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A thought becomes a frame.
Studio Khyal · London
A narrative-led studio for commercial film, music video, concept work and considered photography.
Our film and photography feels observed. It is warmer in tone and patient in pace, and, hopefully, stays with you after the frames have passed.
Film
Brand films, music videos, concept work and short documentary for people with something real to say.
→ Still imagePhotography
Four catalogues of cities, faces, mountains and water. Photographs that linger.
→ CommissionsLet's work together
Tell us what you are making. Every project starts with a conversation.
→Matthew Inwood Photography – A Documentary
A short documentary on the work of photographer Matthew Inwood.
Film
Stories told
as they happen.
We look for the real moment first and build the film around it, this is the starting point. Slow and considered. Whether the work is commercial film, music video, concept work or a short film.
What we make
Commissions
Four kinds of work, one way of seeing. We shoot, edit and grade in-house, so the look holds from the first frame to the final export.
Commercial film
Brand films and campaign pieces built on real people and places.
Music video
Performance and narrative videos that give a record a world to live in. Shot with the same care as a short film.
Documentary
Short-form documentary for founders, makers and communities. Patient, observational and honest about its subject.
Concept work
Mood films, visual treatments and experimental pieces that give an idea a shape to develop from.
How a project runs
- 01
Conversation
We learn what you want people to feel, and what is true about you that nobody has filmed yet.
- 02
Recce
We visit the places and meet the people. The treatment is written from what we find.
- 03
Shoot
A small crew and a light footprint, so people forget the camera is there.
- 04
Edit & grade
The story is found in the edit and finished in our amber grade.
Photography
Photographs
that linger.
Prints
Take a frame home.
Selected photographs are available as giclée prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, a cotton paper made for fine art. Every print keeps the original 3:2 frame with nothing cropped away.
About
- a thought, an idea held in the mind
- imagination; the act of picturing something
- care; to keep someone in mind
Every frame begins as an imaginational thought. Our work is to carry it faithfully onto the screen.
Studio Khyal is a narrative-led film and photography studio in London, founded by photographer and filmmaker Pritam Kapadia.
The studio grew out of years of travelling with a camera through the mountains of Peru, Japan, Chamonix and Vietnam, and walking the cities and waterways across different realms. That habit of watching before shooting now shapes every composition.
We take on a small number of projects at a time.
Touchstones
Inspirations
- Studio GhibliAnimation
- SwadesFilm
- A Fine BalanceNovel
- ShantaramNovel
- KabirPoetry
Our colour
Our colour is amber.
Every image leans toward warmth. Blues and greens are quieted, and shadows stay rich rather than cold. It is the same look on film and on paper.
Let's work together
Tell us what you're making.
We take on commercial films, music videos, documentaries and photography commissions. Every project is quoted individually after a first conversation.
Use the form to shape your brief. We reply to every enquiry within two working days.
Or write to us directly