Video Production Insights
Drone Rules in Australia and New Zealand: What Clients Should Ask
CASA and the CAA regulate drone filming from opposite starting points — credentials in Australia, consent in New Zealand. What that means for a shoot in Melbourne or Queenstown, and what to ask before an aerial goes on your quote.
Vertical Video vs Horizontal: Decide the Frame Before You Shoot
A 9:16 crop out of a 4K frame keeps less than a third of the pixels, and the part it discards is usually the part that mattered. What reframing costs, and the calls on set that avoid paying it.
Queenstown Corporate Video for Tourism and Adventure Operators
The scenery here is free, which is exactly why so much operator video looks interchangeable. What a Queenstown corporate video shoot actually turns on: the permit stack, the drone constraints, and filming a live departure without ruining it.
How to Write a Video Brief That Gets You the Video You Wanted
A one-page brief template you can copy into an email, the three decisions to make before you fill it in, and the fields that cost real money when they are left blank.
Conference Videography in Melbourne: A Planning Checklist
The audio feed, the loading dock, the camera positions and the sponsor shots — what to lock down before a Melbourne conference.
Videographer vs Production Company: Which Do You Actually Need?
Neither one is better. They are two different shapes of risk, and the job in front of you decides which you want. How to tell them apart, what the price gap actually buys, and what to ask before you book.
What Actually Happens on a Corporate Video Shoot Day
A corporate shoot day from the 7am call to wrap: who is in the room, what gets built when, the decisions you will be asked to make, and the hour that usually slips.
How Much Does a Corporate Video Cost in Melbourne?
A Melbourne video quote is a stack of line items, not a single price. Here are the real bands for crew days, edit days and everything around them — and the lines clients most often over- and under-buy.
Back Again: Same-Day Raw Footage for Willed in Melbourne
When a client books you once, you’ve done a good job. When they book you again — and the brief is “just like last time, but faster” — you’ve earned something harder to win: trust. That’s exactly where we are with Willed.com.au. We’re back on set for another Melbourne shoot,…
How One Shoot Produced 70+ Videos for Willed
Most businesses approach video the same way: one idea, one shoot, one video. It works, but it’s slow, expensive, and hard to sustain. There’s a better way. We recently wrapped our third shoot with Willed, an Australian legal tech company that helps people create legally binding wills online. In a…