( MOTION FOR PRO SPORTS )

from gates

TO GOODNIGHT

one motion language for every screen in the building, every moment of the game.

The touchdown ignites the noise.

Belonging makes it roar.

& belonging can be engineered.

A total eclipse is the most precisely engineered show in nature.

Three bodies align — predictable to the second, mapped to the mile — and the moon steals the sun.

Day goes dark on schedule. Time stands still. Thousands of strangers share one shadow and one feeling.

That's the bar we build to: precision so exact it reads as magic.

We named the studio for the moment the light gets stolen — because that's when everyone looks up.

Engineered Awe.

( Built to last multiple seasons )

A STUDIO FOUNDED BY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Topher Schultz

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EXPERIENCE
in pro sports

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major leagues

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teams

The studio is new.
The experience isn't.

Stolen Light is the studio of Topher Schultz —

a decade of game-day motion for teams across the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS.

He has directed in-arena motion design & VFX for dozens of franchises, with work that has earned ten regional Emmy awards and multiple IDEA Golden Matrix awards.

Now that experience has a name on the door.

one

MOTION LANGUAGE

GAME DAY GRAPHICS
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE
GAME DAY GRAPHICS

The brand shouldn't fracture at the ribbon.

Most teams buy graphics A FEW ASSETS at a time — a board package here, a social template there — and the brand fractures a little more each season.

We build the system first: one motion language that reflows to every surface without losing its identity.

When the mainboard, the ribbons, the team's own streams, and the phone in the upper deck all move the same way, the whole building feels like one brand —

from the parking lot to the rafters.

( FILM ROOM — THE EXPLORATION )07 FRAMES
· STYLEFRAME 01
· STYLEFRAME 02
· STYLEFRAME 03
· STYLEFRAME 04
· STYLEFRAME 05
· STYLEFRAME 06
· STYLEFRAME 07

done before

OPENING NIGHT

WE TRACK EVERYTHING
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY

APRKickoff
Scope, surfaces, and the season calendar, locked.
MAYPre-production
Storyboards and styleframes, moment by moment.
JULAsset build
Every render tracked to the frame.
SEPQC pass
Spec-checked against the building's exact screens.
DECDelivery
Packaged, versioned, on the mainboard — opening night.

The plan is the product.

Every MEEtING runs on a milestone workback pegged to your season —

system build in the off-season, rolling handoffs through camp, everything live before opening night, and quick-turn support when the playoffs or a new partner land.

No cliff-edge delivery: templates and toolkits transfer to your in-house team in phases, so your designers run the system all season.

APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Discover
Moodboard
Styleframe
Guidelines
Ship
( GATES )( GOODNIGHT — TOTALITY )

We love spreadsheets

From a 9:16 story to a 360-foot ribbon, the system reflows without losing itself — mainboard, ribbons, tunnel, concourse, and the phone in the upper deck.

( THE RUNDOWN — CLICK A HEADER TO SORT )0 / 8 APPROVED
DURATION
SURFACE
Starting lineups
00:00:45
Mainboard · 16:9
Approved
Player interstitials
00:00:08
Ribbon · Portrait
Rendering
Logo loop
00:01:00
Halo · Concourse
Approved
Match-ups
00:00:20
Mainboard · 16:9
Review
Key play — touchdown
00:00:12
All surfaces
In progress
Sponsor bug
00:00:06
Ribbon
Approved
Crowd prompt
00:00:04
Mainboard
Queued
Replay wipe
00:00:02
Broadcast
Approved

what we

DELIEVER

JUST SO YOU KNOW

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THE PATH

We build a small number of full season systems each year. Founder-led direction doesn't scale past a handful of buildings, and we won't pretend otherwise. The 2027–28 path is forming now.

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THE RESCUE

Mid-season and need one hero piece — a playoff eye candy, a rivalry intro, a partner launch? The Rescue line is quick-turn, senior-only, and doesn't need a season contract.

Let’s plan your season.

( QUESTIONS )

Is Stolen Light new?

01

Can you handle a full season’s volume?

02

Do you replace our in-house designers?

03

What do you deliver?

04

Do you make show opens?

05

Do you do broadcast graphics?

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How do sponsor integrations work?

07

Can you refresh mid-season?

08

What does an engagement look like?

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