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Corporate video
with a pulse.

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A New York production collective making documentary-driven films, campaigns, and corporate media that feel alive, intentional, and impossible to confuse with filler.

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Who We Are

Built against
dead video.

Cordial was built against dead video: the overlit office montage, the empty founder interview, the event recap that proves something happened but gives no one a reason to care.

We make something else: corporate films with documentary pressure, founder stories with actual stakes, event coverage with rhythm and atmosphere, and branded media that moves with people instead of freezing them inside talking points.

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NYC / LA
Based in New York City
3
Core Practice Areas
Full
Production to Delivery
∞
Client Types: Brands to Founders

What We Make

Three ways
we work.

From company films to branded documentary and live event coverage, every format carries the same pressure: polished without plastic, human without sentimentality.

Sponsored Stories
01.

Sponsored Stories

Brand-led campaigns grounded in real people, real moments, and actual stakes. Content that cuts without losing the thread.

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Documentary
02.

Documentary

Company films, founder stories, and branded documentary work. A journalist's eye. A filmmaker's hand. No empty chairs.

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Live Music
03.

Live Music

Live concerts, performances, and music events. We capture the room before it disappears, broadcast-ready, built for the internet.

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Selected Projects

From the field.

Documentary Legiondary
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Sponsored Stories Makapo
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How We Work

Built for speed.
Made with taste.

i. Discover & Brief
ii. Pre-Production
iii. Production
iv. Post & Delivery
01

We listen first.

Every project starts with a real conversation about what you need to communicate, who needs to hear it, and what "success" actually looks like for your organization. We come to that conversation with questions, not templates.

02

We plan tight.

Treatment, shot list, logistics, cast: we do the groundwork so the shoot can move fast and stay focused. Pre-production is where the creative decisions happen. On set, we're executing, not guessing.

03

We show up ready.

Real environments, real people, real light where possible. We move quickly and stay curious. Our crews are small by design, lean enough to be unobtrusive, skilled enough to never miss the moment.

04

We deliver clean.

Edit, color, sound, captions, formats: all included. We deliver on time, in every format you need, with revisions built into the process rather than bolted on at the end. Polished work, without the runaround.

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Let's make
something
worth watching.

We work with brands, agencies, nonprofits, and founders. Tell us about your project and we'll get back to you within one business day.

New York City  ·  hello@cordial.studio