VIVARIUM

A footage library for your business

We SHOOT, GRADE and ORGANISE a bespoke library of video assets. You get a physical drive packed with curated footage, so your team never runs out of content.

START BUILDING YOUR VIDEO LIBRARY

OWN YOUR ASSETS
Having an up to date library of content tailored to your business frees you from relying on old footage, stock footage or anything generated by AI.

Gone are the days of digging up that one shot from five years ago with a harsh colour grade and burned-in subtitles. No more trying to download that ancient, low-quality video off your own YouTube channel that doesn't fit with the new content you're mixing it into.

MOVE FAST

We have a small footprint and don’t need as much planning as a full production. This allows us to quickly capture action when it’s happening as opposed to the weeks of planning, specific editing briefs, and approvals that traditional shoots require.

We’ll meet, discuss your requirements and capture everything you need and more. You choose the locations, shoot dates, and any talent/staff you may want featured. Within a couple of weeks, we’ll deliver your new video asset management system - all accessible and manageable through the file manager on your computer (Finder or Windows Explorer). Your footage will come in a variety of formats ensuring maximum versatility.

BUILT FOR YOU

This system is great for anyone working in marketing who needs instant access to usable, high quality footage in their content edits.

Whether you need a few quality shots to edit in Instagram or you’re forwarding the whole library to an agency for use in a larger project, this is a cost-effective way to build on your existing footage library or start a new one.

We deliver your library on physical, backed-up drives in the highest quality, with lightweight proxy files shared via Google Drive for access anywhere, any time.

  • We go over what is important for you to have covered and discuss how the shoot will run - making sure we’re aligned with your priorities to keep you future proofed.
    We’ll discuss a few styles of shooting and work out what’s right for you.

  • At minimum, you’re hiring a cinematographer and their camera package.
    Depending on the project, we have options for:
    - Aerial video/photo
    - Stills photography
    - Gaffer/lighting van
    - Secondary video camera
    - Interview packages

    We shoot a wide variety of coverage, getting options with/without movement and making sure we’re safe with vertical crops for social content.

  • We’ll deliver an approx. 90 second edit as well as your footage library.
    Designed for internal use; this acts as a snapshot of what we captured during the day as a reference for yourself and anyone else who might need to work with the footage.

  • All footage is refined down to the best bits. Removing any false takes, heads and tails trimmed off and delivered in a variety of formats.

    EASE OF USE

    Organised & categorised catalogue for Mac & Windows, if you can use a computer you’ll find it easy to use.

    Suitable for working in any editing software - Premiere, Resolve, CapCut, even Instagram. This collection ensures there will always be a version of the footage that suits your needs.

    LOG - A flat colour profile to deliver to other video agencies. This gives them the most flexibility possible with the footage.

    REC709 - Standard contrast and saturation for quickly adding to a project. Perfectly fine to edit and add your own look to if you don’t want to deal with colouring LOG.

    GRADED - Film-like image quality with rich colour density and texture.

    LOW RES & HIGH RES

    When delivering to other video workers, you should always send the highest resolution LOG footage but if you just need to quickly post something online or send previews over Google Drive, something smaller can be fine.

    Your 4K files are exported as individual clips, and your 1080 version is a single H.265 file with timecode and file name burned in, perfect for quickly scrubbing through to find the right shot.

    HIGH IMAGE FIDELITY

    We provide high resolution, stable footage with plenty of flexibility for cropping verticals for socials.
    Deep colour depth for grading flexibility - no longer limited by whatever colour grade the last person slapped on.

  • All content is stored & delivered on physical media as well as low res versions via a Google Drive link.

    The amount of footage is dictated by a number of factors but could be anywhere from 50-200+ short clips per shoot day.
    All dependent on locations, budget and scope of the project.

    You’ll receive:
    1x SSD - faster for editing & transfers - can even plug into most modern phones!
    1x HDD - slower, cost effective backup for archive and safety

    Each of these drives contains your footage in the following 4K formats:

    LOG / ProRes 422
    REC709 / ProRes 422 & H.265
    GRADED / ProRes 422 & H.265

    Plus a 1080 H.265 reference file with timecode and file name burned in, and a simple PDF guide with recommendations on what each file type is best suited for.

Example of LOG / REC709 / GRADED

  • Every project is different so we don't have a ‘one price fits all’ model. You only pay for what you need.

  • Not only are you now insured against not having the right footage, you now have a stock library you can use for anything.

    You don’t need to settle for less with a video project. Don’t need to hunt through stock footage libraries to find something that’s kind of what you need.

    Examples:

    You make a few weekly Instagram reels for your business. Instead of finding old edits or trying to capture something yourself, you’ve got access to a wide array of tailored content that you can cut into your edit.

    Need to explain a technical aspect of your manufacturing business for a case study? We’ve got that recorded in a whole sequence from different angles.

    Submitting a video for industry awards? With no budget or time to shoot anything? Lucky you’ve got this hard drive up your sleeve!

  • Our libraries are easy to add to, and we can discuss retainer pricing if you need monthly or quarterly updates.

  • I’m Riley. I’ve been working as a cinematographer/DP full-time for over five years (and working with cameras for a lot longer).

    This work takes me to some unexpected places and introduces me to a lot of different people and their industries. One day I'm shooting a commercial in an Airbnb with a crew of 20+ people; the next week it's 3am in the desert, I'm working on a short film and wondering if it could get any colder and dustier (this short film does earn me a ticket to Europe to some film festivals, woohoo).

    Through my experience working with different agencies and B2B clients, I've developed a template that can serve virtually every industry, from agricultural production and industrial fabrication to retail and office work.

    Around half my jobs come from advertising agencies or production companies tasked with creating video content for a business/council/organisation.

    These range from: a new campaign launch, delivering a new product or service to market, a case study for a third-party supplier, or the business simply telling its story.

    I still absolutely work on ‘larger scale’ commercial & narrative projects. Vivarium is simply a packaged product that addresses a need in the industry.

Let’s chat

If you think your own stock footage library could be the next move for you; reach out and we’ll get back to you ASAP.