Video and photos shot to your list, with a report
A crew of one with your shot list: location filming, verification shoots, event coverage and custom field reports. Handheld HD video, timestamped stills, written report the same day or the next. $239 per on-site day.
What gets filmed
Against your list: the gate, the line, the packing floor, the shelf, the street; continuous walkthrough video; stills with timestamps; event segments agreed in advance; B-roll where the story needs it.
Typical tasks: Location scouting · event coverage · verification shoots · custom field research
What you get
The deliverable: HD files plus a structured written report referencing each shot against what was asked, delivered the same day or the next. Ambient audio only; interviews need a language plan and are scoped honestly in the quote.
Where and what it costs
Logistics: $239 per day billed from departure, travel time counted as work time. Intercity trips add train, taxi and, overnight, accommodation at actual cost with receipts. Drone work is not assumed; permissions decide what is possible.
- Shot list agreed in writing before departure.
- Travel is part of the billed day, priced from departure.
- Capture follows the standing protocol: continuous where relevant, timestamped always.
- The report answers the question the shoot was built around.
- Files and report delivered the same day or the next.
Footage without a report is a folder nobody opens. Every filming day pairs the capture with writing: what was shot, where, what it shows and what it does not. The shot list is agreed in writing before departure, so the day executes a plan instead of improvising one, the rhythm described in what a field day includes.
Regular base cities: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu and Hangzhou; elsewhere by written quote with travel at actual cost. Related work: shelf audits and property walkthroughs run on the same protocol.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get video of a site in China without traveling there?
Yes. Agree a shot list in writing, an on-site day at $239 films it: gate to floor, continuous where relevant, with timestamped stills and a written report the same day or the next. Travel beyond the base cities is reimbursed at actual cost.
What filming equipment do you bring?
Handheld HD video and stills with timestamps, planned around the location's access rules. Drone work is not assumed; if a shot needs permission, the quote names the permission before anything is booked.
Can you live stream an event?
The offer is capture and report: event coverage filmed against an agreed shot list, delivered as HD files with a written summary. Live streaming is not offered, and the quote will say what is feasible if you ask.