Obelisk StudioPost Production ServicesBurbank · Los Angeles

A finishing house, run by working filmmakers.

Edit, color, and finishing, done as collaboration, not as a queue.

● Booking projectsIndie features · Shorts · Commercials · Documentary
01The Approach

Finishing as collaboration.

Most finishing houses run on volume. A timeline comes in, an artist works through a punch list, a master goes out. The DP is in the room for one session, maybe two. The director sees a draft on a link.

We work the other way. The edit, the color, the finish: these are creative decisions, not technical handoffs. A grade isn't a preset matched to dailies; it's a choice about what the picture is supposed to feel like, made in conversation with the people who shot it. Editorial isn't a punch list; it's the moment the film actually becomes itself.

We give each project the time it needs, and stay in the room with the people who made the picture. That's the whole offering.

02Services

Edit. Color. Finishing.

I · EditorialBooking

Edit.

From assembly to picture lock.

Narrative, documentary, and short-form editorial. We work in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere, whichever the production was cut on, whichever serves the story. From director's cut through notes passes to picture lock. Full edit from dailies, or a fresh pair of eyes on a cut that's stuck.

DaVinci ResolvePremiere ProAvid
II · ColorBooking

Color.

Grade with the people who shot it.

DaVinci Resolve color, supervised by working DPs. Conform, primary, secondary, shot match, look development, deliverables. We grade the picture together, DP in the room or on the link, decisions made in conversation. ACES and Rec.709 pipelines, RAW from any camera body, HDR on request.

DaVinci Resolve StudioACESHDR · Rec.709Calibrated suite
III · FinishingBooking

Finishing.

Conform, deliverables, festival masters.

Online conform from offline cut. Title and credit work. Versioning for festivals, streamers, broadcast, theatrical. Deliverables in any spec: DCP, ProRes, H.264 mezzanine, IMF. Quality control passes. The unglamorous work that decides whether the picture actually plays.

DCPProRes · DNxHRIMFQC pass
IV · SoundIn Collaboration

Sound.

Design, edit, mix, through trusted partners.

We don't run sound in-house, yet. For now, sound design, dialogue edit, ADR, foley, and final mix run through a curated set of collaborators we've worked with before. You get a single point of contact through us, and the sound work stays inside the same conversation the picture's in.

Sound designDialogue edit · ADR5.1 · Atmos mix
03How It Runs

A finishing run, start to finish.

01 · First conversation

First conversation.

A call about the project. Script, footage, intent. Spec, schedule, scope. We figure out together whether the work fits the suite and the calendar.

02 · Conform & prep

Conform & prep.

Footage in. Conform from EDL or FCPXML. Reference material (director's notes, look references, prior color work) ingested. Suite calibrated for the project.

03 · In the room

In the room.

Edit sessions, grade sessions, finishing passes. DP and director present in person or on the link. We build the picture together, one decision at a time.

04 · Masters out

Masters out.

QC pass. Deliverables generated to spec. Any festival, streamer, broadcast, or theatrical version you need. Archive of the project preserved for future revisions.

04The Work

Recent work, finished here.

Every picture below was shot by one of the filmmakers who run this suite, then carried through edit, color, and delivery — the same pass we'd give yours. Recent shorts, in and out of the festival circuit.

Still 1 from Piroba
2026 · Short Film · Drama, ActionIn Festival Circuit

Piroba

An emotionally drained young fighter carrying the ache of her late father must summon the strength to outlast her bitter rival in the stale heat of an empty gym.

Director
Matthew Arkema
Cinematography
Kshitij Kapil
  • New York International Film AwardsBest Indie Short
  • IndieX Film FestOfficial Selection
  • The Great Film ClubOfficial Selection
Still 1 from Exsanguination
2025 · Short Film · Psychological HorrorIn Festival Circuit

Exsanguination

As a desperate father turns to a psychic medium to find his missing wife, his skeptical daughter begins to unravel the unsettling truth behind the séance, and the hidden motives that could cost them everything.

Director
Jonathan King
Cinematography
Siddharth Agrawal
  • International Film & Entertainment Festival AustraliaBest Production
  • Picasso International Film FestivalBest Cinematographer of the Year
  • International New York Film FestivalOfficial Selection
  • Los Angeles Lift-Off Film FestivalOfficial Selection
  • LA International Film FestivalOfficial Selection
Still 1 from Between The Lines
2025 · Short Film · DramaIn Festival Circuit

Between The Lines

Alex, a talented young dancer at a crossroads in his life, grapples with choices that will define his career and relationships.

Director
Taytum Blake
Cinematography
Siddharth Agrawal
  • Los Angeles Movie AwardsHonorable Mention
  • Makizhmithran International Film FestivalSpecial Jury Award
  • Rohip International Film FestivalBest US Short · Best Actor
  • Mokkho International Film FestivalBest Film · Best Producer · Best Actor
  • Kodaikanal International Film FestivalBest US Short · Best Actor · Best Cinematography
Still 1 from The Night the Sky Fell
2025 · Short Film · Sci-Fi, DramaIn Festival Circuit

The Night the Sky Fell

A grieving young boy and his emotionally distant father are forced to confront their shared loss when a mysterious supernatural encounter challenges the silence between them.

Director
Matthew Arkema
Cinematography
Kshitij Kapil
  • IndieX Film Fest Los AngelesOutstanding Achievement for Cinematography · Best Young Actor
  • FilmHaus Film FestivalNominee · Best Fantasy Drama
  • Lonely Wolf Film FestivalBest Emerging Director
Still 1 from The Morningstars
2026 · Short Film · ComedyCompleted

The Morningstars

When a demon is proposed to by his superhero girlfriend, he must choose between his eccentric demonic family and her, whose secret agenda might literally destroy them all.

Director
Matthew Arkema
Cinematography
Kshitij Kapil
05The Filmmakers

Two sets of eyes, both with a viewfinder.

Cinematographer · Colorist

Kshitij Kapil

Approaches color the way he approaches the camera, as a creative tool in service of the story.

View Kshitij's portfolio
Producer · Cinematographer · Editor

Siddharth Agrawal

Reads a cut the way an editor does, sees coverage the way someone who's lit it does.

View Siddharth's portfolio
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