Jaunty Crab Club

Boutique Studio · Content, Films, & More

We turn complex
ideas into
compelling video.

A boutique video production studio for companies and creators — working with the teams shaping what comes next, one deeply considered video at a time.

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Approach

We make video for companies and creators whose work is worth sharing and whose stories are worth telling carefully.Not fast, not loud — but with the craft and patience of people who love the form.

Joel Austin, Founder & Director

Selected work

Case studies &
commissioned films.

A curated selection across developer tooling, infrastructure, and AI. Click any piece to watch the film and read the story behind it.
Altium Designer Quick-Start Tutorial with Phil Salmony from Phil's Lab
Altium Academy 
100k subscribers 
450k views
Salem Massachusetts Top 5 Things to Do
Stay Weird Witches
4k subscribers 
100k views

Horror Film / 2025

Short Film
Award Winning
Altium Academy 
100k subscribers 
370k views

How we work together

Two ways
to partner.

Ongoing YouTube or other video platform production for teams building a long-term channel — or focused engagements when you need one video project done exceptionally well.

Monthly Retainer

A steady channel, built on craft.

Planning, scripting, production, and publishing — month over month. Ideal for developer-relations teams, founders, and marketing leaders who want consistent output without consistent headaches.

/ month

Included
Short & long form
End-to-end
With analytics

Project Work

Single films, made with intention.

Brand films, launch videos, documentary features. When the story deserves more than a template — we approach each commission as its own creative problem, from first conversation to final delivery.

/ project

Custom
On-location
Color + sound
Channel + launch

Creative Media Division

What we make
when no one's asking.

Our original work — the audio drama, the feature film, the stranger side projects — runs in parallel to the client studio.

Creative Media is where we develop and produce the original stories that don’t fit anywhere else. It’s how we stay sharp, and it’s why our commissioned work feels the way it does.

Feature Film · In Development

ToSalem

Audio Drama · Season 1

The Long Radio Hour

Teams we've made things with
Anthropic
Vercel
Linear
PlanetScale
Supabase
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The process

From brief to
broadcast.

01

Listen first

We start with a long conversation — about what you’re actually building, who you’re trying to reach, and why now. No templated questionnaires, no pitch deck.

02

Shape the story

Concept, script, and storyboard. We propose a specific angle and defend it with reasoning. You give feedback. We iterate until the shape is right.

03

Make it beautifully

On location with a small, senior crew. Edit rooms where frames matter. Color, sound, and score given the same care as the words.

Let's Talk

Have a story worth
elling carefully?

We take on a handful of new projects each quarter. If you’re working on something interesting, we’d love to hear about it.
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