Approach
One room, one tension
Each portrait began with a live decision: a cut, a dye, a finish or a fitting that might fail. Interviews happened while work continued, keeping the makers’ own language and avoiding retrospective polish.
Film · Sable & Roux
Four rooms, four makers.
A portrait series about the workshops behind a Valcourt house, released slowly enough for each maker to have the room.
The brief
Show the house through the people who make it possible.
Sable & Roux wanted to shift attention from the runway to the craftspeople whose work is rarely visible. The films had to stand alone and also reward viewers who followed all four.
The Studio proposed four intimate portraits, each built around a room, a material and one unresolved problem.
- Partner
- Sable & Roux
- Channel
- Four-part film series
- Release
- One film per fortnight
- Location
- Valcourt
Delivery
A deliberate autumn rhythm
Films released fortnightly with a photo essay between episodes. Subscribers could reserve a seat for the complete screening; the digital series remained free and clearly labelled throughout.
Result
A series people stayed with
Ninety-six thousand viewers completed at least one film and 29% watched all four. Screening-room reservations filled in 19 minutes, with a waiting list of 430.
A story in chapters
Give every subject enough room.
We develop film series with a clear release rhythm, visual language and reason to return.