Axis StudiosLumberyard Making Of
Axis Studios
Amazon
We provided film crew to interview the key people at Axis Animation behind their project for Amazon using Amazon's Lumberyard game engine. We also captured behind the scenes footage which was matched to screen captures, artwork and clips from the Lumberyard film.
We offered advice to Axis on which parts of the process to capture in order to tell the story clearly and effectively.
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.
We recorded audio as 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.