We built HEXOGIC for what comes next — an intelligence-led studio where ideas become film, imagery, and motion in days, not months.
The engine gives us range and speed. The craft makes it premium.
Now running — COLOSSEUM, Christian Provenzano, 2026
6
Houses
Named clients on the roster.
52
Films
Cut, graded and shipped.
96
Frames
Delivered stills, in the sets they belong to.
The tool has never been the point. Vision is. We use a modern engine the way past studios used new cameras and new software — to make better work, faster.
Every piece is human-directed, finished by hand, and made with respect for originality and our clients’ rights.
Who we’re for
We work with brands that want a look of their own, and will hold to one written direction to get it.
Engine & standard
AI is our engine. Craft is our standard. Real direction up front, a relentless human finish at the end.
Your work is yours
Your visual IP is yours alone. Your work is never used to train public models.
A space exists on paper first.
Four connected spaces. One continuous descent into darkness. Each room darker, warmer, closer to the scent.
ARRI Alexa 35. Cooke S4/i spherical primes. Kodak Vision3 500T emulation. Every light source motivated and visible in-frame.
Camera
- Body
- ARRI Alexa 35
- Sensor
- Large format
- Lenses
- Cooke S4/i spherical primes
- Character
- Warm, creamy bokeh
Film stock
- Stock
- Kodak Vision3 500T 5219
- Balance
- Tungsten, warm shadow bias
- Toe
- Lifted 3–5%
- Grain
- Fine organic, moderate halation
Lighting
- Philosophy
- Practical sources only
- Sources
- Sconces, spotlights, moonlight
- Fill
- None — no off-screen bounce
- Scene 5
- Spotlight clicks ON at 3s
Grade
- Palette
- Warm-biased, muted
- Saturation
- Pulled back 15–20%
- Shadows
- Dark chocolate, never blue-black
- Accent
- Emerald green from the bottle
Void Black
Base background
#08090A
Charcoal
Museum walls
#1C1A18
Amber Warmth
Gallery lighting
#5C4A2E
Bronze
Accents, type
#9C8B7A
Emerald
Perfume bottle
#1A5C4A
The rules that governed every frame. Not guidelines — laws.
COLOSSEUM— direction sheets
01 / Body analysis
Body Physics
Characters move slowly, aware the space is larger than they are. The man carries his weight low, centered. The woman moves lighter, pulled by something unseen.
- Man moves with deliberate, measured slowness
- Woman leads the physical journey, man follows
- Upright posture — museum visitors, not tourists
- Woman’s body language shifts from curious to captivated
- No fidgeting — every gesture is intentional
02 / Voice waveform
Voice Modulation
Every line spoken at conversational volume — audible, supported by breath. The tone is not intimate; it is attentive. Pacing governed by weighted pauses.
- All dialogue spoken properly — never whispered
- Weighted pauses between lines
- Italian and English interweave naturally
- Man: deep baritone, authoritative
- Woman: warm, intelligent — curiosity drives her arc
03 / Blocking diagram
Spatial Blocking
The camera never centers both characters simultaneously. Blocking is asymmetric — one occupies the foreground third, the other the background third. The tension lives in the imbalance.
- Asymmetric composition — never center both
- Woman always spatially ahead — directional pull
- Scene 5: both enter from the right — same side
- Dark faces with bounce light only in the Chamber
- Tighter shots preferred — wides for establishing
04 / Color theory
Wardrobe — Color Theory
The wardrobe is not costume. It is a lighting instrument. The man’s dark gray suit and black shirt absorb light, making him a shadow figure — a silhouette that carries the weight of history. The woman’s white silk blouse catches every photon, making her the illuminated guide. The contrast between them IS the lighting design: she bounces light onto his face in close two-shots without any off-camera fill.
- Man: dark gray 3-piece — absorbs 80% of incident light
- Man’s shirt: black — creates a void around the face, draws eyes to the jawline
- Woman: white silk — natural bounce card, reflects warm sconce light onto her partner
- Woman’s trousers: black — grounds her lower half, keeps focus on face and blouse
- No accessories — no reflections, no distractions, clean silhouettes only
- European tailoring — structured shoulders, slim cut, not American boxy
- Suit Gray
- Shirt Black
- Silk White
- Bronze Light
One film, frame by frame — the bible it was built from.
Selected stills from the completed production. Every frame holds the museum’s descent — from amber light to near-darkness.
Screen grabs, identity sheets, the four spaces and the set-ups — the full production bible.
Six houses. Each one arrives with its own rules — and leaves with them intact.
Premium creative should not take months.
We pair real direction with a modern production engine to make work that competes with the best in the world — faster than the old model, and finished to a higher standard.