Eliel Guimarães
PartnerLighting · Lookdev · Direction
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CG direction for brands & agenciesSão Paulo · Worldwide
Direction + Technique. Delivered.
Plate is a senior-led studio for 3D animation, lighting and CG. We direct the image and build it, so the idea reaches the screen exactly as it was pitched.
Selected workAll work
CapabilitiesServices
Launch coming up? Talk to the director.
Book a 20-min call→Work
Work that moves.
Before PlateIndividual repertoire
Before Plate.
Repertoire
ServicesFull pipeline or single stage
What we make.
How to work with us
ProcessFive stages, one owner
StudioTwo partners · One studio
Small on purpose. Senior by default.
Team
Vinícius Ale
PartnerMotion · 3D · Art direction
HoudiniSolaris / USDMayaCinema 4DKarmaRedshiftArnoldNukeAfter Effects
On AIOur position
A new tool. The same direction.
We use AI the way we use every tool in our pipeline: as an ally to the creative and technical process. Our job has always been to keep up with whatever arrives in the creative and business field, and AI is one more of them.
We are not against it. Like every program, plugin or software that arrived with big promises, it opens new ideas, new points of view and new ways of working, and we stay just as human.
This wave is bigger, mostly because of speed. Nothing that human direction can't handle.
Principles
01
Tool, not author
Every frame still passes through a director's eye.
02
Always updating
We test new tools as they arrive and keep what serves the image.
03
Human direction
Speed comes from the tool. Judgment comes from us.
JournalTalks · Notes · Breakdowns · Lab
Notes from behind the frame.
What we learn on real productions, shared with the community: how we light, how we build pipelines, how new tools change the work.
Voice · Lighting & lookdev
Eliel Guimarães
Fifteen years lighting commercials, series and animation. Writes and speaks about light as storytelling, USD pipelines and how studios adopt new tools without losing direction.
Light as storytellingUSD · SolarisAI in productionFreelance to studio
Invite to speak →
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Community
01
Talks & panels
Schools, festivals and agencies. Lighting, lookdev and production for brands.
02
Open breakdowns
Selected projects, taken apart shot by shot, when the client allows.
03
Mentoring
Time set aside for artists moving from freelance to senior or studio roles.
LabAuthorial work & R&D
What we make when nobody asks.
Short films, tools and look studies. This is where new techniques get tested before they reach a client project.
Contact20 minutes · Video call
Tell us the idea. We'll show the path.
A short call with the team. You leave with a production approach, a realistic timeline and next steps.
- Times shown in your time zone
- NDA available before the call
- Reply within one business day
Prefer email
atendimento@platestudio.com.brNew business
atendimento@platestudio.com.br
Studio
São Paulo, BR · GMT-3
Working hours
Mon–Fri · overlap with US & EU
Call requested
You'll get a calendar invite and a short brief template by email. Prototype: nothing was sent.
