Oil that had to look like the table
Pack stills and a 20s loop. One window, three crops.
The bottle needed a highlight that survived OOH. We locked the window and turned it on tethered stills before we rolled.
The loop is the same tabletop.
How a job runs
Quay
A recce in the overcast we intend to keep.
We read the brief, ask what the pictures are for and where they will run, and visit the place if we have not shot there before.
You get: a crew plan and a written estimate
Plot
Stills and motion share a key. No second look in the truck.
Shot list, call sheet, crew and kit go into one document. Must-have frames come first, extras come with a time next to them.
You get: a call sheet and a shot list
Hold
Tethered review. Selects before the cloud moves.
Stills are reviewed tethered on set, film is checked on a calibrated monitor, and nobody leaves until the key frames are agreed.
You get: a contact sheet the same evening
Grade
Cool without steel. Whites decided once.
Finishing happens here, not with a stranger. Files are named for the media plan and delivered with a readme someone else can follow.
You get: masters, versions and an archive
Name
Masters labelled for the media plan.
Finishing happens here, not with a stranger. Files are named for the media plan and delivered with a readme someone else can follow.
You get: masters, versions and an archive
Two recent jobs
Limestone, overcast quay, stills and films finished so print and a short cut stay the same afternoon, not a postcard sunset. All work
Rooms that match the film
Hotel interiors and a two-minute film shot at the hour of the recce.
Stone already had a white. We did not gel it into a postcard sunset.
Food stills and coverage shared one balance.
Stills, film and finishing
Book one part alone, or the whole job with one crew. Services in detail
Stills
Light plotted per frame and reviewed tethered, so the selects are agreed before wrap.
- Creative direction
- Treatments, boards, and on-set direction for agencies and brands.
- Lighting design
- Studio and location lighting plots for stills and motion.
- Commercial photography
- Campaign stills, product, and brand portraiture with controlled light.
Finishing
One timeline for grade, sound, versions and CGI, so every cutdown matches the master.
- Color grading
- Show LUTs, shot matching, and finishing that serve the brand palette.
- Post-production
- Edit, sound, titles, and delivery packages for every platform.
- 3D rendering
- Product and environment renders that composite with live action.
What a day costs
Prices are starting points before VAT, for one day within Split. Every job gets a written estimate with names on it before the date is held.
Stills day
From €1,880
One photographer, an assistant and our lighting, in the studio or on location.
- Up to ten hours on set
- Tethered review on a calibrated screen
- 25 retouched finals
- Web and print exports
Film day
From €2,680
Director, camera, sound and grip, with edit and grade in our room.
- Up to ten hours on set
- Cinema camera, primes and sound
- Edit, grade and mix
- One master and two cutdowns
Stills and film
From €4,320
One crew and one light plan for both, so the campaign holds together.
- Shared plan and call sheet
- Stills block named on the call sheet
- Grade shared by stills and film
- Versions for every placement
Most jobs are within a day’s drive of Split. Further afield we travel with the core crew and hire assistants locally, and travel is quoted at cost. Ask for an estimate
The studio in numbers
- 2011
- the year we opened on Marmontova 4
- 66
- jobs delivered last year, most of them for returning clients
- 7
- people on a typical shoot day, including assistants
- 2
- rooms to shoot in, plus our grading suite in Split
When the files arrive
From the last frame on set to files in your inbox. Dates are written into the estimate, so Split holidays and reshoots are counted in.
- Contact sheet of the day
- Same evening
- Graded selects to approve
- 2 working days
- Retouched final stills
- 4 working days after selection
- First cut of the film
- 7 working days
- Graded and mixed master
- 11 working days
- Cutdowns and platform versions
- 2 days after the master is signed off
- Archive with a short readme
- With the final delivery
Send the brief
Send references, dates, and whether you need stills, a film, or both.
- Studio
- Marmontova 4, Split
- Phone
- +385 21 344 180
- info@texacte.com
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00