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Woodfarm Barns

Case Study – Holiday Cottage Video

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CASE STUDY: Woodfarm Barns Holiday Cottages

The Brief

Woodfarm Barns is a privately-owned collection of seven, Gold award-winning, dog friendly luxury holiday cottages nestled in the heart of rural Suffolk.

The ‘home away from home’ feel visitors receive; from the warm welcome on arrival to the Welcome Suffolk Breakfast Basket and even treats for the dogs would make anyone want to tell others about Woodfarm Barns right from the start of their stay.

Carl Scott, the owner of Woodfarm Barns was aware that photographs alone couldn’t capture those special features that make Woodfarm Barns the escape that people were looking for in a holiday cottage.  He knew that having a professional video for past and future guests was a key part in assuring guests that their stay would give them that special experience and escape from normal life that they were looking for.

We worked closely with Carl to ensure the videos highlighted all the key features the holiday accommodation has to offer.  Carl was delighted with the work we did to produce the series of videos, how they positively impacted on his business and how his customers enjoy watching them.  We are always thrilled when the videos we produce for our clients have such a Positive FX on their business and their customers.

Project Details

The project took approximately 12 months to complete.  Filming each property takes approximately 1 full day.  Both internal and external footage needs to be captured in one film shoot and with access to the cottages naturally being restricted due to guest occupancy and ‘good weather’ days, we work closely with our clients to schedule in the right day for filming.

As Carl is the main point of contact for guests, and also the welcome party when they arrive, he chose to feature in, and be the voiceover narrative for, the main promotional film and each subsequent property.  We produced a script and created a series of questions for the interview with Carl that formed the narrative script that walks the viewer through the features of each property, in a similar way it would be if you were being given a personal tour with Carl.

The overall goal in filming these properties was to provide potential visitors to the Woodfarm Barns website, a brief insight into what they can expect when they arrive and then throughout their stay.  The aim of the videos was not just about showcasing a collection of properties and what they had to offer, but also about capturing the tranquility that surrounds the cottages.  The soft chorus of birds in the trees, the ducklings floating on the stream and the amazing hot-tubs all helped to bring to life the idealistic setting that makes the get-away experience a true escape from the stresses of day to day life.  We have to admit, that the film crew had to resist not jumping into one of the amazing hot-tubs at the end of filming!

A series of 8 short videos were produced for Woodfarm Barns. One overall promotional video that provides an overview of Woodfarm Barns and 7 short videos that focus on each individual cottage.  The videos produced for Woodfarm Barns has proved to be such a success for the business, that they have now expanded into offering ‘holiday barges accommodation’, which, we were also asked to produce a video for in order to promote. We produced an overall video featuring all holiday barge accommodation, and 2 short videos focusing on each individual barge.    

Additional Filming | Bonus Features

Carl has consistently worked hard to grow the Woodfarm Barns business, adding new features, such as hot tubs, to each of the cottages.  We have returned several times to film the new features and update the original edited video.  This keeps your video content up-to-date without the need to re-shoot everything again.

Carl consistently promotes Woodfarm Barns and Woodfarm Barges at exhibitions, trade shows, events and uses social media platforms extensively.  When filming your holiday cottage, it’s important to consider the longer term video marketing strategy and the numerous ways which you might use your video content.  We take the time to film every angle and detail of each property to build an extensive library of video content that can be edited to create feature videos, social media adverts, video sliders for the website, TV/Cinema adverts, or display videos to showcase on TV monitors at exhibitions. Video content is designed to work across all distribution platforms.

Listen to what Carl Scott had to say about this videos:

Carl Scott, Proprietor

Woodfarm Barns & Woodfarm Barges

"I am delighted with the results Positive FX Studio have achieved for us. From the initial conversation, the vision has always been to display my holiday cottages in a credible way and this has been achieved. Over the moon” 

The Client

  • Carl Scott, Proprietor
  • Woodfarm Barns & Barges, Suffolk

Video Content

  • Main Promo Video featuring All Cottages
  • 7 Individual Videos to showcase each property
  • Main Promo Video featuring All Barges
  • 2 Individual Videos showcasing each Barge
  • Social Media Adverts
  • Website & Facebook Header - Video Sliders
  • Exhibition Video Edit featuring ALL Properties & Barges

Format

  • Website Video
  • Short Film
  • Documentary
  • Promotional Film
  • Social Media Videos
  • Stinger Adverts

Duration

  • Main Promo Film: 2.42 mins
  • Individual Cottage Films: Approx 1-2 mins
  • Two Barge Films: Approx 1-2 mins
  • Main Barge Promo Film: Approx 1-2 mins
  • Total Filming Days: 10 days plus additional odd hours to re-shoot upgraded content over 10 months
  • Total Post-Production: approx 20 days over a period of 12 months

Distribution

  • You Tube Video Hosting Channel
  • Vimeo Video Hosting Channel
  • Websites
  • Facebook
  • MP4 Video Files on USB to display on TV Monitors

Technical Details

  • Canon XF305 Broadcast HD Camera
  • Canon C300/C100 Cinema HD Camera
  • Canon 5Dii DSLR HD Camera
  • Rode & Seinheiser Mics
  • DJI Ronin Drone 4k

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A Hart
Proprietor
Woodfarm Barns Holiday Cottages
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C Scott
Proprietor

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