Live Action Video Production

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What is live action video production?

Live action video production involves filming real people, environments and events to create video content. This includes interviews, on-site filming, product footage and event coverage used across internal and external communication.

What We Offer

Interview & Presenter

Professionally conducted interviews and presenter-led content using single or multi-camera setups. This includes lighting, framing, teleprompter support, audio control and experienced interview direction.

People & Environmental

Filming within operational, corporate and educational environments to capture teams, processes and day-to-day activity. Shoots are planned around site operations, access requirements and health and safety procedures.

Product & Demonstration

Structured product and demonstration filming focused on functionality, features and real-world use. This includes controlled lighting, macro detail capture and step-by-step process coverage.

Aerial & Specialist Capture

Drone, timelapse and specialist camera systems used to capture scale, movement and location context. All specialist filming is pre-planned to meet regulatory and safety requirements.

Event & Conference Filming

Multi-camera filming for conferences, leadership visits and live events. Coverage includes stage, audience and reaction shots, with footage captured for both live display and post-event edits.

Cinematic & Commercial

Planned camera movement, considered composition and controlled lighting to produce high-production-value visuals. Often used for brand films, promotional campaigns and corporate storytelling.

Supporting Services

Our Process

Live-action projects follow a structured workflow from planning through to delivery.

Latest Live Production Examples

Tzuka - Advert

Cinematic earphone promotion video, filmed in several fitness environments, using lighting, smoke and post production to give a high quality feel.

Loughborough Uni - Promotion

Creation of a promotional video to showcase the Global Sports Innovation Hub, to stakeholders across the world, to show the scale and quality of facilities at Loughborough University.

Sensational Museum - Explainer

Fully accessible video production, including BSL, audio description, transcripts and subtitles to explain the Sensational Museum service.

STEM showcase

A series of fun videos to encourage school students to consider STEM subjects. The 6 videos showed real industry insight and were displayed on interactive screens during a showcase.

Celebration Event

A 10 year celebration of Loughborough University London. With a full event video featuring vice chancellors and partners plus an engaging social media cut.

Volunteering Campaign

A video to encourage students to volunteer. Creatively highlighting the benefits, whilst showing real-world examples of DMU partners.

“Working with this Production team was a great experience. They were highly flexible, agile, and very responsive to our briefing. They brought strong creative ideas that clearly improved the final result. The video was impactful, emotionally engaging, and played a key role in the success of our event, with excellent feedback from the audience.
I would highly recommend them as a creative and reliable partner.”

Fernando Ferreira

Head of Unilever Europe Supply Chain

Working with us

From our base in Nottingham we deliver live-action video production across the UK.

Projects are supported by structured planning, experienced crews and controlled on-site execution.

Live action is commonly used within:

Internal Communications

Corporate & External Communications

Live & Broadcast Production

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of live-action video do you produce?

We produce a wide range of live-action content including internal communications, branded content, case studies, recruitment videos, event coverage, leadership messaging, training content, and documentary-style storytelling.

Each project is tailored around your audience, objectives, and filming environment.

Yes. We regularly film within live manufacturing sites, laboratories, offices, warehouses, and operational environments while teams continue working as normal.

We plan productions carefully to minimise disruption and work safely within your processes.

Absolutely. Most of the people we film are not professional presenters, so we focus on creating a relaxed and supportive filming environment.

We guide contributors throughout the process to help conversations feel natural and authentic on camera.

Yes. Live-action content can be enhanced with animation and motion graphics, subtitles, branded assets, diagrams, and on-screen messaging to help explain complex information more clearly.

This is especially useful for technical, educational, or internal communication content.

In many cases, yes. We often film with future content repurposing in mind, allowing footage to be adapted into shorter edits, campaign assets, social content, onboarding videos, or future updates.

This helps maximise the long-term value of filming days.

Not sure where to start?

Explore our free consultation approach to identify the best communication opportunities within your organisation.

Ready to discuss a project?

If you’re looking to communicate change more clearly within your organisation, we’d love to discuss how we can help.

Budget Builder

If you’re exploring live-action production and need an initial cost range, use our pricing tool to estimate your project scope.

Explore Other Production Capabilities

Animation & Motion Graphics​

Strategic editing, motion graphics and animation that bring clarity, structure and visual impact to every project.

Live Broadcast & Virtual​

Secure live streaming, hybrid event production and remote recording solutions for distributed teams and multi-site organisations.

Accessibility & Localisation

Professional voiceover, sound design and high-quality audio capture to ensure messaging is clear, engaging and accessible.

Ready to move forward?

Contact us to discuss scope, timing and next steps.

Video Creation Guidlines

The following list will vary based on each of your product/service types and distribution channels. This scope is defined during the initial free consultation.

Live Action

Production

  • Tone and style
  • Framing, composition, frame rate
  • Lighting style camera movement
  • Environment setup
  • Voiceover style
  • Post-production
  • Colour grading
  • Audio
  • Resolution
  • Titles and text
  • Editing style
  • Subtitle style
  • Music style
  • End frames/ call to actions

Animation

  • Storyboarding and narrative template
  • Colour palette line weighting and style consistency
  • Animation styles
  • Character and asset design
  • Typography library of animated assets
  • Transitions sound effects
  • Logo animation templates

Motion Graphic Template Assets

  • Titles and text
  • Text call outs
  • Transitions
  • Timers and graphs
  • Countdowns and progress bars
  • Dynamic backgrounds
  • Intro and outro’s video
  • Effects callouts and pointers
  • Social media content agenda’s / data visualisation
  • Event-specific MOGRTs

Drag and Drop Assets

  • Logo animation
  • Shape transitions
  • Social media overlays
  • Dynamic backgrounds
  • Motion icon loops
  • Colour grading LUT’s
  • Animated stickers