Film, Motion & Content
Make something worth watching.
Brand films. Campaign content. Corporate video. Social clips. Animation. Photography.
We create visual content that gives brands a face, a voice and something considerably more interesting to post than another stock photograph.
From the first idea through to filming, editing and final delivery, we can shape the creative and produce the content as one joined-up project.
Tell the story properly.
Sometimes a photograph says enough.
Sometimes you need 60 seconds, a soundtrack and somebody with a camera hanging out of the back of a van.
We create film and content around what the business actually needs to communicate, whether that is introducing the brand, launching something new, explaining a complicated service or simply giving your marketing team better things to work with.
The format comes second.
The idea comes first.
BASTE at Diddly Squat Farm
A little brand promo with a rather good backdrop. We captured BASTE in its natural habitat at Diddly Squat Farm, creating a fast, characterful reel that puts the product, personality and place front and centre.
GC Couture at Harrods
A brand film with slightly more polished surroundings. Shot at Harrods, this promo reel captures GC Couture in a way that feels premium, elegant and properly at home in one of the world’s most recognisable retail spaces.
Projects and servies
Different stories need different kinds of film.
For Hortlands, we’re showing two examples of how video can work. One puts the focus on a large landscaping project, capturing the scale, detail and transformation from start to finish.
The other zooms in on a specific service, grounds maintenance, giving a clearer look at the day-to-day expertise behind the wider brand.
Project focused video
Grounds Maintenance Service focused video
Not everything needs a helicopter.
We like ambitious ideas.
We also like sensible budgets.
Sometimes the right approach is a full creative production with locations, cast and a detailed shot list.
Sometimes it is one camera, good light and somebody interesting saying something worth hearing.
We build the production around the idea rather than making every project unnecessarily enormous.
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Creative and production in the same room.
This is where being more than a production company becomes useful.
Toy can develop the:
Idea
What are we actually saying?
Campaign
Where does the film fit?
Brand
What should everything look and sound like?
Film
How do we bring the idea to life?
Rollout
What other assets do we need?
The result is content that feels like part of the wider brand rather than something commissioned separately because somebody remembered the website needed a video.
From idea to final cut.
01.
Concept
We work out what the content needs to achieve and find the idea that holds it together.
02.
Pre-production
Scripts, storyboards, locations, schedules, shot lists and all the organised things that make the creative bit possible.
03.
Production
Cameras out.
Things happen.
Somebody inevitably says "one more for safety".
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Post-production
Editing, sound, colour, graphics, animation and the various versions needed for different channels.
Then we hand over finished content ready to use.
What are we trying to make happen?
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Show people what you're about.
Brand films help communicate the personality, purpose and people behind a business in a way a paragraph of website copy sometimes cannot.
We develop the concept, narrative and visual direction before bringing everything together through filming and editing.
Includes: brand films, company videos, business films, founder stories and brand storytelling.
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Corporate doesn't have to mean corporate.
Interviews, company profiles, internal communications, recruitment films, case studies and customer stories for organisations that need to communicate clearly without making everybody feel like they are watching compulsory training.
Professional.
Human.
Preferably both.
Includes: corporate video production, testimonial videos, interviews, recruitment films and internal communications.
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Some ideas work better when nothing is real.
Motion graphics can bring typography, illustrations, data, logos and graphic systems to life without needing a film crew anywhere near them.
Ideal for explainers, campaigns, digital advertising, presentations and brand content.
Includes: motion design, logo animation, animated graphics, explainer animation and social motion content.
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Give the campaign some movement.
Film can be the hero of a campaign or one part of a wider creative idea.
We develop campaign films, advertising content and launch videos that can work across websites, social media, paid advertising and physical screens.
And because our creative team can develop the wider campaign too, the film does not have to arrive from a completely different universe.
Includes: advertising films, campaign video, product launches, promotional films and branded content.
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Made for the scroll.
Short-form film, photography and motion designed specifically for social platforms and digital campaigns.
We can create individual hero pieces or capture enough content from one shoot to give your team a useful library of assets.
One shoot.
Lots of things to post.
Considerably better economics.
Includes: social media video, reels, short-form content, paid social creative and content production.
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Because eventually you will need another image.
Brand photography, portraits, workplace imagery, products, campaigns and behind-the-scenes content created around your wider visual identity.
For larger projects, we can plan shoots around multiple uses so you come away with a flexible content library rather than twelve beautiful photographs that all happen to be landscape.
Includes: brand photography, corporate photography, campaign photography, team photography and content creation.
One shoot. More mileage.
Good content planning can make a single production work much harder.
A brand film might also give you:
• A 60 second hero edit
• Short social cuts
• Vertical reels
• Interview clips
• Photography
• Behind-the-scenes content
• Website footage
• Campaign stills
• Animated graphics
Rather than filming one thing and discovering three weeks later that marketing needed nine other things too.
We think about the whole content ecosystem before the camera starts rolling.
Frequently Asked Questions
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We create brand films, corporate videos, interviews, testimonials, campaign films, promotional content, social video and other branded content.
The right format depends on what you need people to understand, feel or do.
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Yes.
Toy is a creative agency as well as a content production team, so we can develop the concept, campaign and visual direction before moving into production.
You do not need to arrive with a finished script.
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Yes.
We can create short-form video, reels, photography, motion graphics and paid social creative.
Where possible, we plan shoots to create multiple pieces of content from the same production.
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Yes.
We produce interviews, customer testimonials, founder stories and team content for websites, social media, recruitment and corporate communications.
We can also help shape the questions and narrative so it does not feel like somebody has simply placed a camera in a meeting room.
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Yes.
We create animated typography, logo motion, graphic animation, explainers and other motion content for campaigns, websites and social media.
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Yes.
Photography can be commissioned as a standalone project or captured alongside film production where appropriate.
This is particularly useful for brand launches and campaigns where you need a wider library of visual content.
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Absolutely.
We can work within established brand guidelines and campaign systems, collaborating with internal teams or other agency partners where required.
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It depends on the idea and what is involved in making it.
Locations, filming days, crew, equipment, cast, animation and the number of final deliverables all affect the scope.
Tell us what you are trying to achieve and we can recommend an approach that fits the project rather than immediately suggesting a crane.
Got something worth showing?
A business. A product. A campaign. A story hiding behind a lot of website copy.
We can help find the idea and put it on screen.
Let’s make something people actually watch.
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