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Property and construction
Developers, builders and agencies sell a vision before it is built. We make project and development films, site progress and drone work. The scale on screen, the detail up close.
We filmed the opening of Toll's Kemps Creek logistics site in Western Sydney, and client stories for CBC.
An active site has trades, machinery and a program that does not pause for a camera.
We work to your site rules, complete the inductions you require and wear the PPE the site calls for. Tell us your requirements at quoting stage rather than the week of the shoot, so there is time to sort them. On the day we work around the trades instead of stopping them, and we plan the shots so the crew is never where the work is.
Drone is flown to CASA rules, with the approvals for the location sorted before we arrive rather than argued about on site.
The job in property is showing scale and finish before either exists, then proving it once they do.
That is usually a mix: drone for the scale and the setting, ground footage for the detail and the finish, and time lapse to show a build actually happening. Progress filming across months gives you content the whole way through, and a finished film at the end that cost less than starting from scratch.
We can film in stages across a program and hold a consistent look from the first visit to handover. The final piece then reads as one film, not a compilation.
A live site has a safety plan, and a camera crew does not get to work around it.
So we do the paperwork first. Inductions, tickets, PPE, and whatever your principal contractor requires on top. If a site wants a specific induction done before anyone arrives, we do it in the week before the shoot, not in the gatehouse on the morning.
On the day we work to the escort and the exclusion zones. We plan shots that do not require work to stop, because asking a site to pause is expensive and it is rarely necessary. Where a shot genuinely needs a pause, we agree it with the site manager in advance and keep it short.
Drone work is flown to CASA rules with the approvals in place beforehand. Around a site, near an airport or over people, that takes lead time, so tell us at briefing rather than the week of.
A launch film shows a finished building. Progress footage shows the thing nobody else can show: how it got there.
Short visits across the build give you the sequence. Ground works, structure, fit out, handover. Cut together it becomes the film that sells the next project, because it is proof of delivery rather than a render.
Each visit is cheap. It is a half day, not a production. The value is that you cannot go back and get it later, so the decision has to be made at the start of a build rather than the end.
Time lapse sits alongside it for the same reason, and the two cut together well.
Proof
Real jobs, with the full story behind each one.
Selected work
A look at how we work across every job, from corporate and events to brand films.
What we make
One team, end to end. Each of these has its own page if you want the detail.
How it runs
Safety and access first, because nothing happens until they are sorted.
The project, the stage, the site rules and the dates. Fixed price back, itemised so it can go to a head contractor or a developer as it is.
Inductions, tickets, PPE, insurance certificates and drone approvals sorted in the week before, not on the morning of the shoot.
We work to the escort and the exclusion zones, and plan shots that do not stop the job. Drone flown to CASA rules where it is approved.
The project film plus short cuts for social and for tender documents. Files are yours, so the footage carries into the next submission.
Where we film
We film on sites, in display suites and at completed projects across Sydney, and travel to regional New South Wales for a development outside the city.
The honest comparison
On a live site the video is the easy part. Getting a crew through the gate, and a drone in the air legally, is where it stalls.
| Zarco Creative | A general corporate crew | DIY or a site photographer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site inductions | We hold the tickets and follow your site rules | Often a blocker on the day | Already inducted |
| White card and PPE | Standard, plus whatever the site adds on top | Varies | Yes |
| Drone | Flown to CASA rules, approvals sorted before the day | Depends on the operator | Rarely legal |
| Progress footage across the build | Same crew, same look, every visit | A new brief each time | Inconsistent |
| Broadcast quality | A Network Ten trained eye and the kit to match | Depends on the operator | Phone and luck |
I’m really relaxed. Even at events I’m not at, I’m not worried at all. It’s set and forget.
They make our attendees feel comfortable on camera, and find ways to maximise the content on the day.
I had a partner, not a supplier. They were truly part of the team, across a four day, five week event.
Good to know
Yes. We complete the inductions you require, wear the PPE the site calls for and work around the trades rather than stopping them. Send us your site requirements at quoting stage so there is time to sort them.
Yes. Drone is flown to CASA rules and we arrange the approvals for the location before the shoot. Tell us the address early, because some locations need more notice than others.
Yes. Time lapse over a program shows the build actually happening, which is the thing a finished film cannot show. We will work out the interval and the camera positions with you at the start.
Yes, and it is usually the best value. Filming in stages gives you content to release the whole way through. The final film is then built from footage you already have, rather than shot from scratch at the end.
Yes. White card and PPE are standard, and we complete whatever induction your site or principal contractor requires before the day rather than in the gatehouse on the morning. Send the requirements at quoting stage.
Yes, to CASA rules and with the approvals in place first. Near an airport, over people or in controlled airspace that takes lead time, so tell us at briefing. If a flight cannot be approved we will say so early rather than on the day.
It should not. We plan shots around the work rather than the other way round. If a shot genuinely needs a pause we agree it with the site manager beforehand and keep it as short as possible.
Short visits at the stages that look different: ground works, structure, fit out and handover. Each one is a half day rather than a production. The catch is you cannot go back for it later, so the call has to be made at the start of the build.
Yes. You own the finished files and there is no licence period, so the same footage can run in a submission, on the website and in a display suite. Tell us at briefing if a submission needs a particular length.
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