We Engage Agency

What people tell us after they see the cut

That's my story.
And it's moving.

Interview-driven storytelling for organizations with something worth discovering.

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Long Beach Unified School District Los Angeles Master Chorale Colburn School Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Altadena Music Theatre

What we do

We get people to tell their story in a way that makes others lean in.

Interviews first. Then the visual work around them, built to amplify your message, your offer, and the position you're asking people to see you in.

Clients talk about the films. They also talk about the shoot. Production has a reputation for being chaotic and extractive; we run it the other way around, and the people in front of the lens finish the day glad they said yes.

Crew and participants together on set between takes, everyone relaxed and talking
Two participants laughing together between setups
A studio interview being recorded, lights and monitor in frame
Camera and monitor rig set up for an interview inside a client's shop
David operating camera on location while a participant waits
A wide interview setup in a brick loft, crew working around the subject
A participant mid-sentence during an interview, talking with her hands

We're ready to produce what you want the world to see. Here is what it does once they do.

Education · Long Beach Unified School District

Not one video. A relationship the district kept coming back to.

Campus introduction films across three high schools, and then the district's own recruitment campaign; Teach Long Beach.

It takes trust to work with teachers, students and the superintendent of schools to pull together the story they want to see themselves reflected in.

4Films delivered
3Campuses
1Recruitment campaign

See the education work →

We Are Ready for You! The Teach Long Beach recruitment campaign.

The flagship

Sometimes the work becomes the story.

An African art store in Long Beach. A client assignment we turned into a narrative film that garnered an original score, two festival selections, and a season of recognition for the shop at its centre.

Official Selection — Pan African Film Festival 2024 Official Selection — Micheaux Film Festival 2024
Village Treasures →
Village Treasures — film poster

What saying yes looks like

More than footage. A production you never have to manage.

Anyone can hand over video files. What you get with us is the part nobody sees: the planning call that finds the real story, the schedule built around your people, the releases handled, the crew that shows up already knowing who they are filming and why. Your team walks off set glad they said yes. You walk away with a film you are proud to put your name on, delivered the right way the first time.

  1. 1

    We plan it together.

    One call to find the story and who needs to tell it.

  2. 2

    We handle the day.

    Crew, lighting, sound, releases, schedule. You show up and speak.

  3. 3

    You see the cut.

    Your film in 14 business days, with two rounds of revisions.

  4. 4

    It opens doors.

    A film built to recruit, raise money, sell, and be shared for years.

Clients talk about the films. They also talk about how easy we made it.

The offer

One engagement, built to become a relationship.

Start with one film for the moment that matters. Grow into a series or a year-long program when the story does.

Real people, real places, a real crew. We use smart tools to keep records and move faster, never to replace the conversation in front of the camera.

Starting at $8,750

For a launch, an opening, a milestone. We spend a day with you and the people who built it, and deliver a film you'll be proud to put your name on.

Film days
One
You receive
One hero film, two to four minutes, plus your full raw footage archive
Delivery
14 business days after your film day. Rush in 7.
Revisions
Two rounds
Your time
A planning call, the film day, and quick digital check-ins between
Where it runs
Your website, social, email, events and paid digital ads

Hero film: your main film, the one that leads your website, launch or event.

We put the budget where it counts: the film. Social Cutdowns can be added anytime.

What moves the price: Number of locations, crew size, travel, and rush delivery.

Within two weeks, and within budget, he and his team created a gorgeous and effective promotional video.
Dr. Theresa WongW Geriatrics
Starting at $20,000

When the story has more than one voice and more than one place it needs to land. We start with strategy, talk to the people at the center of it, and build the story before we film it.

Strategy
A strategy call, conversations with your key voices, and a narrative plan
Film days
Two, across your project arc
You receive
One hero film plus two 60-second Signature highlight videos from the same capture, and your full raw footage archive
Delivery
14 business days after your final film day. Rush in 7.
Revisions
Two rounds per film
Your time
The strategy call, scheduling your voices, two film days, digital check-ins
Where it runs
Web, social, email, events, paid digital. Broadcast Ready available for TV.

What moves the price: Number of voices and locations, crew size, travel, rush delivery, Broadcast Ready.

Magic Hair: two television campaigns and a 40% lift in store traffic.

$19,000 twice a year

For organizations whose story recurs with the calendar. We plan the year with you once, then deliver on schedule, with no re-scoping every time.

Term
12 months, two payments, each at the start of a half
Film days
Four, booked on your calendar at kickoff
You receive
Two hero films, one each half, plus four 60-second Signature highlight videos and your full raw footage archive
Planning
A narrative plan each half and a review point at renewal
Delivery
14 business days after each film day. Rush in 7.
Revisions
Two rounds per film

If your plans shift, a film day can move once within the term. Any day still unused at year end becomes Social Cutdowns credit, so nothing you paid for disappears.

Renew and your rate holds. Our published prices rise over time. Yours stays where you started for as long as the partnership continues. Loyalty that shows up on the invoice.

Long Beach Unified: not one video, a relationship the district kept coming back to.

$12,500 monthly. Six-month minimum.

A production day every month, a producer in your corner every week, and a crew that already knows your story. Built for the stretch when the story keeps moving: a launch, a campaign, a season of growth.

Film days
One every month, with full crew, lighting and kit
Producer
Weekly producer sessions, four a month
You receive
A hero film every other month, two 60-second Signature highlight videos every month, and your full raw footage archive
Priority
Held dates on our calendar and access to our vetted crew roster
Delivery
14 business days after each film day. Rush in 7.

Los Angeles Master Chorale: five years of event and fundraising films.

$6,500 monthly. Three-month minimum.

Your team has the crew. You need a producer with creative vision and a talent for production efficiency.

Rhythm
Two working sessions a week. Each ends with a deliverable by noon and a standing 12 to 3 PM window for your questions.
Covers
Strategy, narrative planning, shot-list architecture and stakeholder interviews
Add a shoot
Need our crew for a day? Add a film day as its own line, anytime.

Also available at one session a week, $3,500 monthly.

Broadcast production background across Fox, CBS, ABC, BET and Comedy Central.

Every engagement includes

  • Captions on every film
  • Two rounds of revisions
  • Your full raw footage archive
  • Releases and consent handled by us
  • Certificate of insurance on request
  • Rights to use your films on your website, social, email, events and paid digital ads

Add to any engagement

  • Strategy Session, $1,500, credited toward any engagement
  • Social Cutdowns
  • Additional 60-second Signature highlight videos
  • Rush delivery
  • Spanish subtitles or a full Spanish-language version
  • Accessibility package
  • Additional film days
  • Broadcast Ready (Story Series and above)

Some relationships grow past a listed offer. If that's the shape of what you need, that's a conversation, not a price.

In their words

Within two weeks, and within budget, he and his team created a gorgeous and effective promotional video — now featured on the homepage of my website.
Dr. Theresa WongW Geriatrics
Super professional, got what I envisioned, and timely. He gives his feedback in ever so gentle a manner, so I didn't feel silly for my technical un-savvyness.
Dr. Siva MohanAyurveda By Siva, Inc.
It was a delight working with David for our company introduction video. … I would enthusiastically recommend David to any company and or production team.
Jeroen Van den BoschTitanium Toaster Corp

Tell us what you're trying to say.

A few questions about budget, timeline and who you need to reach — then we talk. The form takes about two minutes.

A call, not a pitch.

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