How we work
The thinking happens before the day.
Here's how a job usually runs at Small Batch: Video Production. A short call, a quote to the brief, proper planning, a calm shoot, and the edit if you want it. Every job is a bit different, so treat this as the shape of it rather than the rules.
Who you're working with
Me, and a small crew I trust.
I run every job myself: the quote, the planning, the crew and kit, and the edit when there is one. I shoot most of them too. Around me is a small regular crew, chosen to fit the brief: a B-camera operator and editor, camera assistants, an autocue operator, and a photographer when the job needs one.
On some smaller single-camera jobs I'll send a videographer I trust rather than shoot it myself. You still deal with me, and the job is planned the same way.
One person to talk to
You brief me, and I'm who you talk to until the job is delivered.
Crew that fits the brief
One camera for a morning launch, two cameras and autocue for an interview, or a bigger crew for a multicam day. You get what the job needs, not the biggest crew I can put together.
Kit that fits the brief
I own a Sony Venice and a growing lighting kit, and the Venice comes out when the job earns it. For a quick social piece, a smaller camera is usually the better call.
Calm on set
Quiet and presentable in front of execs and talent, and discreet about your clients. Credited as Small Batch or white-label under your name, whichever suits.
How pricing works
Quoted to scope,
not off a rate card.
Every job is quoted to the actual brief. Send me the shape of it (what it is, what you need at the end, and when) and I'll come back with one quote that covers the crew, kit, shoot and any edit.
A single camera for a morning is a perfectly good first job, and often the right one.
If you want it cut, I'll look after the edit. If you're cutting in-house, I'll hand over well-organised rushes instead.
Agreed before we shoot. It can be the same day for a vertical edit, or longer for a graded film.
One invoice, covering crew, kit and edit.
A job, start to finish
From brief to delivery
in five steps.
Brief
A 15-minute call or a few lines by email: what it is, when it's due and where it's going.
Quote
One PDF that itemises the crew, kit, days and deliverables, with one total.
Planning
Locations, schedule and the people on camera. For bigger jobs, a recce and a written shoot plan we walk through together.
Shoot
The crew runs the day to the plan, and on most jobs I'm the one behind the camera. Come along, or leave it with us.
Delivery
Rushes on a drive, a same-day vertical edit or a finished, graded film, whichever we agreed at the start.
What I film
The jobs that come up most.
Most briefs from PR agencies and comms teams fall into one of these. If yours doesn't, ask anyway.
If you need stills from the same day, I can shoot those too, or bring a photographer.
Talking heads
Interviews and pieces to camera, lit properly, with autocue or off-camera questions.
Events and activations
Launches, activations and panels. Often one camera on a gimbal, with a quick social edit if you need one.
Filmed podcasts
Multicam, with the sound treated as the main event.
Case study films
Documentary or controlled, credited to Small Batch or white-label.
Social content
Vertical edits and cutdowns, from the same shoot day where it makes sense.
Internal comms
Leadership messages, all-hands openers and training pieces.
Send a brief
If you've got a brief,
four lines is enough to start.
Type of job, deadline, shape of the brief, what good looks like. I'll usually reply within a working day, and I'll tell you straight if I'm not the right fit.