A brand video communicates your company’s story, values, and personality in a memorable way. It builds awareness, trust, and connection with your audience; helping you stand out in a crowded market.

Whether it’s launching a product, showcasing your mission, or building awareness; a brand video unites creativity and strategy to tell your story with clarity.

At Bearded Fellows, we combine creative storytelling with strategic insight to create brand videos that feel authentic, purposeful, and distinctly yours. Every project begins with discovery - understanding your brand, audience, and objectives - before shaping a narrative that communicates your values and aligns with your message and marketing objectives.

Our in-house team is equipped to manage the full process: concept creation, scriptwriting, storyboarding, design, casting, filming, animating, editing, and post-production.

By combining cinematic storytelling with brand strategy, Bearded Fellows ensures every video communicates your values, builds trust, and connects with your audience; whether it’s a hero brand film, social campaign, or TV advert.

Typically, a full video project takes around 6 to 8 weeks to complete. However, the timeline can vary depending on complexity, filming locations, and feedback rounds.

We’ve delivered full creative productions (including animation and live-action video) in as little as 3 weeks, but that’s usually because the creative vision and campaign direction are already well defined.

Larger-scale productions with unique concepts and extensive research and development may take anywhere from 12 to 24 weeks.

A general idea of how we manage the process of producing a brand video is as follows:

1. Discover
   We get to the heart of your brand; understanding your story, audience, and goals.

2. Define
   We design the narrative, messaging, and visual style; all aligned with your tone and values.

3. Develop
   Storyboards, scripts, and treatments bring the concept to life before production begins.

4. Deliver
   From production to post, we create cinematic visuals with broadcast-quality polish.

5. Deploy
   We adapt your brand video for multi-platform use: from web to social and internal comms.

Yes, our studio is based in Manchester, but we work with clients across the UK and globally, both remotely and on location.

We can deliver creative solutions no matter where you're based, location is not a barrier to working with us.

We have broad experience across a range of sectors, including healthcare, SaaS, learning and development, charities and non-profits, manufacturing, FMCG, and local government.

Our diverse portfolio allows us to tailor creative solutions to a wide variety of audiences and goals.

• Brand Story Films: Share your mission and purpose with authenticity.

• Culture & Recruitment Videos: Showcase what makes your people and workplace unique.

• Product Launch Videos: Reveal new offerings with creativity and clarity.

• Corporate & B2B Brand Films: Build trust with partners and investors.

• Social Cutdowns & Campaign Films: Extend your story across multiple channels.

Every video is designed to be modular, so you can scale your story across touchpoints with ease.

While it can vary depending on the project, we’re fully equipped to handle 100% of the creative and production work. However, if a more integrated approach suits your needs, we can collaborate directly with your team.

Our dedicated creative and production teams are fully equipped to take complete responsibility for any project you bring to us, from development through to final delivery.

We’re not bound by a single style or format - there are no limits to what we can produce. That means we always find the right creative and production solution for your brief, rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all approach. More importantly, we genuinely care.

Whether the project is big or small, if we commit to working with you, you’ll find a team that’s dedicated to delivering excellence every step of the way.

When planning a brand video, the most important consideration is who you’re speaking to and what you want them to feel, understand, or do after watching. At Bearded Fellows, we focus on clarity, relevance, and emotional connection to ensure brand videos genuinely resonate with their intended audience.

Start by clearly defining your target audience: their needs, challenges, and context for watching the video. A brand video should reflect their world, not just your internal messaging. From there, align on a single, clear objective: whether that’s building trust, introducing your brand, shifting perception, or supporting a wider campaign.

Storytelling is key; audiences connect with human stories, authentic voices, and real moments. Tone, pacing, and visual style should all support the story you’re telling and be consistent with your brand personality.

It’s also essential to consider where and how the video will be used: website, social, paid media, live events, or broadcast. This influences everything from runtime and format to production approach. Finally, plan for longevity. The strongest brand videos are built to work beyond a single launch, delivering value across multiple channels over time.

By combining audience insight, clear strategy, and thoughtful creative execution, a brand video can move beyond awareness and create lasting connection.

Video marketing is a powerful tool for brand awareness because it captures attention quickly, improves memory retention, and creates a stronger emotional connection than text alone.

Studies show that viewers retained 90% of the message when they watched it in a video, compared to 10% when reading it in text.

By combining visuals, sound, and storytelling; video helps communicate a brand’s voice and personality in a way that audiences recognise and remember.

This not only increases visibility but also builds familiarity and trust, allowing viewers to form a long lasting connection with the brand.