
A brand film without the drone cliché and the stock-music pathos.
The standard brand film in 2026 is usually a 90-second cutting salad: drone shot of the company building, slow-mo hands at work, smiling employees walking through office doors, an epic string soundtrack, logo with a pay-off at the end. These films look like 80% of all other brand films — and are therefore effectively invisible. They show a lot, communicate little, often cost €25,000 and stop being shown after three months.
I produce brand films that start with an idea — not with a shot list. That means: concept first (which story are we telling, which question are we answering), then finding the style (what fits the brand, what sets us apart from the drone-slow-mo school), then production (concept, shoot, edit, sound design). Embedded in a content strategy rather than standing alone — otherwise the film only lives for three months.
Your brand film isn't interchangeable. It tells something only your brand can tell. And it doesn't just work once at launch — it keeps being used in sales conversations, at trade fairs, in HR communication and in social cuts — for years.
Which story is the right one for the brand? What does the audience already know, what don't they, what do they take away? A clear concept before the script before the shot list.
Which aesthetic fits the brand and sets it apart from the industry standard? Mood boards, style references, test shots — before the crew is booked.
Shoot, sound, edit, color grading, motion graphics — all with an eye on the concept. No „let's bring a drone along just in case" shots.
A master film plus cuts for different applications (LinkedIn, sales, trade fair, web). From day one the film is planned to be usable for three years.
Only if you have a story that can't be told without one. If the brand film is just going to list what's already on your website, skip it. A good brand film shows the how of your work — atmosphere, character, people — and that doesn't translate into text. If that's not the case, the money is better spent on a product video or an explainer.
Concept before shot list. The standard brand film of 2026 has a drone, slow-mo hands, smiling faces and an epic string soundtrack — and looks like 80% of every other film out there. I work differently: first the story only your brand can tell, then the visual style, then production. The finished film should be impossible to separate from your brand.
60-90 seconds for web and social, 2-3 minutes for a trade fair or sales presentation, 5+ minutes only if the story carries it. As a rule: shorter is better. If you can't make clear what the brand is about in 90 seconds, you won't manage it in 5 minutes either — you'll just lose 70% of the audience along the way.
Yes, and it's standard practice. A single master shoot typically yields a hero cut for the website, shorter cuts for LinkedIn and Reels, a 15-second trailer and highlight stills for print. The multi-cut setup is planned before the shoot — otherwise you find later that the right footage for a particular platform is missing.
What else belongs to “Photo, Video & Content”.

A strategy call, straight in the calendar — pick a time.