RAW FOOTAGE FILMING SOUTH WALES & UK
Professional filming built for your editor
Useful coverage. Clean delivery.
Location filming for agencies, production teams, editors and organisations that need professionally captured footage without a full post-production package.
We film for the edit
Coverage, continuity, frame rates, codecs, colour profile, sound, file structure and delivery are agreed before filming begins.
Your brief or shot list
Your requested camera settings
Organised original files
No compulsory edit package
| WHY RAW FOOTAGE | EDIT-READY SOURCE FILES |
More teams want the footage, not somebody else’s finished edit
Why the request is increasingly common
Agencies and in-house teams often already have their own editor, brand templates and post-production workflow. They need a dependable camera operator on location, then want the original material handed back cleanly.
One filming day may also need to feed a website, LinkedIn, Reels, internal communications and a later campaign. Keeping the source footage gives the client more control over how that material is reused.
The useful part is not simply receiving a card full of files. It is receiving enough coverage, recorded in the right format, for the editor to build something properly.
See our raw footage and video production pricing for starting points.
WHY CLIENTS KEEP THE SOURCE FILES
Raw footage has a longer life than one finished film
Your editor stays in control
1
Agencies and internal teams can keep their own graphics, music, grade, pace and approvals.
Build a reusable B-roll library
3
Good workplace, product and people footage can support later campaigns without recreating the whole filming day.
One shoot serves more channels
2
Source material can be recut for websites, social feeds, internal use and future versions.
Use a local crew for a remote production
4
A producer or editor can brief us remotely while we capture the material needed in Wales or elsewhere in the UK.
WHAT WE CAN CAPTURE
Coverage chosen for the edit, not for a generic shot list
Interviews and presenters
Clean dialogue, multi-camera options and useful cutaways for the edit.
Workplaces and processes
People at work, products, manufacturing, training and practical demonstrations.
Events and locations
Establishing views, speakers, activity, details and documentary-style B-roll.
Drone and moving shots
Aerial, gimbal, handheld and tripod material where those shots genuinely help the sequence.
SHOOT FOR THE FUTURE EDIT
Landscape, portrait and square need thinking about before the camera rolls
Raw footage is often being kept precisely because nobody knows every future use yet. We can protect the material by agreeing likely outputs before filming.
Overlay frame guides can show 16:9, 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1 boundaries on the monitor. Open-gate recording can give the editor extra room, while important shots can be repeated vertically when a crop would damage the composition.
That makes the source library more useful for websites, presentations and social media video edits.
TECHNICAL HANDOVER
Agree the settings before the filming day
Resolution and framing
4K, HD or open gate, with the required landscape and vertical safe areas agreed first.
Frame rates and motion
25fps, 50fps, slow motion or another project-specific setting where required.
Colour and codec
S-Log3, S-Cinetone, baked-in colour, ProRes or Long GOP where the camera and workflow support it.
Audio, proxies and matching
Separate audio, proxies and camera-matching requirements can be built into the handover.
Large 4K shoots are normally more practical on a supplied or agreed SSD rather than a huge online upload.
FROM BRIEF TO HANDOVER
Four decisions keep the footage useful
1. Share the intended edit
Send the shot list, audience, locations and likely outputs.
2. Confirm the technical spec
Agree camera settings, sound, naming and delivery before the day.
3. Film enough coverage
Capture the interviews, action, details and B-roll the sequence will need.
4. Organise the handover
Structure the files so your editor can begin without sorting through a mystery card dump.
RAW FOOTAGE FAQ
Questions worth agreeing before the shoot
What should we send before filming?
Your shot list, intended edit, location, required formats and technical preferences are enough to start.
How closely can the footage match another camera?
Send the camera model, resolution, frame rate, colour profile, white-balance approach and audio spec. We will confirm what can be matched before filming.
How should large 4K shoots be delivered?
Smaller jobs can be transferred online. Larger quantities of original material are normally more practical on an agreed hard drive or SSD.
What affects the cost of a raw footage shoot?
Filming time, travel, crew size, equipment, drone coverage and the required handover all affect price. See our video production pricing.
Where do you travel for raw footage filming?
We are based in South Wales and undertake filming assignments across the UK, with travel and any additional crew included in the quotation.
RELATED FILMING SERVICES
Useful when the brief needs more than general B-roll
Interview filming
For contributor-led material where sound, eyeline and multi-camera coverage matter.
Event filming
For conferences, presentations and live activity that needs broader structured coverage.
Drone filming
For aerial establishing shots and site coverage when permissions and conditions allow.
NEED A CAMERA OPERATOR FOR YOUR EDIT?
Send the location, date, shot list and technical requirements
We’ll work out the coverage and handover your editor actually needs.