To find out how to request video support from us or outsource video production, please read on.
Our in-house video team, part of the content and brand team, supports the strategic goals of the Marketing and External Relations Directorate, such as student recruitment and raising brand awareness. They also create material for the wider university.
The types of videos they produce include:
- High-profile ‘talking head’ videos
- Promotional videos for:
- The university
- Subject areas
- Courses
- Student case study videos
- Brand videos for the website, central email marketing and digital campaigns
- Videos with key information for our target audiences
- Videos for university-wide initiatives
- Videos that focus on high-profile events of strategic importance that support our brand and reputation.
Examples of our work
Process and timescales
The video team supports projects across the university, so must juggle a range of competing priorities. This means that they need sufficient time to schedule in and work on your job, so please ensure you make your request in good time.
Pre-production
The time needed for pre-production, the organisation before the shoot itself,鈥痙epends on the complexity of the shoot. For instance, if the final video is intended to feature interviewees, the video team will need to conduct pre-interviews to ensure that messaging is concise on the day of filming. This can add to the pre-production time. The team will discuss this with you at the briefing stage.
During pre-production, participants who will be recognisable on screen will be sent a release/consent form to sign. For more information, visit our page on permissions and consent for video and photography projects.
Post-production
Video editing (post-production) will take up to three weeks, depending on the video team’s capacity. You will be sent edits for your feedback up to three times.
At the end of the process, approved videos are uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo. See how these platforms are used.
More information
To find out more about the timescales for video shoots, please see our guidance on notification and turnaround times. For further information on working with our video team, check out our step-by-step guide.
Projects the video team can and can’t support
Unfortunately, the video team doesn’t have the capacity to support all video requests, so focuses on projects that are in line with their directorate’s strategic aims.
To find out if they can support your video project, please email content@gre.ac.uk.
If they are unable to help you, you should consider outsourcing your project. See the information below.
Alternatively, you could create a social media video. This could be, for example, an with a student presenter or an . For more on this, please visit the social media guidance page.
Requesting video support
As the first step to requesting video support, please complete this and email it to content@gre.ac.uk.
Please fill in all parts of the document – missing information may result in the request being rejected.
With the information you provide, the video team will be able to tell you if they can support your video project. If they can, you will need to submit a formal request via , the university’s digital library.
If you don’t have access to Brand Centre, contact the for your faculty or department.
Before you submit your request for support, please see our content and brand guides, particularly those on notification and turnaround times and working with our video team.
Outsourcing video support
If you would like us to recommend an agency or freelancer, please contact content@gre.ac.uk.
You can expect to pay up to 拢7,000 for one video, depending on the complexity of the project.
If you are planning to outsource your video, see our guidance on the process here. You can also share your brief with the video team before approaching external providers. They can help ensure that you have everything you need to produce a high-quality, on-brand video, potentially avoiding costly changes later in the process.
If you use an agency or freelancer, please:
- Keep the video on-brand – give them the university’s
- Seek the correct usage permissions – read and complete the , which also needs to be signed by the agency or freelancer
- Ensure that your brief requires the agency or freelancer to supply the following:
- A clean version of the final video
- A version of the final video with closed captions (a separate SRT file) and not hardcoded subtitles
- A showreel of B-roll (supplemental footage), if shot.
Please send this material, along with the completed media agreement, to the content and brand team.
Final review
The content and brand team will check that the video is on-brand and meets the required quality standards. Unfortunately, if changes are required at this stage, your department will need to cover the cost.
By sharing the footage, you are making it easier for the content and brand team to help you and the wider university further down the line – for example, with future updates to your video or by repurposing your footage for other university content.
Feedback
We always strive to improve the information we provide. If you think something is missing from this page, please let us know at content@gre.ac.uk.