DOP / Cinematographer and Editor

We're looking for a highly creative, execution-focused DOP/Cinematographer and Editor; someone who sits at the intersection of filmmaking, content creation, and advertising. You'll bring strong hands-on cinematography and editing skills and a genuine passion for visual storytelling, taking our brand films, reels, and cinematic content from concept to a finished, ready-to-post cut, no handoff, no waiting on someone else's timeline. If you're passionate about filmmaking, storytelling, and seeing a project through to the end, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Long-form cinematic episodes for the flagship series.
• Brand films, narrative-led.
• Reels and short-form cuts from or shot for social.
• BTS and process content behind the making.
• Occasion- and moment-driven content, quick, and culturally rooted.
• Pre-production location scout, shot list, and lighting plan.
• On-set direction of non-actor talent, natural performance.
• Camera operation: handheld, static, gimbal.
• Lighting setup: available light + supplementary.
• Post-production and edit: cut, grade, and sound your own footage from selects to final.

The core requirements for the job include the following:

Camera and Technical:

• Camera: You shoot on whatever you shoot on; what matters is that you understand it completely (mirrorless, cinema line, DSLR; all is fine).
• Lenses: A preference for primes and an understanding of how focal length affects emotion.
• Movement: Handheld, stabilizer, or static; you choose based on what the scene needs.
• Exposure: Comfortable in mixed light, low light, and unpredictable outdoor conditions.
• Audio: Adept with on-location sound systems; boom mics, wireless LAVs, recorders, and how to engineer the sound we need for the result.

Visual and Creative:

• Composition: a strong instinct for the frame, what's in it, what's left out, and why.
• Lighting: lead by natural light first; know how to supplement without making it look supplemented.
• Color: shoot with the grade in mind, aware of log profiles and what they give you later.
• Direction: can get real, unperformed moments from people who have never been on camera.
• Music sync: understands how a shot must serve a lyric or land on a beat.
• Location: at home in real Indian spaces - cafes, restaurants, dhabas, streets, markets, and public transport.

Post-Production and Edit:

• Editing software: fluent in Premiere Pro / DaVinci Resolve (or equivalent).
• Grading: comfortable color grading your own footage.
• Sound: basic sound design and mixing - clean dialogue, music sync, and levels that don't need a separate pass.
• Ownership: comfortable taking a project from raw card to final export, start to finish.

Equipment:

• We are not prescriptive about what you must work with. If you have a kit that gets the job done and a reel to prove it, that is what matters. A rough idea of what a shoot at Momentum typically needs:
• Camera: Whatever system you work on (mirrorless, cinema line, DSLR).
• Lenses: At least a couple of primes you trust; a Zoom is fine as a backup.
• Stabilizer: Something to give you smooth movement when the shot needs it (gimbal, shoulder rig, or similar).
• Lighting: Basic supplementary kit: a portable LED, a reflector, and some diffusion.
• Sound: Basic on-location audio kit: a shotgun or LAV mic and a recorder.
• Editing: A working edit setup laptop/workstation with Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, and reliable storage/backup for footage.