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Most corporate video is made to be seen once and forgotten. We make the other kind — long-form human stories, shot on location over days or seasons, cut for weight rather than length.
What's included
Finding the actual story before anyone books a crew. Who it belongs to, what it's really about, and whether it should be one film or a series.
Getting people to talk like themselves on camera. This is the whole craft, and it's mostly about what happens before the record button.
Single days through multi-leg shoots across a season. We travel, we work around your operation, and we don't need your building to stop.
Structural editing first, finishing second. A film that's paced right and roughly graded beats a beautiful one that drags.
The long film, plus the two-minute version, plus the verticals. Shot once, planned for from the start rather than salvaged afterwards.
Masters, captions, platform-specific exports, and a publishing plan — or a dedicated site, if the work deserves its own home. Then the campaign work that finds an audience: Life on Pause has reached 83 countries.
Proof
Young adult cancer patients telling their own stories, without the gloss that makes hospital content unwatchable. Filmed on location at therapeutic events and treatment milestones, distributed across four platforms and its own site.
An educational video series alongside the podcast, translating clinical dermatology into something people actually finish.
Watch on YouTube →Video episodes and social cut-downs for an e-commerce show built to reach Amazon sellers — the video worked as hard as the audio, which ran 560% past its download target.
Watch on YouTube →Formats
One person, one arc, five to twelve minutes. The most reusable asset most organizations can commission.
Multiple subjects over months or years. Higher commitment, and the only format that builds a real audience.
Conferences, fundraisers, field days. Captured live, cut fast, delivered while the event still matters.
Culture pieces, training, leadership messages. Same craft, smaller audience, often higher stakes.
Ways in
Most partnerships start with one session. Pick the entry point that matches where you are.
Book a recording session with John in a professional room. Synced files delivered within a day or two, ready to edit. Shorter sessions available for a quick single recording.
See the studio →One recording session, produced and edited into a month’s worth of content. No ongoing commitment — enough to see finished work with your name on it.
See the incubator →An ongoing program — a show, a series, a documentary slate — handled end to end: strategy, production, distribution, and the content marketing that grows an audience around it.
Book a call →Let's talk
Thirty minutes, no deck. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right shop for it — including when a shorter branded piece would serve you better than a documentary.