The edit desk at night, a timeline on the monitor and the keyboard lit under a warm shelf light

Cape Town, South Africa

The studio.

A Cape Town studio for strategy, CGI, film, animation and AR. Working with brands and causes since 2017.

Founded by Junaid Jacobs in 2017.

The Talelite studio after dark: two edit workstations under warm shelf lights, monitors showing an edit and a 3D scene
The room, Cape Town

Approach

The work has to look like your brand, not ours. One team, from the first call to delivery.

Process

  1. 01
    Brief. A call, then one page we both sign off.
  2. 02
    Idea. One route, a reference frame, a timeline.
  3. 03
    Build or shoot. CGI in Maya and Cinema 4D, film on our own kit.
  4. 04
    Review. Two rounds, at fixed stages.
  5. 05
    Deliver. Every ratio, named and filed.

Pipeline

StageTools
3D and CGIMaya, Cinema 4D
Compositing and motionAfter Effects, Photoshop
Edit and gradePremiere Pro
AI assisted compositingHiggsfield, Seedance, Runway
CameraSony A7SIII
LightingGodox
WorkstationsMacBook Pro

The studio

Cape Town, South Africa. Get in touch and come see the work on a big screen. The coffee is on us.

Get in touch
A flat white on the studio espresso machine, shot from above

Work with us

Come and talk.

Tell us what you are making. One project or an ongoing partnership.

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