We build visual worlds
for brands, films, and
the space between.
Based in Melbourne, Australia,
and Cologne, Germany.
We create cinematic 3D motion design, animation, and VFX for brand films, launch visuals, title sequences, and campaign imagery — from concept to final pixels.
We handle everything — direction, design, production, finishing. One point of contact, start to finish.
Our services
Creative Direction
End-to-end visual leadership from first idea to final delivery. We shape strategy, define the look, and keep execution coherent throughout.
Brand Worlds
We build visual systems across every format — cinematic motion language, key imagery, and design rules that scale without losing their edge.
Main Titles
Story-led title design that sets tone from the first second. We translate theme and character into sequences with pacing, reveal, and payoff.
3D Motion
Film-grade 3D production from custom asset creation to final frames. We handle modeling, lookdev, animation, rendering, and compositing.
Sound Design
Sound design that adds weight, tension, and release. We shape tone, texture, and rhythm to make every cut land and every frame feel alive.
About us
We stay hands-on — simple process, easy collaboration, smooth delivery, clean finish.
Studio Trench is a boutique creative studio built on cinematic craft, design intelligence and technical precision.
We work across brand films, launch visuals, title design, and high-end campaign imagery, pairing strong ideas with hands-on execution from first concept to final delivery.
Led by Cornel Swoboda and Dennis Weyel, Trench was founded in 2025 from a collaboration that began in 2003. We stay intentionally small—nimble, hands-on, and detail-obsessed—so every project gets senior attention and fast decisions. When scope demands it, we scale with a trusted network of top Houdini and Cinema 4D artists, managed tightly from first idea to final delivery.
Split between Australia and Europe, we’re built for time-zone coverage and seamless continuity.
Dennis is a procedural-minded 3D generalist who designs robust systems and translates complex ideas into polished shots.
Their combined experience includes projects for Netflix, Disney, Lionsgate, Nike, Verizon, BMW, Mercedes, and Bosch.
Cornel Swoboda, Co-founder, CD
Cornel leads story-driven art direction, crafting distinctive visual worlds with a strong sense of mood, detail, clarity, and polish. He collaborated with US studios on projects for Netflix, Disney, Lionsgate, Nike, and Verizon.
Dennis Weyel, Co-founder, CD
Cornel leads story-driven art direction, crafting distinctive visual worlds with a strong sense of mood, detail, clarity, and polish.
Dennis is a procedural-minded 3D generalist who designs robust systems and translates complex ideas into polished shots. He worked on projects for BMW, Mercedes, and Bosch, and runs Cologne’s Houdini User Group.
We would love to hear from you! Whether you’ve got a full brief or just a rough idea — we’ll help shape the next step.
Let’s get in touch
