Split production costs with complementary brands and turn one shoot into a shared library of videos, photos, ads, and social content.
A shared media production is one shoot funded by two complementary brands. Both products appear in a single customer story, crew, studio, and talent costs are split, and each brand leaves with a full library of photo and video it can use across ads, product pages, email, and organic social.
What is a Media Production collab?
A shared media production is one shoot funded by two complementary brands. Both products appear in a single customer story, crew, studio, and talent costs are split, and each brand leaves with a full library of photo and video it can use across ads, product pages, email, and organic social.
How do two brands split the cost of a photo or video shoot?
Split fixed costs such as studio, crew, and talent evenly, then have each brand cover its own product, samples, and any brand specific shots added to the list. Agree the split before booking, and agree what happens if one brand adds a half day of extra setups late in planning.
Who owns the images from a shared shoot?
Both brands should hold full usage rights to the shared assets, and this belongs in the photographer and talent contracts, not just in a message thread. Specify the term, the territories, whether paid media is included, and whether either brand can license the footage onward to a retailer.
What should a shared shoot actually produce?
Plan for multiple crops and cuts from the same setups so nobody leaves with assets they cannot use: vertical video for social, horizontal for ads, hero stills for the site, detail shots for product pages, and a few founder or talent clips. Write the deliverable list before the shot list.