s look back at the cutting room floor to see what new campaigns we can create from the shots that never had their chance!
And remember, editors love staying inside! Think of all the possible cut-downs and variations we can create of your films to keep them busy!
or do you just miss us?
We miss you too. All of you. We miss being on set. We miss the madness. We miss the rush of it all coming together in the last minute, and we miss how proud we are of the teams that make it come together.
So let’s keep in touch. Check in from time to time to let us know that you’re doing ok. Or to run that new idea by us. Or to get some feedback on the new website you finally had time to put together. We’re (literally) not going anywhere!
so… what’s next?
we’re adapting to keep our shoot family safe
shoot local
Now more than ever it’s important that we support our local talent — and thankfully we have some amazing humans to collaborate with! Let’s support the local community of freelancers and creatives who call the UAE home, and show that we can produce world-class work in our backyard.
keep it lean…
Small but mighty has always been our ethos, and is definitely the way forward. For everyone’s safety, we will manage our shoots with fewer people on set. Our crew is, as always, super hands on and solutions oriented, so we know that we can make this work without sacrificing on quality. We will manage our sets in a way that our crew can minimize their risk at work using an acceptable social distance, and will encourage remote approvals on set. We can easily set up live streaming to bring our shoot to wherever you may be!
and keep it clean!
Face masks, gloves and hand sanitizer will be a regular part of our production kit. All people on set will be required to have their temperature taken on arrival, and wear proper protective gear. We will enforce frequent sanitation of equipment, common spaces and vehicles, and also make sure we have enough sanitizer on set for everyone’s safety.
no hugs… for now!
So, this might be the hardest one for us, but we’ll be storing these up for another time. If we follow the above policies and give the world the time it needs to heal, we hope to bring these out in full force really soon.