Our Services
We're a full-service video and photography production company working with ambitious UK brands. Every project is led by award-winning director Chris Smith — so you get senior creative thinking at every stage, not just at the top.
Video Ads:
Video ads that engage and convert.
Whether you're running paid social, YouTube pre-rolls, or campaign content, we produce video ads built to perform. We handle everything from creative concept and scripting through to shoot and final delivery, so you get a finished asset that's ready to go live, not a rough cut you have to fix yourself.
Great for: paid social campaigns, organic social content, product launches, seasonal promotions, Instagram Reels, TikTok ads, YouTube pre-rolls.
Social content:
Social video that stops the scroll and drives real action.
Attention is hard to earn and easy to lose. We produce social video ads built for the platforms your audience actually uses - Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn - with creative that grabs attention in the first two seconds and holds it to the end.
We handle everything from concept and scripting to shoot and delivery, so you get platform-ready assets that perform, not rough cuts that need finishing elsewhere. These projects often include Video Contact Sheets as a final deliverable to ensure you get ongoing value from this project.
Great for: brand films, company culture videos, testimonial films, social content series, event coverage.
Photography:
Stills that work as hard as your video.
From product photography to people and brand shoots, we produce images that are consistent, professional, and actually usable — across your website, social channels, and marketing materials. Shot alongside video or as a standalone project.
Great for: brand photography, e-commerce products, headshots and team photos, event photography, social content.
Animation:
Often used inside our ads and content, animation can make complex ideas easy to understand.
We produce motion graphics and animated explainers that simplify the complicated and make the invisible visible — on brand, on message, on time. With design at the forefront of what we do, we adhere to brand guidelines, elevate your existing assets or build something from scratch.
Great for: explainer videos, animated social ads, title sequences and graphics, product demos.
How we work:
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This is our starting point. We start each project with a thorough Kick Off Call to align vision, goals, and ensure we’re on the same page. This initial phase involves detailed discussions and planning to ensure alignment on creative direction, budget, and timeline. By establishing clear communication channels and setting expectations early on, we create a structured foundation that facilitates smooth collaboration throughout the project. This meticulous approach ensures that each video or photography project is tailored precisely to meet your unique business needs from the outset.
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At Better Creative Video, we manage the creative development of video and photography projects through a structured yet flexible process. It begins with collaborative ideation sessions to understand the client’s vision, target audience, and key messaging. From there, we develop detailed concepts and storyboards to ensure alignment and refine the creative direction. Practical logistics are then carefully planned, including scheduling, location scouting, equipment arrangement, and talent coordination, to ensure a smooth production phase. Throughout, we maintain clear communication with clients and provide expert guidance to balance creative ambition with practical feasibility, delivering visually compelling results that meet both artistic and business objectives.
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This is the part where we get to play with cameras! Our crews are experienced in capturing footage and stills in a variety of locations and circumstances. From event coverage to high stakes interviews, this is what our projects build towards and where the pre-planning really pays off.
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Whether it’s animation, on screen graphics or pulling the best lines from an interview. This phase is where we stitch all the footage together and prepare first versions for review.
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That’s a wrap! We have now finalised the project and everyone is proud of what we’ve created. We deliver your assets in an easy to access zip file or via our feedback platform Frame.io
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We pride ourselves on our long term client relationships and we hope that by finishing one project we can start another.