For manufacturers, contractors and service businesses

Video that sells your work while you're on the job. Shot in one day on your site.

Facility tours, recruiting films, product demos, testimonials and ad creative. A full crew with cinema cameras and a drone, on your floor for a day. Then a film that works on your site, in your ads, and in your recruiter's inbox.

Written quote from Paul in 24 hours. No deposit to ask. Serving the Triangle, travel anywhere.

★★★★★ Google reviewsFAA Part 107 droneInsuredOne-day shoots
Trusted by
20+years behind the camera: broadcast spots, film, VFX, business video
1 dayon your site for most shoots. Your crew keeps working.
800leads from two landing page films and a $5 a day ad
24 hrsto a written quote after you send the form
Read this if your website has stock photos on it

Your work is good. Nothing online proves it.

You have a shop, a crew, a process, and customers who would say nice things if anyone asked. And the website shows a stock photo of a handshake.

So the same things keep happening:

One good film does that job every day. On the site, in the ads, in the recruiter's inbox, on the trade show screen. We shoot it in a day, on your floor, with your people, and cut it to make someone call.

Yes, get my quote in 24 hours

Written quote from Paul in 24 hours. No deposit to ask.

Packages

What we build, and what it costs.

Brand and About Films

The story that gets you hired. Owner, team, process. Lives on your site and every ad landing page.

From $15,000 for two films

Ad Creative Packages

Scripted, shot and cut for the click. Vertical and landscape versions, plus three months of ad oversight.

From $18,000 for four ads

Full Video Systems

The complete set for one business: landing page film, bio films, walkthrough, and customer stories. One shoot, six or more assets.

$28,000 to $45,000

Facility and Process Films

Show buyers and recruits the floor, the equipment, the people. Drone plus ground.

From $15,000

Event and Conference Capture

Multi-day, multi-camera. Every session, testimonials, promo cutdowns, social reels and branded graphics.

$35,000 to $75,000

Ad Management Retainer

We run the ads the films feed. Build, launch, optimize, report. Ad spend billed separately.

From $2,500 a month
How it works

The One-Day Film System. Three steps, one point of contact.

Plan

Free 30-minute strategy call. We decide who the film is for, what it has to make them do, and where it runs. Script and shot list in a week.

Shoot

One day on your site, usually. Director, producer, DP, sound and grip. Cinema cameras, drone, audio. Safety briefed, PPE on, out of your crew's way.

Deliver and run

Master cut plus vertical and 15-second cutdowns. We can run the ads and report the leads, or hand the files to your team.

Book the free strategy call

30 minutes. No pitch deck. You leave with a plan whether you hire us or not.

Recent work

Shot on site. Cut to convert.

See all work

What clients say

The people who hired us, on camera.

Not our words. Theirs.

Results

Two brokers. One film each. $5 a day. 800 new leads.

Landing page films plus a managed ad, December 2023 to March 2024.

391new potential clients, Christine Malloy
412new potential clients, Trevor Smith
4.12%click-through rate (average is 1.5 to 2.5%)
$0.90cost per click

Read the case study

Every month without a film

The same three things keep costing you.

The recruiter writes another job post that shows a logo, and gets the same applicants.
The salesperson explains the process from the start on every call, and the buyer still cannot picture it.
The prospect picks the shop that showed them the floor, the machines and the people.
Why crews hire us

Six reasons the shoot goes well on a jobsite.

Comfortable on a jobsite

Safety briefed, PPE on, and we stay out of the way of the work.

FAA Part 107 drone, insured

Licensed pilot, airspace checked, insurance on file for your safety officer.

Cinema cameras, gimbal, real audio

The gear that makes a shop floor look like the reel above, not a phone clip.

One day on site

Most shoots are a single day. Your crew keeps working. We work around them.

Cut for the click

Master cut, vertical, 15-second cutdowns. Built for the site, YouTube and Meta.

Ads run, leads reported

We run the ads if you want us to, and report the leads, not the views.

Industries

Built for businesses that build things.

Is this right for you?

Who we film, and who we send elsewhere.

A good fit

  • Manufacturers and industrial shops that need a facility tour, process demo or safety film
  • Contractors and trades hiring crews or running ads
  • Medical and dental practices that want doctor bios and patient stories
  • Brokers, founders and firms that need an about film that books calls
  • Anyone with a product that is easier to show than explain

Not a fit

  • You want a video a day for social. That is a content team, not a film crew.
  • You want the cheapest video possible. A $500 freelancer exists, and we are not that.
  • Weddings and events.
  • Nobody on your team can be on camera. The film needs real faces and real work.
Your other options

Three ways to get this made.

Same job, three very different results.

Film it yourself

Free, and it looks it. Phone footage, no drone, no audio plan, nothing cut for ads. Fine for a jobsite update, not for the page that has to win the bid.

Hire a freelancer

One person with a camera. Quality swings with who you get, the shoot day runs long, and you still have to art-direct it yourself. Cutdowns and ad versions cost extra.

Heat Vision Media

A directed shoot. Producer, DP, sound and grip hired for the day, cinema cameras, licensed drone, safety briefed on your site. Master cut plus vertical and 15-second versions included. Written quote in 24 hours.

Trusted by
20+years behind the camera: broadcast spots, film, VFX, business video
1 dayon your site for most shoots. Your crew keeps working.
800leads from two landing page films and a $5 a day ad
24 hrsto a written quote after you send the form
Read this if your website has stock photos on it

Your work is good. Nothing online proves it.

You have a shop, a crew, a process, and customers who would say nice things if anyone asked. And the website shows a stock photo of a handshake.

So the same things keep happening:

One good film does that job every day. On the site, in the ads, in the recruiter's inbox, on the trade show screen. We shoot it in a day, on your floor, with your people, and cut it to make someone call.

Yes, get my quote in 24 hours

Written quote from Paul in 24 hours. No deposit to ask.

Packages

What we build, and what it costs.

Brand and About Films

The story that gets you hired. Owner, team, process. Lives on your site and every ad landing page.

From $15,000 for two films

Ad Creative Packages

Scripted, shot and cut for the click. Vertical and landscape versions, plus three months of ad oversight.

From $18,000 for four ads

Full Video Systems

The complete set for one business: landing page film, bio films, walkthrough, and customer stories. One shoot, six or more assets.

$28,000 to $45,000

Facility and Process Films

Show buyers and recruits the floor, the equipment, the people. Drone plus ground.

From $15,000

Event and Conference Capture

Multi-day, multi-camera. Every session, testimonials, promo cutdowns, social reels and branded graphics.

$35,000 to $75,000

Ad Management Retainer

We run the ads the films feed. Build, launch, optimize, report. Ad spend billed separately.

From $2,500 a month
How it works

The One-Day Film System. Three steps, one point of contact.

Plan

Free 30-minute strategy call. We decide who the film is for, what it has to make them do, and where it runs. Script and shot list in a week.

Shoot

One day on your site, usually. Director, producer, DP, sound and grip. Cinema cameras, drone, audio. Safety briefed, PPE on, out of your crew's way.

Deliver and run

Master cut plus vertical and 15-second cutdowns. We can run the ads and report the leads, or hand the files to your team.

Book the free strategy call

30 minutes. No pitch deck. You leave with a plan whether you hire us or not.

Recent work

Shot on site. Cut to convert.

See all work

What clients say

The people who hired us, on camera.

Not our words. Theirs.

Results

Two brokers. One film each. $5 a day. 800 new leads.

Landing page films plus a managed ad, December 2023 to March 2024.

391new potential clients, Christine Malloy
412new potential clients, Trevor Smith
4.12%click-through rate (average is 1.5 to 2.5%)
$0.90cost per click

Read the case study

Every month without a film

The same three things keep costing you.

The recruiter writes another job post that shows a logo, and gets the same applicants.
The salesperson explains the process from the start on every call, and the buyer still cannot picture it.
The prospect picks the shop that showed them the floor, the machines and the people.
Why crews hire us

Six reasons the shoot goes well on a jobsite.

Comfortable on a jobsite

Safety briefed, PPE on, and we stay out of the way of the work.

FAA Part 107 drone, insured

Licensed pilot, airspace checked, insurance on file for your safety officer.

Cinema cameras, gimbal, real audio

The gear that makes a shop floor look like the reel above, not a phone clip.

One day on site

Most shoots are a single day. Your crew keeps working. We work around them.

Cut for the click

Master cut, vertical, 15-second cutdowns. Built for the site, YouTube and Meta.

Ads run, leads reported

We run the ads if you want us to, and report the leads, not the views.

Industries

Built for businesses that build things.

Is this right for you?

Who we film, and who we send elsewhere.

A good fit

  • Manufacturers and industrial shops that need a facility tour, process demo or safety film
  • Contractors and trades hiring crews or running ads
  • Medical and dental practices that want doctor bios and patient stories
  • Brokers, founders and firms that need an about film that books calls
  • Anyone with a product that is easier to show than explain

Not a fit

  • You want a video a day for social. That is a content team, not a film crew.
  • You want the cheapest video possible. A $500 freelancer exists, and we are not that.
  • Weddings and events.
  • Nobody on your team can be on camera. The film needs real faces and real work.
Paul Parnell
Who is behind the camera

I'm Paul Parnell. I direct the shoot, hire the crew, and answer the email.

Twenty years behind a camera: broadcast spots, short films, VFX, then video for businesses that build things. I also run marketing for home service companies, so every film here is built to make the phone ring, not to win a festival.

A producer and a hired crew on every shoot, one point of contact, and a written quote in 24 hours. If that sounds right, send the form or book the call.

Yes, get my quote in 24 hours

What you get

What a one-day shoot includes.

Projects start at $15,000. The packages above show the starting price for each. Your quote covers the shoot, every cut, and travel if there is any.

Yes, get my quote in 24 hours

No deposit to ask. Written quote from Paul within 24 hours.

Creative partnerships

We also make films, television and animation.

The studio side of Heat Vision Media. A Doritos Super Bowl spot with 26 million views, a sci-fi feature on Amazon Prime, animation in development, and an original fantasy slate.

26Mviews, Doritos spot
1feature on Prime Video
20 yrsdirecting and VFX

See the studio work

Questions

What owners ask before they book.

How much does it cost?

Projects start at $15,000 for a two-film package and run to $75,000 and up for multi-day event capture. That covers a directed shoot with a producer and a hired crew, not a one-person camera rental. Send the form and you get a written quote in 24 hours. No deposit to ask.

How long does it take?

Script and shot list within a week of the strategy call. One day on site for most shoots. You review a first cut before anything is final.

Our people have never been on camera.

Almost nobody has. We keep them talking about the work, not the camera, and cut around the nerves. The crew and the floor are what buyers trust, not a spokesperson.

Can you shoot while we're working?

Yes. That is the point. Safety briefed, PPE on, and we stay out of the way. Production does not stop for us.

Is a drone allowed at our site?

FAA Part 107 licensed and insured. We check the airspace before the shoot and get the authorization if one is needed.

Do you run the ads too?

If you want. We build the ad, run it on YouTube or Meta, and report leads, not views. Or we hand the files to your team.

Do you travel?

Serving the Triangle, travel anywhere. Travel is a line on the quote, never a surprise.

What do we get when it's done?

The finished films in every cut: master, vertical, and 15-second versions. Use them on your site, in your ads, and on your screens for as long as you want.

Ready to put your work on camera?

Send the form. Paul replies with a written quote within 24 hours. Serving the Triangle, travel anywhere.

Yes, get my quote in 24 hours
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