Cornerstone
On location, Royal Docks

Video Production

Film that shows your process, your team and your results.

Engagement30 day rolling
SectorBuilt environment
Drylining build-up, from the archive
Drylining build-up, from the archive

Some things a photo cannot carry: the scale of a site, the craft of an install, the people behind the work. Video does.

We plan, film and edit content that shows what you do and who you are, built to work on your site, in ads and across social.

On site, from the construction archive
On site, from the construction archive

The usual mistake is length and purpose. A three-minute company film with drone footage and a voiceover gets commissioned, sits on a homepage and is finished by nobody. A forty-second clip of a difficult install, cut for a phone and captioned because most people watch with the sound off, does more work than the film that cost five times as much.

We plan around live site conditions from the outset: inductions, access, permits, weather and the fact that the programme will not pause for a camera. One properly planned visit produces the case film, the social cut-downs, the recruitment piece and a set of stills, and that is what makes the economics of filming work at all.

What's included

Concept and scriptingOn-site filmingDrone and aerialInterviews and case filmsEditing and gradingMotion graphicsSocial cut-downsSubtitling
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Who Video Production is right for

Film is worth commissioning when there is something to show and somewhere to put it. If there is no site to host it and no campaign to run it in, photography usually delivers more per pound to start with.

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Contractors with work worth watching
A complex lift, a phased fit-out or a difficult install is genuinely interesting, and almost nobody films it.
02 / 04
Manufacturers selling a process
When the argument for your product is how it is made or installed, film does in forty seconds what a datasheet cannot do at all.
03 / 04
Firms pitching against equals
When three shortlisted companies look alike on paper, showing your team and your standards is the differentiator.
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Businesses hiring at scale
Recruitment film consistently outperforms a job advert for site and trade roles.
Onitsuka Tiger, retail 360 capture
Onitsuka Tiger, retail 360 capture

The problem we solve

Some things a photograph simply cannot carry: the scale of a site, the craft of an install, the people behind the work. Video can, and in a sector built on trust, showing how you work is one of the most persuasive things you can do. Most firms either never film, or produce a three-minute corporate piece nobody finishes.

How we approach video production

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Concept with a job to do

Every film has a purpose, an audience and a place it will be used, before we pick up a camera.
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Shot on site, done properly

On-location filming, drone and interviews captured to a standard worth publishing.
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Work around the programme

We plan filming around live site conditions, inductions and access, so the shoot never becomes the thing holding up the job.
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Edited for attention

Tight edits and social cut-downs made for how people actually watch, platform by platform.
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Used everywhere

One shoot, many assets: website, ads, social, sales decks and recruitment.
On set: films people actually finish watching
On set: films people actually finish watching
Rigged and rolling, on site or in studio
Rigged and rolling, on site or in studio

What changes

01 / 04
Trust built faster than text can build it
Seeing your team, your site and your standards does more in a minute than a page of copy.
02 / 04
Assets sized for where people watch
One shoot cut for the website, paid campaigns, social and the sales deck.
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Longer time on the page
A film that holds attention keeps a prospect on your site instead of back on the results page.
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A record of work that disappears
Once a project is handed over and the hoardings come down, the only proof left is what you captured.

Video Production: your questions answered

What kind of video do you make?

On-site progress films, project case films, team and interview pieces, drone work and social cut-downs, built for your site, ads and social.

Do you handle everything?

Yes, from concept and scripting through filming, editing, grading and delivery.

Where can we use the video?

Everywhere: your website, paid campaigns, social channels, sales decks and recruitment.

How long should our video be?

Shorter than most people expect. Forty to ninety seconds for social and website use, with longer case films only where there is a genuine reason someone would sit through one.

Can you film on a live site?

Yes, and we plan around it: inductions, permits, access, PPE and the fact that the programme will not stop for a camera. Working around live conditions is normal for us rather than an exception.

Do we need a voiceover or presenter?

Often not. Captions carry most social video because the majority of people watch with the sound off, and real site audio with a good edit is usually more convincing than a scripted voiceover.

English National Ballet, London City Island
English National Ballet, London City Island

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