ABOUT CHIBA VIDEO
Chiba Video is the sister company of award winning film production company Chiba Film, which was established in 2020 with a focus on producing commercials and hi-end music videos, working mainly for advertising agencies and record labels. We found that this platform for hi-end film production sometimes did not resonate as closely with our corporate clients who sought a more accessible and affordable way to make video content for their websites, social media and internal training, and so set up Chiba Video to cater for this work, offering more direct-to-client collaboration and affordable video marketing content.
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We now have a team of filmmaking experts that can deliver the full production service to any budget, from initial ideation through to post production, and provide you with a collaborative process that culminates in a video you are proud of and eager to promote your business with, whether it be corporate sales, brand promotion, artistic promo or internal training.
WHY VIDEO?
In today’s noisy marketing geography, your brand needs a story to stand out. Stories produce more effective marketing as they elicit emotion - characters, spoken voice, music, moving visuals showing your work - the story becomes an experience for the customer as they immerse themselves for a few moments in the world that you create for them to digest. The persuasive power of a clever story is well documented to bring the greatest ROI on any marketing spend. And in 2023 more than ever, story’s are best conveyed via moving images and sounds - the art of filmmaking.
Investment in video marketing can have wide reaching effects for your business or artistic endeavor, Marketers who use video are growing their company revenue 49% faster than those without, according to research from Aberdeen Group. Apart from being a rich, visual medium, there are a lot of perks to making online video marketing part of your digital strategy. As a preferred digestible form for most human beings on the planet, not only are you providing a marketing form that the people want to digest, but it also helps you sit higher in SEO rankings and informs your audience to a greater depth, helping them increase their understanding of what you can offer them and make more informed buying decisions.
At Chiba Video, our creative team are here to help you in creating the best video for your ROI, and to hold your hand through what many see as an exciting but unfamiliar process.
MEET THE TEAM
DAN GIBLING
Senior Executive Producer / Director
Dan Gibling has been involved in high-end Film and TV for 15 years, organising feature film shoots from extreme environments such as the deserts of Jordan to the relative comfort of Pinewood Studios. As well as delivering BAFTA winning narrative content for some of the countries leading production houses in London, Dan’s work has also been firmly rooted in Commercial Advertising and the Music Business for the past 15 years also, with various jobs for a plethora of leading global brands such as Nike, Sky, Samsung etc, and top music recording artists such as One Direction, Take That, George Ezra and Deep Purple. Dan’s directorial style leans towards cinematic narrative pieces, often pulling on references from his love of british social-realism films and Hollywood classics. He has a passion for musical projects and directing rock-documentaries - much of his work can be seen on Chiba Film’s site. Within Chiba Video his role most often comprises that of a Senior Producer and client liaison.
LUKE MCDONNELL
Executive Creative Director & Director of Animation & Visual Effects
Luke McDonnell​ is a globally renowned artist and artistic director and founder of Chiba Creative. Luke focuses his time on creative thinking. Often involved in film pitches, idea collaboration, script writing and on-set design, he has created works for Dulux, Samsung, Twitter, Travelodge, Ford, YMCA, QuironSalud, Villa Lunera, Formula 1 and legendary rock band Deep Purple. His style leans towards bright, fantastical and un-bounded creativity. Lukes directorial work can mainly be seen on Chiba Film’s site. Within Chiba Video his role is more targeted towards Director of Animation and Visual Effects, lending his eye and skills to all graphic design work including storyboarding and motion graphics for brand logos
JOSH GURNER
Camera Operator, Editor, Colour grader
Josh’s freelance videographer work has seen him work for many clients in the pharmaceutical field, as well as a proficient catalog of music work, filming documentary cameras for bands such as Deep Purple. As a tech-wizard, Josh’s skills also encompass all forms of editing and colour grading, as well as designing complex tech solutions for more challenging multi-camera shoots.
CORIN SCHENCKS
Director, Editor and Camera Operator
Corin started work at Chiba Film assisting on larger sets but progressing quickly to handling data and the edits. His work behind the camera started with a last minute call to film Deep Purple play live in Austria, and he has since gone on to direct and edit a variety of both music video and corporate work for Chiba Video. He is a super-creative individual and musician, and thrives on all aspects of filming, editing and animation, with a special knowledge-focus on social media content.
Camera Operator, Editor, Visual FX Artist
Following his degree in Film Production technology, Lawrence’s work has centered around creating promotional and internal content for major brands such as Elizabeth Arden and Ford Motors, photography and video published by the Guardian and Telegraph newspapers, shooting and directing documentary pieces for the YMCA and creating live visuals for world famous musicians such as Simply Red. Lawrence brings both his Camera Operating skills and Editing skills to Chiba Video, and is a whizz at all things Visual FX related. Lawrence has a passion for all things tech releated and is constantly researching new and innovative animation methods to make his work stand out.
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MEET OUR EXTENDED TEAM
Thanks to our work via Chiba Film, we have a wide range of local film crew talent available to us when the job requires them. Lighting technicians, camera / gimbal operators, picture vehicles, prop builders…the list of skilled technicians we hold on file is extensive. Below are some of our regular contributors that add enormous value to our productions:
JOE
DRONE OPERATOR
SADIE
ART DIRECTOR
POLLY
HAIR & MAKE UP
LILY
COSTUME DESIGNER
Polly is an award-winning hairstylist and makeup designer who started her career in London before embarking on a range of film and TV projects including prime-time BBC One dramas for Tiger Aspect and various other London production companies. Her creative skills and personality ensure that all our contributors, interviewees and actors are put at ease and leave the make-up chair looking and feeling tip top before they step on our sets.
Lily’s work in the fashion industry has enabled a vast array of colourful and creative costume designs to be brought to set throughout her work with Chiba Video and Chiba Film. A joy to have on set and always keen to get stuck in, she is a valued member of our production force.
Sadie has worked on various commercial productions in Milton Keynes and London, designing and dressing sets and collating props from her contacts in the London prop houses. No creative challenge is too big for her imagination, and her attention to the small details brings vast quantities of production value to our work at Chiba Video.
Joe’s skills with the flying eye enables us to achieve aerial work in our videos, adding a huge amount of production value and enabling scope that our ground based cameras cannot achieve on their own. As a videographer and camera operator also, his eye for a good frame couples perfectly with his skills as a pilot, giving us a whole new dimension to play with on shoots - from ‘crane up and out’ moves, to full aerial tracking shots.