Your project is finished. Now lets make it work hard for you.
Turn a completed project into a marketing asset you can keep using.
Your completed project represents months or even years of planning, design, problem solving and hard work. An end of project film captures the finished result and the story behind it, creating a marketing asset you can continue using long after handover.
It's more than a film of a building
Beautiful photography is essential for any finished project, but there are things that moving images can communicate that photographs can't.
How does the space feel when you walk through it?
How does the light move through the building?
How do the different spaces connect?
What was the thinking behind the design?
What challenges had to be overcome?
And who were the people responsible for bringing the project to life?
A good project film brings those elements together to create a much more complete picture of the work you've delivered.
Your completed projects are your proof
For an architectural practice, developer or construction company, your portfolio is one of your most valuable marketing tools.
Potential clients want to see what you've done before and, just as importantly, understand how you work.
A project film gives you another way to demonstrate that.
Instead of simply showing the finished building, you can explain the decisions behind it, introduce the people involved and give prospective clients a better idea of what it would be like to work with you.
It's particularly useful for projects where the design, materials, sustainability, craftsmanship or relationship with the site are an important part of the story.
One project can create months of content
The finished film doesn't have to be something that gets uploaded to your website and forgotten about.
From one filming session, we can create a main project film alongside shorter pieces of content for Instagram, LinkedIn and other platforms.
That might include a short introduction to the project, a clip about a particular design decision, an interview with the architect or client, a look at a particular detail, or a short video showing the finished space.
It means you have a bank of useful content that you can return to over time, rather than having to constantly think about what to post next.
And with billions of hours of video watched on YouTube every day, there is a huge audience consuming video content across the platform. YouTube also reports more than 200 billion daily views of Shorts.
Of course, there are no guarantees about how many people will watch an individual project film. The important thing is having good content that gives people a reason to stop, watch and find out more about your work.
Especially useful for architectural practices
Your portfolio shows people what you've designed.
Video can show them what it's like to experience it.
It gives you the opportunity to talk about the original brief, the ideas behind the design and the decisions that shaped the finished building.
For potential clients who are looking at several different practices, that additional insight can help your work feel more tangible and give them a better understanding of what makes your approach different.
And because the film is about a real project you've actually delivered, it isn't just marketing copy. It's evidence of what you can do.
What can we capture?
Interior and exterior cinematography showing the spaces, materials, details and overall design.
The people behind it
Interviews and conversations with architects, clients, contractors, designers and other people involved in the project.
The story
The original brief, the challenges, the decisions and the ideas that helped shape the finished result.
The bigger picture
Drone footage showing the project in its surroundings and putting the building into context.
The details
Those smaller elements of the design and construction that can easily get lost in a set of standard photographs.
The content
Shorter edits and clips that can be used across your website, LinkedIn, Instagram and other channels.
From a project showcase to a mini documentary
Every project is different, so there isn't one approach that works for all of them.
For some projects, a beautifully shot two or three minute film is all that's needed.
For others, there is a much bigger story to tell.
I can work with you to create anything from a straightforward project showcase through to a more involved mini documentary featuring the architect, client, contractors and other people who helped bring the project to life.
The important thing is creating something that feels right for the project and gives you something genuinely useful afterwards.
The Showcase
The Story
The Mini Documentary
