Case studies
Work from
the Wear Valley
A selection of commissions for businesses within an hour of the studio — breweries in Bishop Auckland, glamping sites in Weardale, manufacturers in Newton Aycliffe and makers across Teesdale.
South Church Brewing Co.
Launch film and stills for Bishop Auckland's newest microbrewery.
Dales View Glamping
Aerial sequences over Weardale for a holiday site's new website.
Makers of the Wear
Recording, engineering and edit for a monthly craft podcast.
Teesdale Antiques Centre
A two-day stock and interiors library in Barnard Castle.
Compass Components Ltd
A factory-floor film for a Newton Aycliffe engineering firm.
West Pasture Farm Kitchen
Identity and imagery for a Spennymoor farm shop and cafe.
In depth
Three commissions, start to finish
How each project moved from a first conversation to a delivered library of work.
South Church Brewing Co.
When a pair of former print engineers converted a unit two streets from our own studio into Bishop Auckland's newest microbrewery, they asked us to capture the first pour. We spent launch night with two cameras — one roaming the taproom, one locked on the brewhouse — and cut a ninety-second brand film within forty-eight hours so the opening had momentum online while the town was still talking about it.
The stills from the same evening now carry their social channels, and a follow-up shoot at the brewery's first Bishop Auckland Food Festival appearance extended the library. The film opens with drone footage tracked along the River Wear at dusk, resolving onto the taproom lights — a piece of Bishop Auckland geography we know by heart.
- ClientSouth Church Brewing Co., Bishop Auckland
- DeliverablesBrand film, event stills, social cutdowns
- TimescaleFour weeks, launch-night turnaround
- DirectionWarm, unhurried, town-first
Dales View Glamping
A glamping site above the Wear Valley needed imagery that matched what guests actually see from their deck chairs. Ground photography alone flattened the valley, so our CAA-authorised drone team planned a dawn flight over the pods, the hay meadows and the switchback lane that guests drive up from Stanhope.
We delivered a two-minute aerial film in 4K, a set of looping clips for the site's homepage, and a photography library shot across two seasons so the site can swap its imagery with the year. The owners reported that returning guests now mention the film by name when they come back each season.
- ClientDales View Glamping, Weardale
- DeliverablesAerial film, homepage loops, photo library
- TimescaleTwo dawn shoots across two seasons
- DirectionVast, quiet, first-light
Makers of the Wear
A woodworker from Hamsterley, a ceramicist from Wolsingham and a saddle maker from Barnard Castle walk into a podcast studio — and keep coming back. Makers of the Wear records monthly at Hutton Close, and we handle everything the hosts do not: room setup, four-mic mix, remote links for guests further afield, editing, levelling and delivery of a mastered file each month.
Thirty-eight episodes in, the show has outgrown the studio more than once, and we have taken the recording rig to village halls and workbenches across the dales. The intro music was composed in-house, and the episode artwork uses our photography of the makers' hands.
- ClientMakers of the Wear, County Durham
- DeliverablesStudio hire, engineering, edit, artwork
- TimescaleOngoing monthly series, 38 episodes
- DirectionUnpolished, warm, maker-led