Video production · Sydney

Captions and
subtitles
in Sydney

Burnt-in captions for social, subtitle files for your site and your player, and translations when you need them. Checked by a person, not just run through a machine.

5.0 on Google Now booking for September

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PwCFIFAColesSennheiserNSW GovernmentChartered Accountants Australia and New ZealandBunningsAustralian Turf ClubPenfoldsABC KidsInglisAANASeven NetworkNine NetworkNetwork 10

Video for PwC, Penfolds, Bunnings, FIFA, Coles, Sennheiser, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Turf Club, Inglis, ABC Kids and the NSW Government. Our work has run on Seven, Nine and Network 10.

0 Years behind the camera, from the newsroom up
0 Videos delivered for brands and events
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0 Rating from clients on Google

Most people watch with the sound off

On a phone, in an open-plan office, on a train. If your video only works with sound, a lot of your audience gets nothing from it.

Captions fix that, and they do more. They hold attention for longer, they make the video searchable, and they mean someone who is deaf or hard of hearing can actually use what you made.

Zarco Creative editor working on a video in Sydney

What you get

Burnt-in social captions

Styled in your brand and baked into the file, so they show up no matter where it's posted.

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SRT and VTT files

Separate subtitle files for your website player, YouTube, Vimeo or an LMS. Switchable on and off.

Open captions for accessibility

Full captions including speaker changes and relevant sound, for content that has to meet a standard.

Translated subtitles

The same video working for teams and audiences in another language, without reshooting anything.

A clean transcript

The full text of the video, handy for a blog post, a media release or an internal record.

Vertical-safe placement

Captions positioned so a platform's own interface doesn't sit on top of them.

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Need an existing video captioned?

Send us the file and tell us where it's going. We'll caption it and send it back ready to post.

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How we work

How a job runs, step by step.

Five stages, all handled. You brief us once and give your feedback. We run the rest.

01 Your part

Brief

Tell us the goal, the audience and the deadline once. Jess turns it into a scope, a plan and a fixed quote, so you know what you are getting before anything is locked in.

  • One clear brief, no back and forth
  • A fixed quote up front, itemised
  • One point of contact, start to finish

Why we check them by hand

Automatic captions are quick and mostly close. Mostly close is the problem. They mangle names, product names, acronyms and anything Australian, and the mistakes land in the one line people screenshot.

So a person reads every caption against the audio before it goes out. Your CEO's surname is spelt right. Your product is spelt right. The numbers are the numbers that were said.

  • Names, brands and acronyms checked against a list you give us
  • Australian spelling throughout
  • Timed to the speech, so lines don't run ahead or lag behind
  • Broken at natural pauses rather than mid-phrase
  • Two lines at a time, sized to read on a phone
  • Styled in your fonts and colours for burnt-in versions
Zarco Creative studio set lit and ready in Sydney

Captions and search

A subtitle file gives a search engine the words in your video. Without one, a five minute film is a silent box on the page as far as Google is concerned.

It's a small thing that quietly helps, especially on a page you want ranking. We deliver the file alongside the video so it can go up with it.

Our work

A few we’re proud of.

Fashion, Zarco Creative video
Fashion
Bunnings VNR highlights, Zarco Creative video
Bunnings VNR highlights
Employer brand, Zarco Creative video
Employer brand
Award Night, Zarco Creative video
Award Night
Brand story, Zarco Creative video
Brand story
Product launch, Zarco Creative video
Product launch
Case study, Zarco Creative video
Case study
Executive video, Zarco Creative video
Executive video
Red carpet, Zarco Creative video
Red carpet
Panel discussion, Zarco Creative video
Panel discussion

★★★★★ Rated 5.0 on Google

What clients say.

I’m really relaxed. Even at events I’m not at, I’m not worried at all. It’s set and forget.
Ali Chaouch
Ali ChaouchAANA
They make our attendees feel comfortable on camera, and find ways to maximise the content on the day.
Shelly Rigg
Shelly RiggFactor Insight
I had a partner, not a supplier. They were truly part of the team, across a four day, five week event.
Silvia Grancini
Silvia GranciniPwC

Reviews

What clients say on Google.

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Good to know

Questions, answered.

Are captions included in the edit?

Yes. Captions are part of the editing line on the videos we produce, along with music and the finish. You don't get quoted separately for them.

Can you caption a video we made elsewhere?

Yes. Send us the file and tell us where it's going, and we'll caption it in your brand and send it back.

Burnt-in or a separate file?

Burnt-in for social, because most feeds won't read a separate file. A separate SRT for your website and video platforms, so viewers can switch them off. Plenty of clients take both.

Do you do other languages?

Yes, translated subtitles are a common ask for teams with offices overseas. Tell us the languages when you brief the job.

Will you get our product names right?

Send us a list of names, brands and acronyms with the brief and we'll check every one against it. It's the thing automatic captioning always gets wrong.

Where we film

Across Sydney and greater NSW.

Based in Sydney, filming across the CBD, North Sydney, Macquarie Park, Parramatta, the Inner West and beyond. We travel across NSW and interstate for the right job.

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Got something coming up?

Let’s make the day easy.

Tell us what you need. We will scope it, quote it, and look after the rest. No hard sell, just a quick chat.

Jess Vieira, Zarco Creative
Jess Vieira Your point of contact, start to finish
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