Monthly video retainer · Edinburgh & Central Scotland
One shoot day each month gives you a finished flagship film, a month of short vertical clips, and high-res photos. Planned, directed, and edited for you, for less than the cost of an in-house hire, taking just one day of your time.
From £1,450 a month · three tiers · first month risk-free
People who already work with you know the standard you deliver, but when a new prospect is comparing you against two other firms online, they haven’t experienced your service yet, they can only judge what’s on screen.
High-end video bridges that gap immediately. It lets prospective clients see the caliber of your team, your work, and your standards before they ever pick up the phone.
The things that win you work are hard to put into words
A great first consultation, an exceptional finished project, a team that genuinely cares about the details.
That’s obvious when someone sits in the room with you, and almost impossible to get across in a website paragraph.
Competitors win work simply by being more visible
Nobody knows you exist.
Their service isn’t superior, their marketing just gets seen more often.
Internal video production always stalls
Someone on the team tries to film clips between their real responsibilities, so it always gets pushed to next month.
Meanwhile, your positioning stagnates and prospective clients choose the firm that looks modern, active, and relevant.
Plenty of retainers promise thirty posts a month. They fill a feed, but it’s hard to point to one that ever brought in a serious client.
Instead, we focus each month on one properly made film, the kind you’re proud to send to a prospect or open a pitch with. Because the entire shoot day is planned around that film, that same day gives you the short vertical clips, photos, and thumbnails for the rest of the month.
60 seconds to three minutes. Planned, directed, colour graded and set to licensed music. The one you’ll want to send to every prospect.
20 vertical clips for Reels, TikTok, Shorts and LinkedIn
50 retouched photos for posts, your website and proposals
Thumbnails and covers
Subtitles, burned in, plus SRT files
Music licensed for commercial and paid use
Every file in your own shared folder, kept for good
These are the Signature numbers. Foundation and Partner are in the pricing just below.
Each price is monthly and covers everything needed to produce your films: planning, filming, editing, music licensing, revisions, and delivery. There are no day rates on top. If you ever need extra shoot days or drone work, the rates are listed below so you always know the cost before you ask.
PARTNER
12-month term
For businesses with a clear sales target and nobody in-house to run ads and posting.
SIGNATURE · Recommended
12-month term (or 6 months at £2,650)
For businesses ready to make video a regular part of how they win work.
FOUNDATION
12-month term (or 6 months at £1,650)
For smaller teams starting to take video seriously.
Need more in a busy month? Extras have fixed prices: extra shoot day £850 · drone half day £450 · photography day £650.
A yearly flagship film or an edit of footage you already have can be quoted on request.
Pay for the year up front and save 10% on any tier.
Why a focused monthly video retainer consistently outperforms in-house hiring, traditional agencies, and one-off shoots.
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The Operational & Financial Reality
A £35,000 salary, employer NI, pension and around £15,000 in camera kit and software. That’s roughly £4,500 a month before they’ve filmed anything, and someone senior still has to manage them, direct them, and keep them productive.
Often £3,500 to £8,000 a month, with account management overhead. The filming itself is usually subcontracted out to a freelance filmmaker like me at a markup and billed as an add-on.
£4,000 to £10,000 for a standalone production. Great for establishing authority, yet long sales cycles and social algorithms demand ongoing creative touchpoints to actively compound results.
From £1,450 / month
One experienced filmmaker plans, directs, shoots, and edits every month.
Zero employment liability, no management drag, and the work gets sharper the longer we collaborate.
Twelve months is a real commitment, so your first paid month acts as a trial. If you’re not happy with what you get, just tell me. You keep every file, the agreement ends there, and you don’t owe anything more.
Your retainer carries on as normal, and the shoot you missed is saved. Next month we film twice. You can bank one shoot at a time, to use within three months. Your main film still arrives within ten working days of filming.
Before anything gets filmed, we pick one goal for the month. It might be filling next quarter’s diary, launching a new service, or finally hiring the person you’ve been looking for since spring. Everything we shoot is planned around it.
I arrive with every shot planned and every line written, so nobody’s standing around waiting and nobody has to make it up on camera. Feeling awkward in front of a lens is completely normal, and helping people relax is a big part of my job.
The main film comes first, followed by the clips, photos, thumbnails and subtitles, each sized for the platforms you use. You get two rounds of changes on all of it.
We look at what people watched, what led to enquiries and what fell flat, then plan the next three months around that. It keeps things fresh, and the films get sharper the longer we go.
Every shoot adds to a master footage library that belongs entirely to your company. Within a year, you have your premises, your team, your client interactions, and your projects filmed properly, ready to pull from for websites, tenders, pitch decks, and presentations.
The longer we work together, the more valuable that library becomes.
I plan, film and edit everything myself, so I can only look after four retainer clients properly. I also take on just one business per sector in Edinburgh, which means I’ll never be making films for you and your direct competitor at the same time. That’s written into the agreement.
Once all four are taken, new applications go on a short list and I’ll be in touch when a place opens.
2 of 4 places open · updated October 2026
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You mainly want the lowest price. That’s completely fair, and there are cheaper options that may suit you better.
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You’d like someone to turn up and just film. I plan and direct every shoot, because that’s where good films come from.
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What you need most is a high volume of posts, whatever’s in them.
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Nobody on the team is happy to appear on camera, even with help.
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You need something live next week. The first shoot is usually three to four weeks after we agree to go ahead.
If none of those sound like you, I think we’d work well together.
Upon receipt of full payment, you receive a perpetual, worldwide, commercial licence to use all finished films and photographs across any channel and for any purpose.
As is standard in production, I retain the master copyright and raw project files. That said, if you ever need the raw footage library for future internal projects, just let me know and I will gladly prepare it for you (we only ask that you cover the hard drive and courier or transfer costs).
I love being able to share finished pieces in my portfolio to show what we built together. However, if your sector involves sensitive information or you simply need discretion, just let me know upfront and we will keep everything private.
Yes, for £2m public liability and £0.5m professional indemnity, certificates available on request.
Everyone who appears on camera signs a clear consent form before we start, covering exactly where the footage will be used. Forms are stored securely and people can withdraw consent later. I’ve filmed inside dental and orthodontic practices, so I’m used to working carefully in sensitive settings.
That can work really well. Agencies are often strongest on strategy and advertising and bring in someone else for the filming. I’m happy to work alongside them, follow their brief and deliver to their schedule, and it can cost less than getting the production through them.
You get two rounds of changes on everything. If a film is so far off that changes won’t fix it, I’ll reshoot it at no cost to you.
Yes. The music is licensed for paid use, the clips come in every size the platforms ask for, and on Partner I run the ads for you.
Edinburgh and the Lothians are always included, and Glasgow, Fife, the Borders and Stirling are included on Signature and Partner. For anywhere further, we agree travel costs up front and put them in the agreement.
Most people aren’t, including plenty who do it for a living, and helping with that is part of my job. Everything is planned or scripted in advance, I’ll bring a teleprompter if it helps, and only your best takes make it into the edit.
Yes. If you’re not sure yet whether regular video is right for you, a single film is a sensible way to find out. Mention it on the form and I’ll quote for a one-off.
It takes about two minutes. I read every application myself and reply within one working day, either to arrange a call or, if I don’t think I’m the right fit, to point you towards someone who would be.
No mailing lists and no follow-up sequences. Your details stay with me.
There are four places, one per sector. If you’ve been meaning to sort out your video for a while, this is a good time to start the conversation.
Strength in Motion Films · Edinburgh · [email protected]
