A brand film is story-first content with heart.
Unlike traditional sales/ marketing, which can focus on features and services, a brand film is a much more subtle approach to communicating ideas in a story lead 1-5min film.
Brand films are often used on website home pages or socials to excite a viewer to delve deeper and learn more. They focus on culture, people, experiences and the purpose behind a brand which in turn helps in building trust and loyalty with a customer.
Here’s a few legends we’ve made brand films for…
6 examples of authentic brand films
Of the countless brand films we’ve created at Dead Pixel, we’ve narrowed down the list to our favourite 6 that offer interesting story telling, unique characters and high production value.
A mini documentary showing the adventures of 5 friends exploring Manchester City Centre and the beauty of North Wales. A lot of ground is covered in just 30s from food to sport, history to experiences. It makes you want to get up and go.
MIDAS is a agency focused on the growth of Manchester supporting businesses and partners across the city. This brand film was created to showcase the business opportunities, innovations and historic signficance to help promote the city globally.
Rather than a typical corporate talking head from the CEO, we created a brand film driven by a spoken word poem overlaid with visuals of healthcare, tech, academic institutions, diversity of people, hospitality and more.
The people centric brand film was used in conferences worldwide to draw attention to the city and help stimulate financial investments.
3. M Sofas | Come Home to comfort
M Sofas are a sofa manufacturer based in UK & Poland. Rather than create a traditional sofa ad that you might see on TV that focuses purely on cost and features, we decided to create a relatable brand film focused around people.
Every scene features authentic feeling scenes, driven by a simple acoustic track full of heart. It’s centrered around the sofa with moments every audience member can recognise. From a partner kissing goodbye, to catching up with friends over facetime and having a cuddle.
This isn’t just an ad, this is a moment of connection.
4. Manchester Met University | Dalton
Manchester Met University are a world-class academic institution and wanted a brand film that showed the industry standard equipment & student experiences of their new £150m Dalton building.
We leant in to the history of science and engineering of the city; pairing this with modern visuals and dramatic story telling.
The brand film was used to help launch the Dalton building to internal colleagues, investors and potential students interested in the university.
5. Visit Manchester | Winter Brand Film
This brand film was created to show the cool experiences you can take part in during the Winter months in Manchester. No hard sells here. Just vibes.
We partnered with DJ & Rapper Meduulla to lead the campaign featuring her with her friends enjoying the sites of Manchester. We wanted to show that you can still have a good time in Manchester during those more grey and rainy days.
It’s about the people you’re with.
6. University of East Anglia | A Hub, a home.
UEA’s brand film needed to showcase the student experience, the unique architecture, endless woodlands and world class facilities that one of the UKs top universities has to offer.
We featured real students playing sport, socialising, learning and maximising their university experience. The brand film reflects the universities values of ambition, collaboration, empowerment and respect.
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