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Commercial Video<\/a> Production<\/a><\/p>\n

Commercial production for emerging brands<\/h1>\n

Brand films, DTC product video, and crowdfunding campaigns — directed, shot, scored, and cut in-house, from five U.S. cities.<\/p>\n

Films for Sutter Health · Discovery · Smithsonian · BET · Google · Uber<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What we make<\/h2>\n
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Brand Films<\/h3>\n

Founder stories, mission pieces, and anthems that set the tone for everything downstream.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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DTC Product Video<\/h3>\n

The hero film<\/a> plus every cutdown your buyer needs across the funnel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Crowdfunding<\/h3>\n

Kickstarter and Indiegogo films built to fund on day one — BauBax, Konnected, Foldio.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Motion Graphics<\/h3>\n

Explainer, demo, and product walkthrough — title design through cinematic finish.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stills + Lifestyle<\/h3>\n

Photography shot in tandem with video — same crew, same day, one look.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paid-Social<\/h3>\n

9:16 verticals at 15s, 9s, and 6s — engineered for each platform’s feed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The director who sets the look also grades the final color. Edit, sound, and finish stay in the hands that shot it — no relay, no dilution.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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How we work<\/h2>\n

Send us the product, the launch date, and the channels. You’ll get a fixed-scope proposal back inside 48 hours — a line-item budget and a production calendar, no agency markup, no scope drift, one team from concept to delivery.<\/p>\n

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48-hour proposal<\/p>\n

Fixed scope, line-item budget, and a shoot calendar — back to you in two business days.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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One team<\/p>\n

Concept to delivery under one roof — no agency markup, no hand-offs, no scope drift.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Every aspect ratio<\/p>\n

Delivered in 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16 — ready for web, broadcast, OTT, and every feed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Selected launches<\/h2>\n
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$9.2M<\/p>\n

BauBax<\/strong> — one of Kickstarter’s most-funded apparel launches.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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735%<\/p>\n

Konnected<\/strong> — funded to 735% of goal in about two hours.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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$30M+<\/p>\n

Orolay<\/strong> — product marketing for “the Amazon coat” at its viral peak.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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See all case studies →<\/a><\/p>\n

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Client launches featured in<\/p>\n

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Directed by<\/p>\n

Michael Zeligs, MST<\/strong> — Stanford CCRMA-trained director, cinematographer, and managing producer on 2,000+ films. Meet the director →<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Let’s put your launch on camera<\/p>\n

Tell us what you’re launching and when — we’ll send a treatment and a fixed-scope quote inside 48 hours.<\/p>\n

Start a project<\/a>
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San Francisco · New York · Austin · Denver<\/a> · San Diego<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commercial Video Production Commercial production for emerging brands Brand films, DTC product video, and crowdfunding campaigns — directed, shot, scored, and cut in-house, from five U.S. cities. Films for Sutter Health · Discovery · Smithsonian · BET · Google · Uber 2,000+ films\/$400M+ client funding influenced\/100+ founder-led launches\/Since 2014 What we make Brand Films Founder stories, mission pieces, and anthems that set the tone for everything downstream. DTC Product Video The hero film plus every cutdown your buyer needs across the funnel. Crowdfunding Kickstarter and Indiegogo films built to fund on day one — BauBax, Konnected, Foldio. Motion Graphics Explainer, demo, and product walkthrough — title design through cinematic finish. Stills + Lifestyle Photography shot in tandem with video — same crew, same day, one look. Paid-Social 9:16 verticals at 15s, 9s, and 6s — engineered for each platform’s feed. “The director who sets the look also grades the final color. Edit, sound, and finish stay in the hands that shot it — no relay, no dilution.” How we work Send us the product, the launch date, and the channels. You’ll get a fixed-scope proposal back inside 48 hours — a line-item budget and a production calendar, no agency markup, no scope drift, one team from concept to delivery. 48-hour proposal Fixed scope, line-item budget, and a shoot calendar — back to you in two business days. One team Concept to delivery under one roof — no agency markup, no hand-offs, no scope drift. Every aspect ratio Delivered in 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16 — ready for web, broadcast, OTT, and every feed. Selected launches $9.2M BauBax — one of Kickstarter’s most-funded apparel launches. 735% Konnected — funded to 735% of goal in about two hours. $30M+ Orolay — product marketing for “the Amazon coat” at its viral peak. See all case studies → Client launches featured in Directed by Michael Zeligs, MST — Stanford CCRMA-trained director, cinematographer, and managing producer on 2,000+ films. Meet the director → Let’s put your launch on camera Tell us what you’re launching and when — we’ll send a treatment and a fixed-scope quote inside 48 hours. Start a project Watch the reel San Francisco · New York · Austin · Denver · San Diego<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33540,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[549,509,720,493],"tags":[619,217,164,488,721,722,609,617,510,618,473,606,393,104,555,475,474,605,470,471,604,610,553,121,494,554,608,611,607,394,392],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13994"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45363,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13994\/revisions\/45363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}