If a picture paints a thousand words...
...imagine the power of 24 frames every second. We say that a lot at Light-up Media but it is something we truly believe which makes us confident in saying nothing will engage prospective students or their parents more than being able to see inside your school through an immersive, professionally produced video.
A prospectus video is a powerful tool to showcase your school's unique qualities to prospective families and the surrounding community, by creating a dynamic and engaging video you can highlight the key aspects of your school allowing the viewer to discover for themselves exactly what makes your school special. This can include showcasing the curriculum on offer, your culture and values, the personal development of your students, your dedicated and experienced staff, the facilities available, extracurricular opportunities and the overall sense of community and belonging.
A strong prospectus video can enhance your school’s website and social media channels and should be a key component of your marketing and recruitment campaigns.
Why us?
Before founding the award-winning Light-up Media, we gained extensive experience within the education sector. Collectively, we have spent over 20 years working in various roles across primary, secondary, and SEN schools. This background, which includes both classroom and support roles, has given us a thorough understanding of the inner workings of schools. This knowledge allows us to expertly highlight the strengths and unique qualities of any school, and effectively communicate them to the local community and beyond.
In short, we get schools.
Portfolio
We take great care in crafting each prospectus video to showcase the unique characteristics of every school we work with. Our team invests the time to understand the vision and values of the school to ensure that the final product is a true reflection of the best every school has to offer. We pride ourselves on creating every video from scratch, providing a one-of-a-kind representation of the school to the viewer.
A wider range of our work can be found at www.lightupmedia.co.uk.
Recipe For Success
We’re really looking forward to spending time in your school and working on your new video, to ensure the shoot goes as smoothly as possible please consider the following:
If people are going to be talking to camera, please scout out a nice quiet spot to capture these elements and then practice, practice, practice! Many of your staff can stand before hundreds of parents and students during assemblies and open evenings, however talking to camera is very different discipline. The more they practise the more they come across as confident, warm and natural. Always be mindful that your staff and students are not actors, give them the time to get it right, both before and during the shoot.
For footage of students in classrooms or taking part in activities this always works best when the shots are scheduled and staged - hand selected children that work well on camera taken out of lesson to act out tasks in a controlled environment. Dropping in to lessons and capturing footage on the fly results in a more documentary feel and can lack polish compared with staged shots.
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Prepare your school
Give your campus a spring-clean to show your facilities at their best. Also remind students of expectations around uniform, including any guidance on hair and make-up.
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Plan the day
Create a timetable to ensure you get the most out of your time with us and notify staff and students, so they’re prepared in advance.
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Permissions
Double-check that consent is obtained from everyone appearing on camera and that you have permission to use the footage on marketing materials, social media and your website.
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Have fun!
As experienced film-makers we'll create a fun, stress-free environment where your staff and students can relex and be their authentic selves.
Testimonials
We are very proud of the positive impact we've made to all of the schools we have worked with, and we are excited to share some of their feedback with you.
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery
Light-up Media truly exceeded our expectations when they came to film a promotional video for our school, from the initial consultation to the final product, the team was professional, knowledgeable, and incredibly easy to work with. They truly captured the essence and ethos of our lovely school and the energy of our children and staff, we have received countless compliments on the video and have even seen an increase in enrolment since its release. Light-up Media are creative, thorough and hold themselves to a high standard so we highly recommend them for any film or video needs.
The Coopers Company & Coburn School
We had the pleasure of working with Light-up Media and the final video exceeded all of our expectations. When we first showed the video to our staff the responsive was incredible, everyone was delighted and we were immensely proud to see our school presented so beautifully.
New College Swindon
We used Light-up Media to film and produce a 30 second cinema advert targeted at 16-18 year olds. From the outset, their approach was professional, creative and flexible and they were really easy to work with. The finished product was of great quality and just what we required. I would have no hesitation in recommending Light-up Media to any other company.
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
We had a wonderful time working with Light-up Media and loved every second of the video they produced. They had a clear vision from the start and the end result was exactly what was promised, it successfully demonstrated the opportunies that are available to students and showed the warm nurturing environment we offer. We can't wait to work with them further in the future.