www.aprilstudios.in
BRAND FOLIO
2022
INSPIRING
GENERATIONS
April Studios came about organically in 2015 between a group of people, whose journey began with producing marketing collaterals for mid-sized textile companies in Ahmedabad -out of goodwill. Today, it is a full-service design and production agency that delivers top-notch production value and visual aesthetics. We undertake projects right from conceptualisation to their final product stages - all under one roof. Thus, our broad range of services includes, concept development for shoots, location sourcing, brand campaigns, talent sourcing, production design, print design, post production, digital design, budgets and shoot scheduling, among others. Our approach combines art, design, technology and strategy. The results are in the form of excellent visual experiences and thus, excellent ROI for brands, some of which are the largest in sectors such as textiles, fashion, FMCG and consumer electronics. This book is a glimpse into the ‘April Studios experience’; our expertise and ethos. We hope you see the value we strive to add for the brands we work with. Happy reading!
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We help brands open the pandora box of creative possibilities
APRIL STUDIOS
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WHAT WE DO
IDEATE CREATE DESIGN CAPTURE INSPIRE
CONCEPT & MOOD BOARD 08
PRINT DESIGN 34
LOCATIONS 10
SOCIAL MEDIA LAYOUT DESIGN 36
SET DESIGN & PRODUCTION 14
PACKAGING DESIGN 38
TALENT MANAGEMENT 16
EVENT DESIGN & PRODUCTION 40
FASHION SHOOT - DON’T MANSION IT 18
OUR CLIENTS 42
BRAND CAMPAIGN 20
OUR TEAM 44
IMAGE EDITING 32
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CONCEPT & MOOD BOARD At April Studios, we draw ideas and inspiration from anything and everything around us, and transcribe them for our client’s briefs. Our concept and mood boards soak in your brand’s essence, speak its voice and help you imagine a shoot in a way that is closest to your ask.
TALE OF TWO SISTERS
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OUTPUT
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LOCATIONS Take the leap of exploration with us for mind-blowing shooting experiences! We scout and source eclectic locales that bring your concepts alive in the most competitive budgets. April Studios promises you the exclusive and the unexplored around the world. Take a look.
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LOCATION INSPIRATIONS
HERITAGE
MOUNTAINS
ABANDONED
RUINS
NATURE
VILLAS
ANCESTRY
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SET DESIGN & PRODUCTION We at April Studios believe every set design represents not just a brand’s visual identity, but also its values. Therefore, our process of decoding a brief begins with truly understanding the essence of the brand. Add to that one of the biggest lighting and production capabilities and a team of finest professionals, our shoots indeed stand a cut above the rest! Explore an abundance of production possibilities with us.
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TALENT MANAGEMENT April Studios works with some of the biggest talent agencies in the world to bring diverse talent on board. These include photographers, stylists, videographers, models, hair and makeup artists and art directors. However challenging the client brief, together, we make it work!
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A fashion shoot
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BRAND CAMPAIGNS April Studios is your partner at every stage, right from creating a sellable concept to turning it into an effective brand campaign. We help you reach target audiences with powerful messaging and time-tested strategies.
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IMAGE EDITING Good quality photo editing and retouching capabilities help polish artworks in a way that retains their originality. Be it print hoardings or digital artworks, you can explore with us a range of color corrections and post-editing services. All these with accuracy, and a quick turnaround of over 100 images in a day!
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PRINT DESIGN We love to work with typography, layouts and grids to create visually compelling lookbooks and catalogues for brands. We’ve produced more than 4000 books so far - all with the use of digital indigo machines and offset printing machines.
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SOCIAL MEDIA LAYOUT DESIGN Make your brands stand out on social media through thoughtfully and aesthetically designed layouts and templates. With this, April Studios also offers end-to-end social media management services for brands, including content, strategic planning and execution. Whether your brand has a well-established online presence, or you require building it from scratch, our wide network of professionals in the fields of content and digital marketing will help your brand take a meaningful social media journey.
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PACKAGING DESIGN Our tremendous design capabilities reflect in our packaging solutions that exude freshness and quirkiness in equal measures. We make use of innovative techniques and materials that sum up to create a vibe that is unique to you. Having worked with fashion, pharmaceutical and food brands, we are always on the lookout for brands that throw interesting design challenges at us!
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EVENT DESIGN & PRODUCTION April Studios offers concept, design and production services for stalls, kiosks and exhibition spaces. We also provide management and concierge services on request.
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OUR CLIENTS
QUALITY IS THE BEST BUSINESS PLAN
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OUR TEAM Dwarkesh Maheshwari
Haider Ali
Founder & Project Lead
Production Director
Dwarkesh is the brainchild of our creative design space who draws from years of experience working with coveted brands. He drives a sync between all our practices, and leads the way for all towards the company’s vision. With a knack for good design and great client relationships, Dwarkesh has established April Studios as one of the finest creative agencies in the market today. His motto of ‘nothing is impossible’ pushes the team to think out of the box and move mountains!
Arpita Parmar Creative Head
A seasoned creative professional with experience spanning as a brand manager, journalist, marketer, art director, stylist and a content strategist, Arpita has helped to build and run creative divisions in organisations such as Westside, House Of Anita Dongre, The Minimalist and Femina Delhi to name a few as well as stints at Titan, McDonald’s India, Sony Music Productions and Mia by Tanishq as a production designer.
Haider loves to take on challenges that demand integration of aesthetics and innovation. He is a magician of studio spaces and is known to have the best teams that help him transform spaces. In fact, he can translate the most enormous and complex production possibilities into reality!
Sunny Shah Technical Director
Sunny is a one-man-army who handles diversefunctions with ease and efficiency, like photography, equipment, lighting, graphic design and editing. He is the quintessential link between production and design and assists all of them.
An avid researcher of emergence of modern art technologies & needs, she was the key figure in giving rise to a non-profit initiative in small UP villages with the aim of making creativity accessible to all.
Akansha Bahadur Executive Producer
Abbas Khan
Akansha is responsible for ongoing project process improvement, collaboration with cross-functional talents, operating and supervising the project, as well as day-to-day management of the projects to ensure they are thoughtfully delivered on time, within scope and on budget. She has visibility over project at all checkpoints and maintains all project deliverable timing to ensure success at every intersection of the project lifecycle. She enjoys being part of a team that creates inspiring work.
Locations Manager Working as a line producer in Bollywood and the South Indian film industry since the past 15 years, Abbas has the likes of RRR the movie, Tamanna and The Game of Love on Star Plus to add on to his list of accolades and accomplishments. Well versed with providing the right project locations, he is experienced in researching, identifying and organising access to appropriate sites as well as coordinating all the practical and logistical elements that flow with them.
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GET IN TOUCH
PROMISE, WE WON’T STAY SILENT
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