Stock footage or our own work?
Chosen
Only real client films
Instead of
Stock or mock-up footage
WhyThe reel is the proof. Every frame in it is a film we delivered.
Case study · Our own agency reel
Dreamz Studios
Agency reel
- Client
- Dreamz Studios
- Format
- 16:9
- Length
- 0:53
- Language
- English
01 / The brief
What they needed.
We needed one film that says what the agency does in under a minute: a client needs a film fast, sends the idea, and gets a finished film. It had to be built from real client work, not stock footage.
Every craft, one crew.
ConceptScreenplayMotion graphicsTitlesMusicEdit
Press play.
04 / The shots
8 frames. One world.
01 / 08
05 / How it was made
From the first line to the last frame.
- 01The ideaOpen on the problem every client knows: a film is needed by Thursday, with no crew, no shoot and no months to spare.
- 02The briefThe brief arrives the way clients really send it, as a short message: a trade show next week and a 60 second film that makes them look huge.
- 03The workSix client films, two shots each, with every cut landing on the bar of our own track, Operator.
- 04The wallAll six together on one wall: real clients, real films.
- 05The closeApprove the idea today. Watch your film tomorrow.
06 / The screenplay
It started on the page.
YOU NEED A FILM. BY THURSDAY.
NO CREW. NO SHOOT. NO MONTHS.
Trade show next week. We need a 60 second film that makes us look huge.
WE MAKE THE FILM.
REAL CLIENTS. REAL FILMS.
Approve the idea today. Watch your film tomorrow.
Every shot was a fork.
Where does each client clip start?
Chosen
On a clean frame, after any dissolve in the source
Instead of
At the source cut point
WhySome client films dissolve between shots; starting inside a dissolve showed a second of the wrong shot.
The colour of the film.
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#1a1a1f
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What they received.
One 53 second reel, 1080p, 16:9
A 19.5 second vertical cut for social
Music: Operator, our own track