After the Last Light
Travel film · Direction and editorial
Independent film and visual direction
Stories with enough tension to stay.
Direction, editing, and motion for films and campaigns that need a point of view—not another content cycle.
Toronto · Working worldwide
Why clients return
The small team people call when the image has to carry the idea.
86
Films delivered
14
Countries reached
92%
Referral-led work
1
Lead from brief to finish
Architecture
Fashion
Hospitality
Culture
Technology
Music
Selected work · 2024–2026
Images built around a single feeling.
From intimate portraits to large-scale launches, every frame earns its place in the final cut.
What we shape
One visual language.
Every format it needs.
Campaign films
Concept-led hero films designed to hold attention, establish tone, and work across a complete launch.
Short-form stories
Compact edits that feel authored rather than extracted, with a strong opening and a purposeful finish.
Editorial finishing
Editing, colour, sound, and titles handled as one connected system so the final work never feels assembled.
Motion systems
Flexible titles and graphic motion that extend the film’s character through social, product, and live spaces.
A clear route through production
One conversation from first thought to final frame.
You work directly with the person making the work. Decisions stay quick, feedback stays legible, and nothing is lost in handoffs.
01
Find the pulse
A focused discovery session turns goals, audience, and references into one useful creative direction.
Output · Creative treatment
02
Build the image
Pre-production, direction, and capture follow the same visual logic, with decisions made close to the work.
Output · Production and selects
03
Make it hold
Edit, sound, grade, and motion are refined together until the story feels inevitable rather than decorated.
Output · Final masters and cutdowns
“They found the emotional centre before they touched the edit. The finished film felt sharper, stranger, and far more like us.”
Mara Chen
Creative Director, Field Journal
Ways to work together
Clear scopes before the cameras roll.
Each engagement begins with a written scope, a fixed feedback rhythm, and no mystery line items.
Focused film
One core film, compact crew, complete post-production.
Best for launches and profiles
From $8,500
Campaign system
RecommendedHero film, modular cutdowns, still selects, and motion toolkit.
Best for multi-channel releases
From $18,000
Editorial partnership
Reserved monthly capacity for ongoing edits and visual direction.
Best for active in-house teams
From $5,200/mo
Before we begin
Useful answers.
Four to eight weeks before a shoot is ideal. Editorial-only projects can often begin sooner, depending on the volume and delivery schedule.
Yes. We can lead the visual direction or work inside an established campaign system alongside internal brand, agency, or production partners.
We work internationally and scale crews locally when it improves the production. Travel and local production costs are always scoped before approval.
Most scopes include two structured rounds per key stage. Feedback is consolidated so the process stays focused and the work keeps its shape.
Share the objective, desired deliverables, timing, likely locations, and an honest budget range. A polished brief is helpful, but not required.
Have a story worth slowing down for?
Let’s make the frame people remember.
Tell us what you’re building, where it needs to live, and when it needs to be ready.
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