Frequently asked questions
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What types of videos do you make?
Whether we’re making a commercial or narrative piece, something for TV or something for online, every video is just about telling a good story. The formats we usually work in include:
- Television Commercials & Cinema Ads
- Web Advertisements (YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram etc)
- Company Profile Videos
- Event Videos
- Client Testimonials
- Social Media Videos
- Documentary (short and long)
- Music Videos
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What do you need from me to make a video? Can I just leave it with you?
Once you’ve reached out to us, we provide you with our video brief document. This will ask you for all the information we need to make your video exactly to spec. You don’t need a script or even a concept, just come to us with a problem and watch us solve it with every fibre of our creative beings.
As the project progresses, we’ll keep you in the loop every step of the way through pre, production and post. We’ll get your input on the concept, script and edit — so don’t worry, you’re in safe hands.
Or, if you’re too busy, yes, you can just leave it with us. We’re clever like that.
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Will producing a video cost me an arm and a leg? I’m pretty attached to them.
Look I know you’ll hate this answer, but it depends. What level of production are you aiming for? Does it need to be National TVC standards or is this just a fun project for the website? How many days of shooting are involved? How many cast & crew will we need?
All these questions are answered as part of our initial development process. From there, we can take one of two approaches;
- Budget Led: You might be a marketing manager with a budget of $25k AUD, and an objective of what you want the video to do. That’s our container for the production and we scale the production footprint to fit within that.
- Outcome Led: You don’t have a budget in mind, but you do have a terrific idea or maybe just the logistics known. You might know it’ll be a one day shoot with the CEO and some key staff, and that’s what we have to work with. This is where we’ll give you our professional recommendation and a quote.
To give you some hard numbers though, our commercial video projects usually start around $20k AUD, our corporate work starts around $5-10k AUD.
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Do you just shoot videos? Or do you write & edit as well?
We are an end-to-end service for video production. That means we work on this project from script to screen, from conception to completion. We have a team of talented creative copywriters ready to tackle your problem head on and whip up a script that’ll make your eyes well or your cheeks hurt.
Once the project is shot, we handle all our post-production (the editing) in-house. That means all our projects have a personal touch and you won’t have to source someone else to edit it.
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Do you travel for shoots? Or are you stuck in Brisbane with no hope of escape?
We love Brisbane, but yes, we do travel for shoots all the time, whether that’s up on Queensland’s sunny coastlines or down to the hustle and bustle of Melbourne or Sydney. We also shoot internationally where it’s required and we take all our own gear.
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How does usage work? Do I own it?
When producing a video, you own the final copy and can use it for whatever purpose has been agreed to when it was commissioned.
Depending on what your cast have agreed to (if you have any) there may be residual fees that need to be paid for additional use outside of their original contract. Usually though, you are able to use it online in perpetuity for its original purpose.
Stranger Films retains the rights to use all the raw footage for our own reels and self-promotion. On request, we can supply you with the raw footage, it’s just usually very large so most clients have no need for it.