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Every Story Needs the Right Format: Inside Cinesta's Multi-Format Video Production Practice
A jewellery brand does not communicate in the same way as a manufacturing company. A B2B organisation may need to demonstrate its capabilities and infrastructure, while a B2C retail brand may have only a few seconds to capture a consumer's attention. A university, government body or trade organisation comes with an entirely different communication brief.
That difference is increasingly shaping the way businesses approach video production.
For Cinesta, a Surat-based video production company with 12 years of industry experience, the answer has been to build capabilities across formats rather than focus on a single category of filmmaking.
Founded by Aman Sukhadia and Yug Italiya, Cinesta works across corporate films, commercials, documentaries, entertainment, short-form content, event production, animation and visual effects. Its work spans B2B and B2C businesses, corporate organisations, retail brands, educational institutions and government bodies.
The company also works as a production partner for advertising agencies, creative agencies and other production houses, supporting projects that require additional production expertise, execution capabilities or specialised resources.
The underlying principle is simple: the format has to follow the story, audience and objective.
Corporate Films & Documentaries
For B2B businesses and larger organisations, video often has a different role from consumer advertising.
A corporate film may need to explain a company's capabilities, infrastructure, technology, people or vision. A documentary may tell a larger institutional story or communicate an initiative in greater depth.
Corporate films and documentaries form an important part of Cinesta's production portfolio, with projects developed for organisations across different sectors.
For businesses where trust, expertise and scale influence decision-making, video can provide a more engaging way to communicate complex information and build a clearer understanding of the organisation.
Commercials & Advertising
The brief changes when the audience is the consumer.
B2C and retail brands compete for attention across television, digital platforms and social media. A commercial therefore needs to communicate quickly while establishing a visual identity that audiences can associate with the brand.
Cinesta's jewellery and retail portfolio includes the “Saj Dhaj Ke” campaign for Kalamandir Jewellers, along with commercial work for Verma Jewellers, House of Rings and Saffron Star Jewels.
Jewellery advertising, in particular, places considerable emphasis on visual detail, styling, cinematography and emotion. The production has to communicate not just the product, but the feeling and aspiration surrounding it.
That same production discipline can be adapted to other retail and consumer categories, depending on the brand and its audience.
B2B & B2C Brand Films
The difference between B2B and B2C communication is not simply about who watches the film. It changes the storytelling itself.
A B2B brand film may focus on credibility, expertise, infrastructure, technology and organisational strength, while a B2C film may lean more towards emotion, aspiration, lifestyle and brand recall.
A production house working across both categories therefore needs to adapt its approach rather than apply the same visual formula to every project.
Cinesta's multi-format model allows the production requirement to begin with the communication objective, with the creative treatment and format following from it.
Production Partner for Agencies & Production Houses
Not every Cinesta project begins with a brand approaching the studio directly.
The company also works with advertising agencies, creative agencies and other production houses that need production support to bring campaigns and creative concepts to life.
Depending on the project, Cinesta can support areas ranging from production planning and filming to post-production and specialised execution.
For agencies, this model provides access to production capabilities without requiring every resource to be maintained internally. For other production houses, Cinesta can serve as an execution partner when a project requires additional crew, equipment, production infrastructure or post-production capabilities.
This places the studio within a wider creative ecosystem, working both directly with brands and behind the scenes with creative partners.
Entertainment & Narrative Films
Not every story benefits from a direct commercial approach.
Narrative filmmaking allows brands and organisations to communicate through characters, situations and emotion rather than a conventional product message.
Cinesta's experience extends into this space through projects including the Gujarati musical short film Hari Tu, released in 2022 and recognised with three awards on the festival circuit.
The company has also worked on Bhagwan, a short film available on streaming platforms including Disney+ Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video.
Experience across narrative and commercial filmmaking brings a different storytelling perspective to projects where the objective is to create stronger audience engagement.
Shorts, Reels & Digital Content
The rise of short-form video has changed production requirements for both B2C and B2B brands.
Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and other vertical formats require content to establish context almost immediately. The storytelling needs to be concise, while the visual treatment must work naturally on mobile screens.
For consumer brands, short-form content can support product launches, campaigns and everyday communication. For B2B companies, it can simplify complex ideas, showcase expertise or highlight people and processes.
A larger production can also generate multiple short-form assets, allowing one shoot to serve several communication requirements.
Event Production & Live Streaming
Some moments cannot be recreated once they are over.
Corporate conferences, product launches, institutional functions and large gatherings require production teams capable of managing multiple cameras, live feeds and post-event content.
Cinesta's video production services include event coverage and live-streaming capabilities, alongside its wider production offerings.
The resulting footage can become highlight films, social media clips, speaker videos, internal communication material and promotional content, extending the value of an event beyond the day itself.
Animation & VFX
There are stories that cannot be completely captured with a camera.
Animation and visual effects can help demonstrate products, explain processes, visualise ideas or create environments that would be difficult to film conventionally.
Cinesta's capabilities include animation, motion graphics and VFX, which can be integrated into commercials, corporate films, explainers and other forms of visual communication.
Rather than existing as a separate visual layer, these elements can become part of the broader storytelling and post-production process.
From Concept to Final Film
A production company's capabilities are ultimately tested by how well its different stages work together.
Cinesta's workflow is structured around pre-production, production and post-production.
Pre-production covers concept development, research, scripting, budgeting, scheduling and planning. Production translates that preparation into the actual shoot, while post-production brings together editing, sound design, colour grading, motion graphics and visual effects.
Keeping these stages connected helps maintain continuity between the original concept and the final film.
For clients, agencies and production partners managing larger corporate or commercial productions, that continuity can be as important as the equipment or individual production services involved.
A Portfolio Across Industries
Cinesta's work reflects the range of sectors now using video as part of their communication strategy.
Its portfolio includes Kalamandir Jewellers, Verma Jewellers, House of Rings, Saffron Star Jewels and S. Motiram in jewellery and retail; P P Savani University in education; and organisations including KP Group, Hardten, Mantra and Swastik Oil across business and industry.
Its institutional and public-sector portfolio includes SGCCI, Gujarat Police, Fostaa and Gujarat Guardian, alongside work across finance, textiles, manufacturing and other sectors.
The studio's production work also extends to projects undertaken in collaboration with agencies and other production partners, allowing it to participate in campaigns and productions where the creative direction and client relationship may sit with another organisation.
Readers can explore selected Cinesta projects to see the range of formats and industries represented in its production portfolio.
The Format Is Part of the Strategy
The growth of video has not made every production requirement the same. In many ways, it has done the opposite.
A B2B manufacturer may need a detailed corporate film. A B2C jewellery brand may need a cinematic commercial. A retail business may need continuous short-form content. A government organisation may require an awareness film.
An advertising agency may have the creative idea but require a production partner to execute it. Another production house may need additional production infrastructure for a larger project.
The production challenge, therefore, is not simply creating a video.
It is understanding which story needs to be told, who needs to see it and which format can communicate it most effectively.
That is the space Cinesta has built its practice around — bringing corporate films, commercials, B2B and B2C content, documentaries, entertainment, events, short-form video, animation and VFX into one broader production ecosystem.
With 12 years of experience, the Surat-based company continues to work across direct brand engagements as well as partnerships with advertising agencies, creative agencies and other production houses.
Because every story needs the right format and every good idea needs the right production to bring it to life.
For more information about the company and its capabilities, readers can learn more about Cinesta or contact the studio.