Contact
Tell us about
what you're making.
Or what you’re trying to figure out how to make. The first call is 30 minutes, no pitch deck, no obligation. We’ll either be the right studio for the project, or we’ll point you toward someone who is.
Typical reply
Within 1 — 2 business days
Now booking
New retainer engagements starting Q3 2026
Project work
Two slots open for summer / fall 2026
Original work
Always open to good conversations
Quickest Path
Book a 30-minute call directly.
Skip the form and grab a slot on the studio’s calendar. We’ll send you a video link and a short reminder the day before.
Or — start with a message
A few questions to get the call started.
The more context you can give us, the more useful the first conversation will be. Don’t worry about getting the details exact — we’ll figure most of it out together.
If you’d rather just write us an email, that works too.
Read by Joel and the producing team. Real reply, no auto-responder.
Press & collaborations
For features, interviews, festival inquiries, and original-work licensing.
What happens next
From the message to the first call.
— 01
A real reply,
from a real person.
Joel or one of the producers reads your note and writes back. If we’re not a fit, we’ll tell you that — and usually point you to a studio or freelancer who is.
Within 1 — 2 business days
— 02
A 30-minute call.
No deck, no slide team. We’ll ask about the project, the audience, and what would make this thing feel like a win. You ask us anything you want.
Same week, usually
— 03
A written proposal.
If there’s a real fit, you’ll get a short proposal with a creative direction, a scope, and a price. No surprises later — what’s in the proposal is what we’ll make.
Within 5 — 7 business days
Other ways in
Not a project
inquiry?
PRESS
Interviews, features, reviews, and festival programming. Press kit available on request.
Collaborators
For DPs, editors, composers, sound designers, and other crew interested in working with the studio. Send a reel and a short note.
Internships
We run a small mentorship program once or twice a year. Write us with a portfolio link and what you’d like to learn.
Original work
For licensing, distribution, or co-production conversations on the studio’s original films and audio work, write to creative@jauntycrab.club.
Newsletter
A short letter four times a year — what we’re shooting, what we’re reading, what we’re trying to figure out. No more, no less.
Elsewhere
We post the work, occasionally the process, and rarely anything else.