Practical guides on live event production, broadcast, corporate video, documentary production, and everything in between — written for the people who hire us.
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From Uhuru Park's zero infrastructure to the livestream strategy that extended the event globally — our honest production take on one of East Africa's largest worship gatherings.
Read the Review →LED screens, professional sound and smart presentation design don't just support your event — they define it.
LED walls vs projectors, sizing for your audience, indoor vs outdoor — a practical guide with real pricing.
Nothing kills an event faster than bad audio. Here's what a professional PA setup actually involves — and costs.
Confidence monitors, run sheets, slide standards — the infrastructure behind every great corporate event.
Itemised AV pricing for LED screens, PA systems, operators and full production packages — real numbers.
Process, costs, timelines and what separates a great production company from a mediocre one.
7 criteria that separate a production company that will deliver from one that will disappoint.
Transparent breakdown by tier — entry, mid and premium — with the 6 factors that drive costs up or down.
The 5 elements of a compelling impact story — and why leading with your organisation is the biggest mistake.
Two formats, completely different purposes. This guide tells you exactly which one fits your goal and budget.
The 5 signs of a low-quality production company — and the hidden costs that make cheap production expensive.
The five formats driving the most business results for Kenyan brands — and what each one requires to work.
Pre-production, shoot day, post — a step-by-step breakdown so you know exactly what's happening and when.
Multi-camera setups, live switching, broadcast-quality output — what separates event coverage from event recording.
A real production case study — from the first brief call to the final delivered master file.
Five days at Uhuru Park. No house power. No rigging points. Here's how the production team pulled it off — and what to upgrade for 2027.
10,000+ attendees. 100+ talks. Two days at Ngong Racecourse. What worked technically — and what the 2027 edition should invest in.
The six questions that separate a professional production partner from an equipment hirer — and the red flags every client should know.
What "AV" actually means at a professional corporate event — and the questions that reveal whether a company is a supplier or a partner.
Line-by-line pricing for sound, lighting, LED screens, video, stage build, TD, and crew — real numbers from Kenya's events market.
The gap between a laptop with a camera and a broadcast-quality conference livestream — and why it matters for your remote audience.
A hybrid event is two productions running simultaneously. Here's what to look for in a company that can run both rooms at equal quality.
Impact-fluent production is not corporate video with a charity brief. Here's how to evaluate a genuine NGO production partner.
The structure, the creative decisions, and the production choices that turn a well-meaning video into a fundraising tool that converts.
Long-form documentary in East Africa demands a specific kind of director, field capability, and broadcast-standard technical pipeline.
Photography, session video, highlights film, social cuts — a full coverage brief planned before the day, not assembled after it.
The difference between a vendor who delivers a product and a partner who invests in your organisation's narrative arc over years.
When your event represents your brand, a production failure is a brand failure. Here's what to look for before you sign.
The run-of-show is how a professional production team turns a brief into a broadcast. Here's what goes in it.
The answer depends less on budget and more on what you're actually trying to achieve. A breakdown of both formats.
Social media content builds awareness. A brand film builds trust. Here's the difference and why it matters for your business.
The answer is: it depends — but that's not useful. Here's a transparent breakdown of what actually drives production costs in Kenya.
The most important person in your event's technical chain — and the most commonly missing from the brief.
Two formats, one crew — but completely different purposes, budgets, and production approaches.
From venue assessment to sound, screens, lighting, and recording — everything you need to brief your production company properly.
Your venue has a capacity limit. Your livestream does not. Here's the case for treating your stream as a first-class production element.
First time on set? Here's what actually happens, what your role is, and what makes a shoot day go well or badly.
A vague brief produces a vague video. Here are the eight elements every production brief needs — and what to leave out.
Before you sign the venue contract, run this checklist. Power, rigging, acoustics, loading access — the eight things that matter most.
Music is the invisible architecture of your video. Here's what it actually does and why it's the most underestimated craft element in production.
Brief to delivery in 6–8 weeks — here's exactly what happens at each stage and what clients do that causes delays.
The organisations doing the most important work in Africa are often the worst at telling the world about it. Here's how to change that.
NGOs that invest in video fundraising consistently outperform those that don't. Here's how donor fundraising video works — and what every campaign film must contain.
NGO conferences are high-stakes events that directly affect donor and partner confidence. Here's how to produce one properly in East Africa.
Your event is in Nairobi. Your major donors are in London, Amsterdam, and Washington. A professional NGO livestream bridges that gap.
NGOs that treat video as a library — not a one-off project — consistently outperform those that don't. Here are the 7 assets to build over 12 months.
The brief is where NGO video projects succeed or fail — before the camera is ever switched on. Here's the complete checklist to brief properly.
You don't need a huge budget to tell a powerful NGO story. Here's what video production actually costs in Kenya — and where to put your money.