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Outdoor & Lifestyle Commercial Production

Broadcast-quality. Every screen. One shoot.

Commercial campaigns built for brands running paid media at scale. TV, streaming, YouTube, Meta, one cohesive shoot that produces every format you need to perform across every channel your audience actually uses.

What It Is

More than
one spot.
A full system.

A commercial campaign is a coordinated set of video assets — built from a single production — that covers every screen your customer uses from first impression to purchase.

Where a brand film tells your story, a commercial campaign sells something specific: a product launch, a seasonal promotion, a new market entry, or a sustained acquisition push. It's built around a single creative concept that holds together across 15-second pre-rolls, 30-second TV spots, 60-second YouTube ads, and vertical social content simultaneously.

The advantage of campaign-style production isn't just efficiency, it's consistency. When your TV spot, your paid social, and your YouTube pre-roll all feel like they were made by the same brain on the same day, the cumulative effect of repeated exposure compounds. Audiences remember you. They trust you. They convert.

TV / Broadcast YouTube Pre-Roll Meta / Instagram TikTok Connected TV OTT / Streaming Display / Programmatic
When You Need This

You need a campaign
when your brand
is ready to run.

Commercial campaigns are for brands with an ad budget that needs creative to actually perform. If you're spending on media but your creative is generic, mismatched across channels, or outdated, the spend is working against you.

A campaign isn't your first piece of video, it's what you build once you have a clear brand foundation and you're ready to activate it at scale.

You're running paid media that isn't converting

Generic stock footage and repurposed brand assets perform poorly in paid channels. Campaign-grade creative is built to stop the scroll, hold attention, and drive action at the right moment.

You have a product launch or seasonal campaign

Product launches and seasonal campaigns need a full format suite that works across every placement simultaneously and not one video cropped for different platforms at the last minute.

Your creative doesn't match your media spend

If you're spending real money on media placement and the creative was made on a fraction of that budget, you're wasting most of your spend. Creative quality is the multiplier on media efficiency.

You want to compete alongside national brands

In outdoor and lifestyle categories, the gap between regional and national brand production quality is often the only thing separating their perceived credibility. Campaign-level production closes that gap.

You're entering a new channel or geographic market

A new market requires a creative introduction, not a repurposed piece from your existing library. Campaign production builds that introduction from scratch with the new audience in mind.

What Makes It Work

The difference between
an ad that runs and one
that performs.

Most commercial production focuses on making something that looks expensive. That's not enough. What determines whether a campaign actually drives return is a combination of strategic clarity, creative cohesion, and technical execution across every format, not just the hero spot.

We build campaigns from the creative concept outward, ensuring the idea holds at 15 seconds the same way it holds at 60 — because most audiences will only ever see the short version.

01
A concept that scales to every format

The best campaign ideas work at 15 seconds as well as 60. We concept and test the shortest format first, if it doesn't land at 15, the longer version won't save it.

02
Footage that earns attention before the skip button

The first 3 seconds of a paid video determine whether anyone watches the rest. We shoot with that constraint in mind and every campaign is built to win the first frame.

03
Platform-native editing, not platform-adapted

Vertical content edited specifically for mobile performs differently than a horizontal spot cropped and reposted. We edit each format for the environment it lives in, not from a master edit.

04
Consistent brand identity across every cut

Campaigns work through repetition. That repetition only compounds when every touchpoint feels like it came from the same brand, same tone, same visual grammar, same strategic message.

05
Environmental authenticity for outdoor brands

Outdoor and lifestyle audiences know immediately when a brand hasn't actually been outside. We shoot in real environments because the credibility that creates cannot be faked in post-production.

06
Technical delivery for every channel spec

Every platform has specific encoding, resolution, and duration requirements. We handle broadcast specs, digital specs, and social specs in one delivery package — nothing gets rejected or re-encoded after the fact.

Campaign Work

Campaigns we've built.

Three campaigns across different categories, same standard of execution.

Automotive · Commercial Spec
Rivian — Out Here

A 60-second commercial spec built around real Colorado backcountry terrain — demonstrating what the vehicle actually does where its customers actually go.

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B2B Telecom · Brand Campaign
COMBA

A multi-format brand campaign repositioning COMBA from a product vendor to a strategic infrastructure partner, built for trade, digital, and conference use simultaneously.

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Automotive · Regional Campaign
Berger Chevrolet

A regional automotive campaign built to compete alongside national brand-level creative — shot across Colorado with broadcast-quality production at regional campaign economics.

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How We Build Campaigns

One concept.
Every screen.
No compromise.

Most campaigns are shot once and then adapted. We build the full campaign system from day one — so every format is a first-class deliverable, not an afterthought.

01
Campaign strategy before creative brief

Before we write a shot list, we define the campaign goal, the target audience, the specific channel mix, and the action you need viewers to take. The 15-second cut has to earn a click. The 60-second cut has to build the brand. These are different jobs that inform different creative decisions — and both need to be planned before anything gets shot.

02
Concepting for the shortest version first

We concept from the 15-second up. If the core idea can land in 15 seconds, it will be stronger at 30 and 60. Most campaigns fail because the concept was designed for the hero spot and then compressed — which never works as well as designing for compression from the start.

03
Shoot planning for maximum format coverage

Every shoot day is planned with the full format suite in mind. Vertical coverage, horizontal coverage, tight and wide, the 3-second hook, the 10-second setup, the 30-second arc, all planned in pre-production so nothing is missing in the edit. One shoot produces the entire campaign.

04
Format-specific editing, not cropping

The vertical edit is not the horizontal edit turned sideways. We edit each format independently, making intentional creative decisions for each platform's context, how someone watches a TikTok versus how they watch a YouTube pre-roll versus how they experience a TV spot during a game. The story and the pacing change. The brand stays consistent.

What You Get

A complete
campaign package.

Every format you need to run across every channel — delivered together, not piecemeal.

  • Hero commercial spot (60 sec)
  • 30-second broadcast / streaming cut
  • 15-second pre-roll (YouTube / Meta)
  • 6-second bumper ad
  • Vertical edits (9:16) for all durations
  • Square edits (1:1) for feed placements
  • Full color grade + sound design
  • Licensed music — all channels cleared
  • Platform-specific spec delivery package
  • First cut in 10 business days
  • Two structured revision rounds
  • Full commercial usage rights, all platforms
60-second hero spotTV / OTT / streaming
30-second cutbroadcast + pre-roll
15-second cutpre-roll + mid-roll
6-second bumperYouTube non-skip
Vertical (9:16) — all cutsReels / TikTok / Shorts
Square (1:1) — all cutsFeed / display
Story / Reel formatInstagram / Facebook
Paid social versionsMeta / TikTok / YouTube ads
H.264 web exportsAll formats + durations
ProRes mastersBroadcast delivery
Platform spec complianceTV, YouTube, Meta, TikTok
How It Works

From brief to
broadcast-ready. On time.

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01
Strategy & Campaign Brief

We define the campaign goal, channel mix, target audience, and format requirements. The brief documents what each format needs to accomplish — before a single shot is planned.

02
Creative Development

We concept the campaign around the 15-second version first, then develop the hero spot outward. Locations, talent, shot list, and production logistics all locked in pre-production.

03
Production

1–3 shoot days depending on scope. Every format covered in a single production. Real environments, campaign-grade cinematography, planned for maximum format coverage from day one.

04
Post & Delivery Package

Format-specific editing for every cut, full color grade, licensed music, platform spec compliance, and delivery in a single organized package. First cut in 10 business days from wrap.

Common Questions

Fast answers
before you reach out.

Questions specific to commercial campaign production. More in our Investment guide and Process page.

Ready to scope a campaign? Tell us the platform mix, the deadline, and the goal. We'll give you a clear picture of what it takes.

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What's the difference between a brand film and a campaign?

A brand film tells your brand story and lives on your homepage for years. A commercial campaign sells something specific — a product, a service, a promotion — across multiple paid channels simultaneously. Brand films build equity. Campaigns drive action. Many brands need both, and the most efficient approach is to build the brand film first, then run campaign creative that references the same visual language.

How much does a commercial campaign cost?

Campaign budgets start at $15k and scale based on shoot days, locations, talent, and deliverable count. The advantage of campaign production is that one shoot produces the full format suite — the per-format cost is significantly lower than producing each format independently. We scope every campaign with a detailed breakdown before anything is committed.

Do you handle talent, permits, and locations?

Yes — all of it. Talent scouting and contracting, location permits, crew logistics, and equipment all sit with us. Everything is quoted and included in the proposal before you sign. We've managed productions across 20+ countries, so domestic and international logistics are both handled without you needing to coordinate any of it.

How long does a commercial campaign take to produce?

Campaign timelines typically run 8–12 weeks from brief to final delivery, depending on scope. That includes 2–3 weeks for strategy and pre-production, 1–3 shoot days, and 10 business days from wrap to first cut. If you have a hard launch date, tell us early — we've hit aggressive timelines before, but they're easier to manage with advance notice.

Can you work with our media agency or paid media team?

Yes. We regularly deliver production to brands who have a separate media buying agency or in-house paid team. We handle everything through final delivery — spec-compliant files organized by platform and duration — so your media team has exactly what they need without any additional processing or re-formatting on their end.

Ready to run something worth watching?

Tell us the
campaign.
We'll build it.

Share the channel mix, the product, and the launch date. We'll scope what it takes to build a full campaign suite that performs and tell you honestly if the timing or budget doesn't work.