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Brand Films &
Documentary

Story-driven films built on real people and real stakes — for brands, nonprofits, and companies whose best marketing is the truth, told well.

Films a brand earns attention with

Some stories don't fit in thirty seconds. Brand films and documentaries are how organizations tell them: the founder's story behind a company, the customers whose lives a product actually changed, the mission that makes a nonprofit worth supporting. We've produced this work for the Alzheimer's Association, Amazon Business, and CAIR Minnesota, among others.

Documentary work is a different discipline from scripted production. The subjects aren't actors. The story can't be forced. It takes interviewers who listen, a crew that knows how to be small, and an edit that finds the film honestly. Our background in commercial production means it also arrives beautifully shot and properly finished.

What we make

  • Brand documentaries — founder stories, origin films, mission films
  • Customer and impact stories — case studies with a pulse
  • Nonprofit and cause films — built for galas, campaigns, and grant-making audiences
  • Docu-style campaign content — real-people storytelling cut for paid and social

One shoot, a season of content

A documentary shoot generates far more usable material than a scripted one. We plan for that: alongside the main film, we deliver social cutdowns, stills pulls, and platform-specific versions through post, so a single production feeds your channels for months.

Selected Work

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Alzheimer's Association — Generation Hope — video production still
Alzheimer's Association
Generation Hope
CAIR Minnesota — Mini-Documentary — video production still
CAIR Minnesota
Mini-Documentary
Lawrence — Don't Lose Sight — Late Show with Stephen Colbert — video production still
Lawrence
Don't Lose Sight — Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Common questions

What's the difference between a brand film and a commercial?
A commercial sells a product in 15 to 60 seconds inside paid media. A brand film earns attention on its own — usually two to five minutes, built on a real story, and distributed on your site, social channels, events, and PR. Many projects need both, and we produce them together so they share one visual language.
How do you find the story for a brand documentary?
Pre-production starts with research and real conversations — founders, employees, customers, communities. We develop a story outline before the shoot, but documentary honesty means staying open to the better story when it shows up on the day. The edit is where it comes together, which is why our editors are involved from the start.
How much does a brand film cost?
Documentary-style brand films typically run $15,000 to $75,000 depending on shoot days, travel, and finishing. Single-location, single-day stories sit at the lower end; multi-city films with original music and extensive post sit higher.
Who owns the footage?
You do. We deliver final films plus raw selects on request, and many clients mine a single documentary shoot for months of social content. We can build that cutdown package as part of the original scope.

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Tell us what you're making. We'll figure out how to bring it to life — on time and on budget.

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