Case study

Video production for a restaurant group, three London sites in one day

Three locations. Four interviews. One day.

The Real Greek and Franco Manca.

The commission

Fulham Shore is the group behind two restaurant brands, The Real Greek and Franco Manca. They wanted a film about the women who work there: representation, progression, and the programmes the group runs to change both.

I was recommended for it, and the brief came late with a short turnaround.

A highlight from the film

Here's a highlight from a film I made for the group behind The Real Greek and Franco Manca.

What made it hard, and it was not the filming

No location scouting. I arrived at each site for the first time on the day and had to find the shot there and then: somewhere that reads as that brand, with a background that is interesting without pulling focus, and lighting that works in a room built for eating rather than for filming.

A camera rig built for a restaurant interview shoot, Canon body in a cage with a field monitor on top, set up in a London restaurant before service.
Half past eight, three locations to get through.

Three sites across London in one working day. Set up three times, break down three times, on my own, and keep the look consistent enough that all four interviews cut together as one film.

I started at The Real Greek in Soho, moved to Franco Manca on Baker Street, and finished at another Franco Manca in Waterloo.

An interview lit and framed inside The Real Greek in Soho, softbox and tripod set against the restaurant's blue and white mural, behind the scenes of a London restaurant video production.
No location scouting. This is what the room looked like the first time I saw it.
A filmed interview in progress at The Real Greek in Soho, the subject framed on the field monitor with a client-side colleague watching, restaurant video production in London.
The client watches the frame while it happens, same as on a food shoot.
Second camera angle on an interview setup at The Real Greek in Soho, behind the scenes of a one-day, three-location restaurant film shoot in London.
Set up, shoot, break down. Then do it twice more.
The mosaic-domed pizza oven and dining room at Franco Manca on Baker Street, dressed and empty, a location for a restaurant group film shoot in London.
Second site of the day, and a room that shoots itself.
Lighting and camera being set up for an interview at Franco Manca on Baker Street, behind the scenes of a London restaurant video production.
Twenty minutes from arriving to rolling.
A chef being interviewed in front of the open kitchen at Franco Manca in Waterloo, lit with a softbox while the kitchen carries on behind, behind the scenes of a London restaurant film shoot.
Third site, filmed inside a working kitchen without stopping it.

What I shot

Four interviews: a Greek chef, the marketing manager, the training and development manager, and a chef on the Italian side.

Around them, the things that make a film out of a set of interviews. Souvlaki turning on the grill. Dough going into a mosaic-domed oven. A pizza coming off the peel. The shopfront where both brands share one sign. The street outside. The kind of b-roll you only get if you already know what a kitchen is doing and when the good moment is about to happen.

Being a chef first is why that part worked. I know what is worth filming, I know when to ask a kitchen to hold something, and I know how to direct people who are working rather than performing.

The edit

A tight cut with the interviews carrying it, motion graphics for the numbers, on-screen captions throughout so it plays with the sound off, and a few rounds of revisions with the client's team.

Their CMO was really happy with it, and so were their marketing manager and their content creator.

How the day ended

Twelve hours, three sites, and a spicy salami sourdough at the end of it. Caramelised onion, mozzarella, divine. The right way to finish a day.

Got a story inside your business that deserves a proper film? Send me the brief and I will tell you what I would do with it.

Restaurant video production, London. Restaurant group film, hospitality video production, interview filming, brand film, multi-site video production, Soho, Baker Street and Waterloo, food and restaurant film maker London.

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