About Packhorse

Packhorse specialises in food, liquid, high speed, special effects and pack shot compositions. We founded Packhorse because we realised there was a need for commercial content with a high level of product performance.

All our directors and DOPs create commercial content for TV and online. We also specialise in adapting existing films by generating new sequences that fit seamlessly into the original material. These product demonstrations – food performance, high-speed, liquids, pack replacement and composition – extend a communication and/or reinvigorate a campaign.

Our experience and knowledge means we grasp a brief quickly and provide solutions without making a fuss. When a brief is technical, as well as creative, we significantly lighten the burden for agency production and creative departments.

We are flexible and can film alongside other production companies who might not have the experience and expertise for demanding, technical sequences. Packhorse devotes time, care and attention to a client’s product, giving them reassurance and confidence in their agency.

A spectrum of talent allows us to provide a director or a DOP, depending on the brief.  For some simpler projects, the option of a DOP, who takes responsibility for the shoot and attends an initial meeting, works extremely well – allowing a project to keep within the client’s budget without compromising quality.

The whole Packhorse team are carefully selected and dedicated to each and every project we shoot. With years of experience, our prop men, home economists, special effects team, camera technicians, colourists and flame ops supply the highest level of production at a very competitive cost.

Packhorse can work as a fully integrated production resource, providing production/post production, and also overseeing/managing the entire project up to final delivery. We can also work with existing post houses in the traditional way by undertaking the whole production. This benefits the client and the agency, providing them with a single point of contact with a team who understand every detail. This lends cohesion between the two parts of the process and impacts positively on both cost and quality.

With retained clients, a detailed reconciliation is provided on the completion of the job, showing every part of the budget-spend with supplier invoices and receipts available for review.

Our web-based ball-parking app can be used to self-generate an online ballpark. By using the simple Packhorse Ballpark Calculator located here, an agency producer can put together approximate costs for prospective work within minutes.

If it’s beautifully lit pack-shots or liquid being captured with a moving camera at ultra high speed or food looking at its most appetising, call us for a chat, we’d love to help if we can.