Commercial & brand

Company Culture Video Shot List

Culture films fail by being generic. Ping-pong tables and laughing around a laptop describe every company and therefore none of them. What works is the specific — the actual ritual, the actual room, the actual argument in a meeting.

This list is a hunt for specifics.

Shots
16
Groups
3
Format
Checklist

The shot list

A real day

  • 01Arrival — first people in, lights on
  • 02Morning routine, whatever it actually is
  • 03Real work happening at desks
  • 04A genuine meeting, unstaged
  • 05Lunch as it actually happens
  • 06Afternoon — the quiet, focused part of the day
  • 07Leaving

Rituals and specifics

Ask the team what the company does that no other company does. Film that.

  • 08The weekly ritual, whatever form it takes
  • 09How decisions get made
  • 10How new people are welcomed
  • 11Whatever is on the walls
  • 12In-jokes, awards, artefacts

People

  • 13Short soundbites from across the organisation
  • 14Individual portraits
  • 15Genuine interaction between colleagues
  • 16Someone teaching someone else

Tips for this kind of shoot

  • Ask three people what makes this place different, then film their answers rather than the stock footage version.
  • Film a real meeting. Staged collaboration is obvious to everyone who has ever had a job.

Use this list on your next shoot

Storeyz keeps your shots in story order for planning and regroups them by location for the day — then you tick them off on your phone as you get them.

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