Journal · Method · 2026

How we decide what NOT to film.

Five explicit refusals.

Every agency knows how to talk about what they film. Here we want to open what is usually silent: the filter for what we do not film.

01 · No commodity shots

If a shot can be replaced by a stock image without anyone noticing, we do not shoot it.

02 · No "complete the brief"

If 4 of 12 listed deliverables dilute the brand, we propose cutting them.

03 · No improvise to salvage

If the shoot is flawed at the start, we cancel and reschedule. Cost on us.

04 · No generic city

Sao Paulo is photographed to death. We shoot specific neighborhoods that say something specific.

05 · No concepts needing explanation

A concept that needs a long caption is disguised text, not audiovisual.