Making Commercials look like Hollywood - Cinematic Short Film Sony A7S3

This is the second commercial, from a set of 3 that we created for Ecoflow, for the product release of the River 2 Pro power station. Unlike most product launches, particularly for tech, we wanted to create this Cinematic Short Film. With this film, we built on a small 'universe' that we created, with each of the regions, having their own Doctor, Professor or some kind of 'hero' to introduce the product. A world that shows a unique side to the brand. We've since made a bunch of short film commercials like this, and we like to call this "Cinematic Commercial Filmmaking".
We essentially take all of our Indie Filmmaking knowledge that we've learned over the last 7 years, and combine it with the challenge of marketing a product or brand. This means we get to practice our storytelling and creativity whilst making money and growing our production company.
We hope you liked this film! If you're interested in how we made this, or have any questions about the filmmaking, or would like to see more breakdowns, let us know in the comments!
First Commercial of the set ft. Dr. Watt from Germany: • a Cinematic Short Film...
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[@toycamera6112]

Oooh! As a filmmaker, I love how you tell these small stories to show off the features of the Ecoflow! Thanks for the video! Dropping you a like!!

[@TRIOStories]

Thank you so much! This is exactly the niche that we want to double down on, so we are glad that you enjoyed it. It just feels so much less 'commercial' to do it in a creative and more subtle way :)

[@MattFaris]

Beautifully shot. Great story telling. And that looks like a beast in terms of power supplies! Great job team Trio!

[@TRIOStories]

Thank you so much Matt :) We really tried to inject this one with a deeper story and something captivating rather than just straight up commercial vibes :) So glad you enjoyed it.

[@BenjiSelby]

Now that's how you roll out a product! Bravo!

[@TRIOStories]

Plz tell more brands - we want to make this stuff forever and ever 😂

[@kacperwozniak276]

Still can’t believe how good this is! 🤯🔥

[@TRIOStories]

Thanks so much boss. We still look back at it and we are super proud - definitely some of our best work yet.

[@Calvin.The.Unfindable]

smart! now that's how you make an advert/review... all the info was there, yet it was not a standard review - fantastic. absolutely fantastic. this is how adverts should be, enough to know there's a product involved, but a funky bit of storytelling too. (anyone else hate fragrance adverts, some daft idea makes me wonder what the heck is going on, then boom 2 seconds of its a fragrance, not how you do adverts in my opinion) your trailers, adverts, short films, entice us in, i liked this one, because yes it was a guy in the woood!! but he gave us the specs, because he was experimenting.... concept winner. you guys Rock.

[@TRIOStories]

Thank you so much Calvin! This is exactly the niche that we are trying to hit and specialise in. Adverts that think outside of the box and immerse you in a world. We only want to work with products that we truly believe in and also make productions that we truly resonate with. So glad that you enjoyed the vid and as always - thank you so much for watching and supporting us

[@ezelinkmedia7228]

This is Insane 🫢

[@TRIOStories]

Thank you! So awesome to hear that you like it ☺️

[@topicruben]

Great job, guys!!! Loved it 👏

[@TRIOStories]

Thanks so much Ruben! Not bad for a 2 person team 😂❤️

[@JaneCharlotte]

WOW! This was incredible! Someone needs to commission you guys to make a feature film already, I'd love to see what yous could make

[@TRIOStories]

That's the dream! One day! Thanks so much ❤️

[@DLundgren22]

Beautifully shot. Like really beautiful. Logically speaking, when we see him speaking into the tape recorder why aren't we (the audience) hearing his normal voice? Doesn't really make sense that we'd be hearing the audio of the tape recorder playback while we're watching him speak.

[@TRIOStories]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate it and we are so glad you enjoyed the film :) I guess you have a perfectly valid point there! I guess it was just a bit of artistic license? 🤷

[@soodanubhav0]

Amazing guys 🥹 really loving the story and how product was incorporated into this 🫶🏾

[@TRIOStories]

Thank you so much, so glad that you liked it because this is our absolutely FAVOURITE type of filmmaking. We can't wait to do more of these