N-Li Tum Films

Author-Driven Production

Films, commercials, and branded stories crafted with a director’s eye and production partners’ pragmatism.

A minimalist soundstage corner dressed for an art film: a single mid-century style armchair rendered as a sculptural object, an unlit floor lamp with a simple geometric shade, and a large, semi-transparent fabric backdrop hanging in soft folds. All colors are muted neutrals and deep charcoals, allowing the textures of fabric, wood, and metal to dominate. One strong, directional spotlight from camera left grazes the backdrop, creating dramatic shadows and gradations of tone, while a faint fill light lifts the chair’s contour. Shot from a wide cinematic angle with negative space occupying half the frame, the composition feels introspective and sophisticated, embodying the mood of contemplative, author-driven cinema.
A meticulously arranged editing suite featuring a wide, ultra-high-resolution monitor displaying a paused frame from an artful commercial: abstract product silhouettes against a deep charcoal background. The monitor sits on a dark walnut desk with a slim control surface, color grading panel, and headphones laid with geometric precision, all free of clutter. Cool, diffused light from an unseen window mixes with the subtle glow of screen reflections, creating a polished, cinematic ambiance. Composed from a three-quarter angle, the foreground keyboard is softly out of focus while the monitor and grading tools remain razor sharp. The mood is concentrated and refined, suggesting the quiet intensity of author-driven post-production.

Services

From early concept to final color, we develop, shoot, and finish work that aligns distinctive authorial vision with clear brand objectives, across original films, commercials, episodic content, and integrated campaigns.

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Engagements

Flexible, project-based structures that scale from concise pieces to multi-film campaigns, tailored to brief, timeline, and ambition.

Seed Project

Typical engagements from $8k–$20k for compact, single-day commercial or branded shoots.

✓ Concept

✓ Treatment

Start brief

Signature Spot

Most multi-day campaigns and narrative pieces land between $20k–$60k, depending on scope and deliverables.

✓ Lookbook

✓ Shotlist

✓ On-set

✓ Casting

✓ Lean crew

Plan call

Cinematic Suite

Larger-scale productions and long-form films generally start around $60k and scale with creative and production complexity.

✓ Narrative

✓ Storyboards

✓ Locations

✓ Full crew

✓ Multi-day shoot

✓ Score

✓ Finishing

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How We Build Each Film

A collaborative, director-led process: clarify the story, prototype visually, lock structure, then move into disciplined production and post that respect schedule, budget, and the integrity of the idea.

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A storyboard wall in a contemporary production office, covered not with text but with a grid of small, high-contrast stills from various films, commercials, and branded pieces. Each frame shows abstract environments, objects, and silhouettes, all carefully composed to avoid recognizable humans, forming a visual tapestry of the studio’s portfolio. The wall is illuminated by soft overhead track lighting and a gentle side glow from a tall frosted window, creating layered shadows along the pinned images. Captured with a medium-wide lens at a slight angle, the nearest stills are in sharp focus while the others softly recede into blur, evoking a sophisticated, cinematic planning process and the coherence of an author-driven vision.