Tewkesbury and the surrounding North Gloucestershire area have a different business character from Cheltenham or Gloucester. There's a strong presence of manufacturing, logistics, agricultural supply, and food and drink production across the Severn Vale. The industrial estates along the A38 corridor and around Ashchurch are home to businesses that range from engineering firms to packaging companies to specialist food producers. These are organisations that need video content but often assume they need to go to Bristol or Birmingham to find someone who can deliver it.
They don't. I'm based fifteen minutes from Tewkesbury and I've been producing corporate video across Gloucestershire for over a decade. This post explains what corporate video actually involves, what a typical shoot day looks like, and how the pricing works.
What counts as corporate video?
Corporate video is a broad category, and the term sometimes puts people off because it sounds dry. In practice, it covers any video content that a business produces for internal or external communication. The most common types I shoot in the Tewkesbury area are:
- Company profiles. A two-to-four-minute film that introduces your business, what you do, and why clients or customers should work with you. These sit on the homepage or About page of your website and do more heavy lifting than any amount of written copy.
- Talking head interviews. A staff member or director speaking to camera, usually answering a set of pre-agreed questions. These are used for recruitment, thought leadership, testimonials, and internal updates. They look simple but require proper lighting and audio to come across as professional rather than amateur.
- Training and induction videos. Particularly relevant for manufacturing and logistics businesses around Tewkesbury. A well-produced training video saves hours of repeated in-person sessions and ensures consistency across sites and shifts.
- Process and facility tours. Showing how something is made, assembled, or handled. Food and drink producers in the Severn Vale often use these to demonstrate provenance and quality standards to retailers and distributors.
- Event documentation. Conference sessions, panel discussions, award ceremonies. Not always the most glamorous work, but having a professional record of these events is valuable for internal comms and social media.
What does a corporate shoot day look like?
A typical day for a corporate video project follows a fairly predictable pattern. I arrive in the morning, usually between eight and nine, and spend the first hour or so setting up. For a talking head interview, that means positioning the camera, setting up a two or three-point lighting rig, wiring up lapel mics, and checking audio levels. The setup phase is the part most people don't see, but it's where the quality is determined.
We then shoot. For interviews, I allow about 45 minutes to an hour per person. That gives the interviewee time to settle in, and it gives me enough material to cut a clean edit without every answer feeling rushed. Between interviews, I'll shoot B-roll: cutaway footage of the office, the workshop, the product, the team at work. This is what makes the finished video feel like a proper film rather than a static talking head on a plain background.
By mid-afternoon, we've usually covered everything. I'll review the footage on site, confirm we've got what we need, and then the post-production phase begins. A straightforward corporate edit typically takes three to five working days, depending on the complexity and the number of revisions.
Single operator vs full crew
For the majority of corporate video projects, a single experienced operator is the right choice. One person managing the camera, lighting, and audio can move quickly, adapt to changing circumstances, and keep the cost proportionate to the output. Most businesses in the Tewkesbury area need a clean, professional result rather than a cinematic production, and one person with the right kit can deliver that.
There are times when a larger crew makes sense: multi-camera live events, shoots that need a presenter and a separate camera operator, or projects with tight timelines and multiple locations in a single day. For those, Singularity Film provides crew-based production with the same fixed-pricing model and the same approach to planning and delivery.
The talking head setup
Since talking heads are the most common corporate video format, it's worth explaining what goes into making them look right. A poor talking head is obvious: uneven lighting, echo-heavy audio, unflattering angles, a cluttered background. A good one is invisible in the best sense. The viewer focuses on the person and the message, not the production.
I shoot talking heads on cinema cameras with fast lenses that create a natural depth of field, separating the subject from the background. Lighting is typically a key light with a softbox or diffusion panel, a fill light to control shadows, and sometimes a hair light or background light depending on the space. Audio runs through lapel microphones with a backup channel on a shotgun mic. The result is broadcast-standard footage that holds up on a 65-inch display or a mobile screen.
Pricing
The day rate is £995. That covers all equipment: cinema cameras, lenses, drone, gimbal, lighting, and professional audio. There's no separate line item for kit hire, and no travel charge within Gloucestershire. You know the number before you commit, and it doesn't change.
Editing is quoted separately because the scope varies significantly between projects. A two-minute company profile with a single interview is a different edit from a ten-part training series. I'll always give you a complete project cost upfront so there's nothing unexpected. For a wider look at how pricing works across the industry, see what a videographer costs in the UK in 2026.
Getting started
If your business is in Tewkesbury or the surrounding area and you need corporate video, the simplest thing to do is get in touch. I'll ask a few questions about the project, give you a clear quote, and we can usually schedule a shoot within a couple of weeks.
For a full overview of video services covering Tewkesbury, see the Tewkesbury videographer page.