SOMA is a literal name: soma is Portuguese for “sum.” We add up people who came from the big studios in a lean structure, and you talk to the people who decide and the people who make it. First we understand what the story needs; then how many seconds, which aspect ratio and which screen.
Director, cinematographer and editor: at SOMA, he is the one who turns the brief into film language. In his personal portfolio, films for McLaren, Mastercard, Prime Video, Mercado Livre, Pátria, Ford and Nissan; at SOMA, the Petrobras series.
Looks after the client from brief to delivery: scope, schedule, budget and the internal approval of every film. He brings ten years of audiovisual work and marketing, agency-side, in-house and for US companies, so he knows the buyer's side.
Researches references, transcribes interviews, logs the footage and checks the budget spreadsheet for the third time without complaining. He does not direct, does not run camera and does not pick the take — that is still done by people.
Work Luan and Gustavo signed outside SOMA. It is here because it shows the standard each of them brings to SOMA's projects.
To be clear: none of these films are SOMA productions.
Beyond the partners, SOMA works with a network of independent professionals we know from set, not from a résumé. People we have shared late nights in the edit and rain on location with.
Cinematography, editing, color, sound, motion, art direction, casting, screenwriting, original score, drone, Steadicam, stills, subtitling and finishing.
Send the brief however it is.
A three-line message is enough to get started.
