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We think of using videos for marketing purposes, but there are other communications challenges within a business. Sometimes recruiting, retaining and training talent is more important.

We’ve made videos with business owners explaining their approach and philosophy that drives the culture of the place. This is backed up with short vox-pop style chats with staff. Cover footage shows the workplace and facilities. For example, do they go home on time, what benefits do they get, and do they all get on well.

Get ahead of competitors. If you work out the costs of recruitment and and staff retention, these clips can have a massive ROI.

The best evidence is to view the videos and read the testimonials on the Examples page.

For filming we mainly use Sony cinema line cameras like the A7siii, FX30 and Z190. We bring all necessary lighting, tripods, gimbal, drone and high quality sound recording equipment – lapel radio mics and shotgun mics.  We can also create complex animations and animated graphics.

We have experience scripting, filming and editing a broad range of commercial and not-for-profit projects.  Some examples include:

• Project case study interviews for Hume City Council, similarly for Federation University programs
• Editing for the payment platform, Stripe
• Client testimonial videos for a kitchen / bathroom install business
• Demonstration videos for Daytek – manufacturer of clotheslines
• Investment attraction videos for Brimbank City Council and separately, Hume City Council
• Videos for Western Water explaining how they deliver water, sewer and recycled water.
• 7 investment attraction videos for Wyndham City Council
• Four township videos for Mitchell Shire Council to attract residents.
• Eight product videos for Sitro Group, owners of the Gasmate brand among others
• A series of eight short cooking shows for WeCook4U.
• Short video blog style interviews to camera for Search Engine Optimisation company ROI
• A number of advertising ‘explainer videos’ for a new company, Pickawall, which makes customised removable wall paper
• A series of six documentary style interviews with leading environmental sustainability experts and permaculturalists
• Filming speaking engagements to large audiences by professional public speakers (AP Marketing and Kovess International).
• Filming testimonial videos for a pharmacy purchasing group under a tight filming schedule.
• Many others such as recruitment videos, clips for local clubs, a solar power installer, a cerebral palsy service provider, metal art work, skylights, pizza ovens, furniture, Fitness coach.
• We also often team up with other video production, photography and events companies across Australia.

We understand how best to communicate complex information about products and services.  We have qualifications and experience in marketing, project management, film and documentary production.

For some types of video, you may not need to appear in front of the camera at all. We sometimes use voice over or actors or other people involved in the business.

Second, you may only need to appear for a few seconds or say a very few words. With our coaching, short takes are easier.

Third, we know how to help you relax, enjoy and to be a little more animated and to give your best performance. We can use a teleprompter to save remembering lines, and we’ll coach you on how to still look natural. Some practice beforehand does help.

It true that most of us don’t like seeing or hearing ourselves in videos. Yet every day everyone around us sees and hears us. Video as a medium is here to stay and is probably worth getting used to if you’re in business.

I’m not satisfied until you are.  If  the final video isn’t something to be proud of to promote your business, we will work something else out, such as re-shoot footage or change the script.

Depending on the complexity and number of videos, most projects are completed in about a month, including planning, filming, editing. There may be a few days going back and forth on pre-production or scripting, filming may take half a day or a day. We’ll usually have a first draft video back to you within a week of filming. Subsequent rounds of changes will be made in a couple of days of your feedback.

If we’re making multiple videos we will write shot lists and batch like scenes/ locations together and film them at the same time to keep costs down.