{"id":15652,"date":"2020-01-01T11:55:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T11:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democontent.codex-themes.com\/thegem-agencies\/?page_id=15652"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:15:01","slug":"branded-video-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/branded-video-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Motion Media Video Production Company | About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- smm-visual-swarm:v1 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"smm-visual-swarm\" style=\"margin:0 0 0;background:#000;\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);gap:0;width:100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/portfolio\/\" style=\"display:block;background:#0a0e16;overflow:hidden;\"><video autoplay muted loop playsinline preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;display:block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/thumbs\/SMM_Mini_8.mp4\"><\/video><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/portfolio\/\" style=\"display:block;background:#0a0e16;overflow:hidden;\"><video autoplay muted loop playsinline preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;display:block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/thumbs\/SMM_Mini_17.mp4\"><\/video><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/portfolio\/\" style=\"display:block;background:#0a0e16;overflow:hidden;\"><video autoplay muted loop playsinline preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;display:block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/thumbs\/SMM_Mini_29.mp4\"><\/video><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/portfolio\/\" style=\"display:block;background:#0a0e16;overflow:hidden;\"><video autoplay muted loop playsinline preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;display:block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/thumbs\/SMM_Mini_38.mp4\"><\/video><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:44rem;margin:6rem auto 5rem;padding:0 1.25rem;text-align:center;font-family:ui-sans-serif,system-ui,sans-serif;color:#0f172a;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.22em;font-size:0.72rem;color:#2563eb;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:1rem;\">Branded Content<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:clamp(2rem,4vw,3.25rem);line-height:1.05;letter-spacing:-0.005em;margin:0 0 1.5rem;\">Branded content built like a film.<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-size:1.15rem;line-height:1.65;color:#475569;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">Long-form mission pieces and series for category-defining brands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:46rem;margin:0 auto 4rem;padding:0 1.25rem;font-family:ui-sans-serif,system-ui,sans-serif;\">\n<hr style=\"border:0;border-top:1px solid #e2e8f0;margin:0 0 4rem;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.02em;margin:0 0 1.5rem;color:#0f172a;\">What it isn&rsquo;t<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin:0 0 4rem;font-size:1.05rem;line-height:1.75;color:#334155;font-weight:300;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">Not a 30-second ad with a brand stamp at the end. Not influencer drop-in content. Not corporate B-roll over a voice-of-god narrator. Branded content is journalism, documentary, or short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/transition-to-a-masters-in-film-at-the-best-international-schools\/\">film<\/a> &mdash; where the brand earned the right to be the publisher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"border:0;border-top:1px solid #e2e8f0;margin:0 0 4rem;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.02em;margin:0 0 1.5rem;color:#0f172a;\">What it looks like<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin:0 0 4rem;font-size:1.05rem;line-height:1.75;color:#334155;font-weight:300;\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(220px,1fr));gap:2.25rem;\">\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.95rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.04em;color:#0f172a;margin:0 0 0.75rem;\">Mission Films<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.95rem;line-height:1.7;color:#475569;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">5-12 minutes. Festival-grade craft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.95rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.04em;color:#0f172a;margin:0 0 0.75rem;\">Episodic Series<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.95rem;line-height:1.7;color:#475569;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">3-6 episodes, planned as a season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.95rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.04em;color:#0f172a;margin:0 0 0.75rem;\">Documentary Shorts<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.95rem;line-height:1.7;color:#475569;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">On the people, places, and craft behind the brand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:0.95rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.04em;color:#0f172a;margin:0 0 0.75rem;\">Anthems<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.95rem;line-height:1.7;color:#475569;font-weight:300;margin:0;\">The film that lives at the top of the website for three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:0 auto 6rem;padding:3rem 1.25rem;max-width:46rem;border-top:1px solid #e2e8f0;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/business-video-production-services\/contact-us\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#2563eb;color:#fff;padding:1rem 2rem;border-radius:9999px;font-family:'Oswald',sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.05em;font-size:0.95rem;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\">Discuss a Brand Film<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:1.5rem 0 0;font-size:0.78rem;color:#94a3b8;letter-spacing:0.18em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:500;\">San Francisco &middot; New York &middot; Austin &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/video-ads-denver-the-top-10-companies\/\">Denver<\/a> &middot; San Diego<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Branded Content Branded content built like a film. 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Discuss a Brand Film San Francisco &middot; New York &middot; Austin &middot; Denver &middot; San Diego<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33542,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[495,720,219,586],"tags":[164,510,239,155,496,503,501,517,238,502,161,363,283,595,594,592,593,591],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15652"}],"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=15652"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45309,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15652\/revisions\/45309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startmotionmedia.com\/commercial-video-production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}