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How we do it

The film is the easy part.

What takes the time is deciding what the film is for — which detail a product page cannot carry, and what has to happen on screen to fix that.

Everything is produced remotely from photography you already own. No shoot day, no crew, no travel.

01

Assets in

Your existing product photography, plus the real dimensions so scale never gets faked.

02

Concept

The idea, the beats and the environments — agreed before a single frame is built.

03

Build and grade

Rooms and surfaces built around each piece, graded to one palette so it reads as one film.

04

Cut and score

Edited vertical from the first frame, scored to the cut, delivered ready to post.

Breakdowns

Eight films, eight problems.

All eight were made for the same client, from the same kind of source material. Almost nothing about how they were built is the same.

What we need from you

Less than you'd think.

Photography
Whatever you already have. Catalogue shots on white are fine — that is usually the starting point.
Dimensions
The real size of each piece, so a small never gets shot as a large.
One decision
Which piece matters most this season. The film is built around it.
Nothing else
No location, no sample shipping, no calendar. Feedback happens on the cut.

Start a project

Send us your product photos.

Send the name, a link, and what you want someone to feel. You'll get a point of view back before anyone talks about a budget.

hello@thesurrealtheory.com
Based
Vancouver — working across North America
Typical start
Within two weeks of the first conversation
Rates
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