Congrats to our Sundance 2025 Clients:
“Enigma” - Dir, Zachery Drucker
“Life After” - Dir, Reid Davenport
“The Alabama Solution” - Dir, Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
Aesthetica is a queer- and women-led, post production team. We are collaborators on television and film projects with stories focused on historically underrepresented communities.
Conform & Online
Editorial finishing is the critical final step in shaping a documentary’s visual and narrative integrity. Once the offline edit is locked, the process begins with conform, where the high-resolution footage is reassembled to match the creative edit precisely.
This step ensures accuracy, proper framing, and the seamless integration of archival materials, graphics, and effects.
Visual Effects & Restoration
Visual effects and Image Restoration refines a film’s final look through stabilization, noise reduction, object removal, and beauty work.
This process enhances & restores archival footage, balancing the aesthetic of each source, and corrects drop-outs/film damage while maintaining authenticity. These subtle yet essential adjustments elevate visual quality.
Color Grading
All the pieces come together when we move into this phase. Color correction and grading refine a film’s visual tone, ensuring consistency and emotional impact.
In documentaries, this process unifies mixed-media sources, and elevates the film’s aesthetic for a polished, immersive viewing experience.
Kristine Stolakis, Director of "PRAY AWAY"
“Esmé is a dream creative collaborator and true professional. She's smart as hell, intuitive, an incredible problem solver, and efficient with time without ever making you feel rushed.
She really is at the top of her craft.”
Eden Marryshow, Director of “BRUCE!!!”
“I've worked on multiple projects with Esmé. Each time she manages to take the projects to levels I didn't imagine. She offers and executes creative ideas within my vision that I never would've thought of.”
