City Llama™
A Film & Strategy Studio · Est. Brooklyn 2025
§ 01 — The Quarterly

Notes.

Essays on film, strategy, and the infrastructure of good work. Published when we have something worth saying.

No. 01
On making less.
Why City Llama keeps a short list, stays in the room, and believes strategy belongs next to the camera — not across the hall from it.
Spring 2026 3 min read Founder's Essay
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No. 02
The brief as a document.
What separates a brief that produces great work from one that produces a long email thread. A practical guide.
Summer 2026 Forthcoming
Forthcoming
No. 03
AI as light meter.
How we use machine intelligence the way a cinematographer uses a light meter — quietly, before the take, not instead of the eye.
Summer 2026 Forthcoming
Forthcoming