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South Studios

Services.

Everything it takes to go from an idea to a finished image, under one roof in Doha. Pick one discipline or all of them.

  1. 01

    Photography

    Campaign, lifestyle, portrait and editorial photography — lit with intent and shot to hold up at billboard scale and on a phone screen.

    • — Campaign
    • — Lifestyle
    • — Portrait
    • — Editorial
    Sunlit dining room at Kai Songbird
  2. 02

    Videography

    Brand films, commercials and short-form video. From a single operator to a full crew, with direction, sound and colour handled in-house.

    • — Brand films
    • — Commercials
    • — Short-form
    • — Documentary
    The South crew filming on set
  3. 03

    Commercial Production

    End-to-end production for campaigns: casting, locations, permits, crew, equipment and on-set management across Qatar.

    • — Pre-production
    • — Casting
    • — Locations
    • — Crew
    A family sharing pizza in the Morty's TV spot
  4. 04

    Food & Beverage

    Menu, dish and drink photography and film for restaurants, cafés and F&B brands — styled, lit and shot to make people hungry.

    • — Menus
    • — Dishes
    • — Drinks
    • — Kitchen stories
    Burrata pizza in a green Bruno box
  5. 05

    Social Media Content

    Always-on content made for the feed: vertical video, reels, stills and stories produced in monthly batches with a consistent look.

    • — Reels
    • — TikTok
    • — Stories
    • — Monthly retainers
    A Caribou barista talking to camera
  6. 06

    Branding & Creative Direction

    Visual identities, campaign concepts and art direction — the idea behind the images, and the system that keeps them consistent.

    • — Concepts
    • — Art direction
    • — Visual identity
    • — Moodboards
    Happy Hopper Bacon Jam'min key visual
  7. 07

    Product & Still Life

    Studio product photography for e-commerce, packaging and campaigns — clean catalogue shots through to sculpted still life.

    • — E-commerce
    • — Packaging
    • — Still life
    • — Beauty
    Shaheen coffee capsules in glass tubes
  8. 08

    Post-Production & Colour

    Editing, colour grading, retouching, motion graphics and sound — the finish that makes footage feel like a film.

    • — Editing
    • — Colour grading
    • — Retouching
    • — Motion
    A graded frame from a South Studios film
  9. 09

    Events & Launches

    Coverage for openings, launches and brand activations, with same-day edits delivered while the event is still running.

    • — Openings
    • — Activations
    • — Same-day edits
    • — Highlights
    Guests arriving at the Qatar Boat Show

(—)How we work

  1. Brief

    We listen first: the audience, the channel, the deadline and what success looks like.

  2. Concept

    Treatment, references and a shot list — so everyone sees the same film before we shoot it.

  3. Pre-production

    Casting, locations, styling, permits and crew, scheduled down to the hour.

  4. Production

    One shoot day or ten. Photo and film captured side by side to get the most from every set-up.

  5. Post & delivery

    Edit, grade, retouch and export for every format — from 9:16 to billboard.

(—)Ways to work together

Single project

A campaign, a menu, a launch film. Defined scope, fixed timeline.

Monthly content

A recurring production day and a steady flow of content for your channels.

Creative partner

We act as your in-house studio — ideas, production and direction all year.

(—)Contact

Doha, Qatar

Let’s makesomething.

Tell us about the brand, the dish, the place or the idea. We reply within one working day.