Video production and video marketing under one roof
In a video-first world, the stakes are high. Once you’ve hit publish on your digital video campaign, what next? At Skylark, we’re more than just content creators. We’re video marketers too. We want you to get the most bang for your buck, which is why we’re crazy about metrics and the science behind what makes a video watchable.
Our work
MyFamilyVets
Branded content series to inspire pet lovers
After creating a series of internal comms videos for parent company, Independent Vetcare, MyFamilyVets invited us to script and film a series of branded content ads fit for digital. The campaign generated nearly a million views on Facebook and Instagram with a 70% Thruview rate. It also achieved 184,000 views on YouTube pre-roll.
MoveGB's Do Your Thing
Social media series to encourage download of new fitness app
Founded in Bristol, MoveGB has the UK’s largest range of activities under one membership with more than a quarter of a million users. Social media is central to their marketing strategy. Using genuine ‘Movers’, we created 12 x 6 second social snippets to support a promotional hero video which was promoted across Facebook.
City To Sea
Video marketing support for non-profit's fight against plastic pollution
City To Sea’s fight against plastic pollution is well documented on web and social. Our video content audit provided their internal marketing team with strategy for creative, advertising and channel optimisation. After the initial review, the team reported on an increase in engagement and organic views.
Wild Place Project
TV and digital campaign to support re-wilding of bears
As our 2019 charity partner, Wild Place had some exciting plans to re-introduce bears, lynxes and wolverines to a natural habitat at the site. Skylark created an immersive ‘time capsule’ video on-site, together with a TV advert which was rolled out across digital to a regional audience. The YouTube pre-roll reached 600,000 with a higher-than-average 38% view rate, running at a cost of £0.01p CPC.
Once onboard, a kick-off discovery session will uncover new insight for all involved. We’ll work with you on getting to the crux of the message behind the video and how to best reach your audience with a video marketing strategy.
Social media video
How would it feel to have a library of professional, branded content that’s ready to post? We specialise in both B2B and B2C social media video content across channels including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Tik Tok.
Typically entertaining and cinematic in style, branded content enjoys higher engagement and conversion rates – something to consider if you’re planning a brand awareness video.
Optimised content
After a video is delivered, we offer a helping hand. Skylark adopts an agile approach – depending on your brief, we’ll work with you to ensure maximum impact with minimal impression wastage.
How it works
Kick-off session
Workshop to determine concept and deliverables across digital campaign
Video strategy
Research and insight will help frame video content strategy and prioritise video content needs
Pre-production
Storyboarding, location hunting, script-writing, select illustrator, animator, talent
Production
Animation or filming using our state of the art 4K camera and lighting kit
Post-production
Editing, graphics, colour-correction, voiceover, sound design and music
Review
Two rounds of amends and final revisions
Optimisation
Creation of assets optimised for different channels
Distribution
After your video is live, we work with you in monitoring metrics for review and re-optimisation
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Book nowFAQs
Do you work alongside marketing agencies to deliver the creative?
We love to work with marketing and PR agencies to deliver a creative brief! We can work off an existing concept as a production house, or if you need help devising a concept, our in-house creatives are able to assist. Based out of Bristol, we’re happy to work with agencies all over the UK.
Is it essential to have a video marketing strategy?
We would argue yes. In a video-first world, video consumption is rocketing and so is the marketing magic that goes with it. Every video should have a goal – whether it’s to induct new recruits into your business, achieve high impressions in an awareness campaign or persuade customers to make a purchase. Even if you start off small with one video, trust us to advise on your video marketing strategy so you can get the most out of your budget.
I want video to be central in my next digital campaign. What should I consider?
If you’re going video-first with your next digital campaign, you’ll need to think like a video marketer. How can I get the most eyeballs on my video? How can I move customers along the marketing funnel with video? Which platforms work best for my business? Using the Hero, Hub, Help framework, we offer a free video consultation to help shape your video marketing strategy, so you come away knowing what platform, video type and advertising strategy works best for your campaign.
Are digital video campaigns only effective for B2C businesses?
Not at all. B2B decision makers are still human beings and frequent the same social media channels like the rest of us. Emotion plays a huge part in showing both business and personal value you give to your audience.
" Skylark’s trailer for Slapstick’s BIG NIGHT IN is a really clever piece of work – the team has made an excellent choice of clips from a very big bundle of source material to create a promo which not only gets over all the right messages but is also funny in its own right. "
Pam Beddard, Publicist, Slapstick Festival