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A professional filming and editing service for businesses, NGOs, and the public sector

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Creating insightful films that inspire change.

Films for…

Marketing and PR Campaigns
Fundraising Campaigns
Social Research
Design Research
Internal Communications
Education and Training
Events

Supporter Communications
Social Media Campaigns
Market Research
Ethnographic Research
Investor and Partner Relations
Exhibitions
Conferences

Collaborating with clients to craft stories that resonate.

For organisations such as…

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What is Helpful Films?

Helpful Films is a filming and editing service provided by me, Sam Care. I’m a filmmaker and I have been making video content for businesses, NGOs and the public sector for almost eighteen years.

What can I do for you and your organisation?

I can film professionally lit interviews, cover events or even create documentary films for you. To get started with a project, please contact me by emailing sam@helpfulfilms.com or calling +44(0)7540 163 663.

How it all works…

Every project is a little different, but typically, the first thing we do is have a video call to discuss your needs. We talk about timings, locations and delivery dates for final edited films.

The Filming Stage

I film on location using a Sony FX3 Cinema Camera, professional Sennheiser microphones and, if required, softbox lighting. You might be on location too and act as interviewer while I film. Or, you might dispatch me alone to a location with a list of interview questions or a brief, and we keep in touch via phone or email. I’m happy with either way of working with you.

The Editing Stage

When filming is complete, I either give you the unedited footage or I work in my office to edit the first draft of your films. How much you choose to input into the editing stage is up to you. Some clients like to watch the unedited footage and give me a list of specific timecodes of footage to include. Other clients like to give more general instructions such as, make the film exactly 90 seconds long, make sure there are lots of mentions of such and such, and make sure you include lots of those nice shots of xyz…

I am also hired by some clients to take on editing projects. So perhaps you might have some recent footage that you want made into a new film, or you have some archive footage, library footage or other multimedia you would like made into a film. I provide that service for clients too.

The Feedback Stage

Most clients have a few colleagues in their organisations or partner organisations who also need to give feedback on films. To accommodate this, I send a first draft of the films via Dropbox to you, then you circulate the films to everyone on your side who needs to see them, you collate all the feedback, send it to me, and I make the changes. One or two rounds of this back and forth is normally enough to get films finished.

And that’s it, that’s the process :)

Get Started Today

If you would you like to commission me, please email sam@helpfulfilms.com or call +44(0)7540 163663.

PS

Oh, one final thing, I’m based near London in the UK, but I travel all over the UK for filming, and I have occasionally been dispatched overseas, including to mainland Europe and Africa. I have a passport, and I’m happy to travel. Thanks for reading - Sam.