Good light is the whole trick
The cheapest special effect on any set is also the most ignored one. It works on screens, too.
Field Notes
43 Articles
A lighter, on the house
A real Bic, a custom wrap, one sentence we actually believe, and no charge. Our philosophy now lives in pockets we'll never…
January is a liar
The year's most confident month makes promises February has no intention of keeping. A brief field report on resolutions, scope creep, and…
Client: us
The longest-running engagement in the building has no contract, no deadline, and a client that never signs off. Here's why we keep…
What October knows
The one month the whole culture agrees to decorate, tell stories, and play pretend. On borrowed permission, sideways light, and what the…
The cameras we keep reaching for
Canon when the day is chaos, Hasselblad when slowing down is the point. A gear piece about behavior, not specs.
The case for doing fewer things
Addition feels like progress and asks for no courage at all. A closing argument for subtraction, to end the season on.
In praise of the second draft
First drafts get all the romance. The second one does the work.
Things we just felt like making
Not everything we make has a client attached. That's on purpose, and it might be the most practical thing we do.
The spreadsheet has its own spreadsheet
A confession about trackers, naming conventions, and why the dullest documents in the building do the most creative work.
The Colony Retro Handheld
We ship light for a living. Once we shipped plastic and buttons instead, and it may be the most finished thing we've…
Banned words: a working list
The words that don't make it into our decks, our proposals, or our meetings. Presented here with charges attached.