AirbnbScottish Highlands
Airbnb
Studio Stare
Travel & Leisure
Consumer Products
We were hired by Studio Stare to shoot footage at an Airbnb in the Scottish highlands and pass the footage back to them to edit in Shanghai.
The brief was very simple, just tell a story. We provided a self shooting director to show the space and the personality of both the host and guest. We used slow motion filming to make every simple movement look amazing.
Let's demystify the process of video production. We estimate this example to cost around under £1k because we logged roughly:
Almost no production management which is low as we just covered an activity that was organised by our client. As a ballpark we estimate 1/2 day management per day of shoot and edit. This could be higher for complex projects or lower if you can help with the creative or coordination. This includes scheduling, edit supervision and producing documentation such as risk assessments.
1 day shoot which means we were as economical as we could be. Filming is priced at a day rate for crew and equipment so we always aim to film as much as we can on a single day. This is not always possible due to location/participant availability.
Single camera used as one camera is often sufficient but we would suggest additional when there's multiple processes/people that need to be filmed at the same time or if we need to capture multiple angles of the same thing that we can't simply repeat.
No sound recording as the film didn't need it but adding a Producer to the shoot to coordinate interviews, vox pops and other audio is a very cost effective way of adding a clear narrative to your films and we are experts at getting relaxed and natural performances.
Naturalistic filming style as this is the most cost effective approach.
Tripod / handheld shots like this are effective but where the budget allows the inclusion of an additional crew member with cinematic kit (eg a slider / crane / drone) can really elevate the production value.
We did not edit this film and footage was delivered to our client after the shoot.