The whole thing made, start to finish

What turnkey means here

You bring the objective — a product to launch, a story to tell, a message that has to land internally. Everything between that and a finished master is handled: concept and treatment, scripting, crew and kit, casting and locations, the shoot itself, and the full post through to every deliverable on your list.

It is quoted per project, not by the day, because the cost of a film lives almost entirely in the shoot: how many days, how many people, where, and with whom. A one-morning interview and a three-day multi-location commercial are not the same job and should not pretend to share a price.

Why the post matters more here than it usually does

Most production companies shoot and then send the material out to be finished. Here the post is the home discipline — the edit, the compositing and the graphics are done by the person who was on the shoot — which changes what can be promised on the day.

A shot that would normally have to be re-set can be fixed in the comp. A location that will not clear can be replaced. A graphic that was an afterthought can be designed into the frame before it is shot rather than stuck on afterwards.

How a project runs

• Brief and budget conversation — the honest one, before any treatment is written
• Treatment, schedule and an itemised quote you can read line by line
• Pre-production: crew, cast, locations, permits, kit, call sheets
• Shoot, with a director who will also be cutting it
• Post: offline to picture lock, then online, graphics, grade and mix
• Delivery of every master, version and cutdown on the list

Who this has been done for

Work has run through production companies and agencies in Johannesburg for clients across banking, manufacturing, FMCG and the public sector, alongside international brand work. Named clients and the jobs themselves are on the individual project pages.

What gets made