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Film & CGI
Cinematic films and CGI for brands — one integrated Paris studio from concept to final color.
TURBODIESEL is a Paris creative production studio specializing in film and CGI for global brands. We handle campaign films, product reveals, hybrid live-action/CGI commercials, and cinematic VFX from a single integrated pipeline — concept, art direction, modeling, lighting, animation, look-dev, compositing and finishing all in-house.
Working as one team instead of a chain of suppliers means fewer handoffs, tighter creative coherence and shorter timelines. We ship hero films for brand launches, luxury product campaigns and automotive reveals that need to perform at 8K on cinema screens, on TV, and at thumb-scroll speed on social.
Capabilities
Campaign films
Hero films for global brand campaigns — 15s cutdowns to 3-minute cinematic narratives, mastered for broadcast, cinema, DOOH and social delivery.
Product reveals
Hyper-real CGI for automotive, fragrance, eyewear, tech and luxury goods. Full brand-asset accuracy with physically-based materials and reference-grade color.
Mixed live-action / CGI
VFX-aware on-set supervision, plate photography and seamless 3D integration — tracking, matchmove, DMPs and HDRI capture handled by the same team that finishes the shot.
Cinematic VFX
Houdini simulations, particle systems, fluid and smoke dynamics, procedural environments. Scalable from one hero shot to full sequence.
Look-development
Custom shader libraries and lighting rigs calibrated to brand guidelines — ACES / calibrated color pipeline when the brief calls for broadcast or cinema-safe delivery.
Director-of-photography collaboration
We co-plan with your DP, work from their LUTs, and conform our CGI color space to the live-action grade.
Process
01
Brief & pre-vis
Scripts, storyboards, animatics and AI-assisted mood packs — fast creative alignment before pixels are spent. Approved pre-vis is the contract for everything downstream.
02
Production
Modeling, texturing, rigging, layout, animation — multiple artists working in parallel on a versioned pipeline. Daily internal reviews, weekly client reviews.
03
Look-dev & lighting
A/B lighting tests, calibrated hero frames, hero-shot approval before shot propagation. Managed color pipeline from render to grade.
04
Comp & finishing
Nuke compositing, DaVinci grade, sound design and conform. Delivery in every spec the campaign needs: ProRes 4444, DCP, broadcast IMF, social cutdowns.
Tools
- 01Cinema 4D
- 02Houdini
- 03Maya
- 04Blender
- 05Unreal Engine 5
- 06Octane / Redshift / Arnold
- 07Nuke
- 08After Effects
- 09DaVinci Resolve
- 10Managed color pipeline (ACES-compatible)
Formats
- 0116:9 / 9:16 / 1:1 / 2.39:1
- 024K / 6K / 8K masters
- 03Social cutdowns (Reels, TikTok, Shorts)
- 04Loops & cinemagraphs
- 05DOOH / CDOOH deliverables
- 06Stills & animated key art
9
Days fastest delivery
8K
Max master resolution
50+
Campaign films delivered
100%
In-house pipeline
Film & CGI in the wild
FIFA
75dClub World Cup 2024
Alpine
43dA290 Reveal x La Horde
Essilor
35dPhysio 4
Viktor&Rolf
76dPoppy x Flowerbomb
Cisco
235dParis 2024 — Invisible & Connection
Vuarnet
25dGlacier Campaign
Common questions
How fast can you ship a campaign film?
Typical cinematic films land in 4–8 weeks from greenlight. Our fastest hero spot shipped in 9 days (concept to broadcast master). We compress timelines through aggressive scoping, parallel pipelines and pre-built look libraries — not by cutting craft.
How do you scope budget?
Every project is scoped against its own deliverables, deadline and distribution. The fastest way to get a number is a short intro call — tell us what you need and we come back with a scoped proposal. Scope and craft drive the budget, not the other way around.
Who owns the final files and project assets?
Final masters and campaign rights are typically transferred to the client as part of the contract. Source project files (C4D/Maya/Houdini scenes, textures, caches, Nuke scripts) can be delivered under a separate clause — useful for brands who want long-term reuse or in-house iteration. Exact terms are set per contract.
Do you handle live-action shoots too?
Yes. We can lead the shoot, supervise on set for VFX-aware framing, then bring everything back into our integrated CGI pipeline. We also work with existing plates from any production company — common with agency briefs where the live-action partner is already locked.
Can you match a specific director's visual language?
Yes — we routinely work alongside agency creative directors, in-house brand teams and external directors. Reference packs, mood films and look-dev tests are part of every kickoff so the visual target is locked before pixels start.
What's the difference between Film & CGI and Realtime?
Film & CGI is offline rendering — pixels are baked, with maximum visual fidelity and no runtime trade-offs. Realtime (Unreal, Notch, WebGL) renders live — ideal for events, virtual production, previsualization or interactive web. We do both and often mix: Unreal previs for scouting, offline render for the hero spot.
Do you work internationally or Paris only?
Paris is HQ. We ship work globally and have delivered for clients in the US, UK, UAE, China and across Europe. Remote collaboration is baked into our pipeline — frame.io reviews, synchronous dailies on request, timezone-aware schedules.
TURBODIESEL is a Paris-based film production and CGI studio producing cinematic campaigns, product reveals, and hybrid live-action/CGI commercials for global brands. Our model combines the strategic depth of a creative agency with the speed and technical precision of a specialist production house.
Every project runs on a single integrated team — concept, direction, modeling, lighting, animation, look-dev, compositing, grade, sound. No external handoffs, no scope lost between vendors. This pipeline is what lets us deliver 3-minute cinematic hero films, 30-second luxury product spots and full campaign asset packs in a fraction of standard production timelines.
Recent CGI and film work includes hyperreal product films for Vuarnet (LVMH), fragrance campaigns for Coty Infiniment and Viktor & Rolf, eyewear innovation films for Essilor, and full-CGI cinematic teasers for Tencent and gaming publishers. We work directly with brands and as the production arm of agencies and creative networks across Europe, the Middle East and the US.
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