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Videography & Filmmaking
How it felt, not just how it looked
Videography is about far more than recording what happens. It’s about awareness, timing, judgement, and trust.
From the fast-moving pace of a live music show to the sensitivity required for documentary storytelling, we approach every project with care and intention. After more than 30 years behind the camera, our style naturally sits between videography and filmmaking — thoughtful, story-led, and grounded in real moments.
We don’t believe that documentaries, events, or corporate projects should feel formulaic. Whether responding to a live situation as it unfolds or working within a carefully planned narrative, our focus is always on authenticity and clarity. The aim is simple: to create films that feel honest, well-observed, and meaningful.
As a long-established two-person team, agility is one of our greatest strengths. We work efficiently, leave a small footprint, and adapt quickly when circumstances change — without compromising quality or professionalism. That flexibility allows us to respond to unexpected moments, often where the strongest storytelling lives.
Video Production for Organisations and Businesses
We work with organisations, businesses, and individuals who need professional video content without unnecessary complexity.
As a compact, self-contained videography team, we understand the pressures faced by smaller enterprises and organisations, and we tailor our approach accordingly — clear communication, sensible planning, and efficient delivery.
Our work includes corporate and brand films, educational and documentary projects, live event coverage, travel and tourism films, and property or interior videos.
Between us, we bring decades of experience across camera operation, sound recording, and editing. Where specialist input is required, such as narration or technical expertise, we work with trusted collaborators, ensuring every aspect of the production is handled professionally and with care.
Promotional Films & Event Videography Projects
The Big Malarkey Festival – Hull Libraries
In June 2026, we spent a wonderfully colourful weekend filming The Big Malarkey Festival, Hull Libraries’ annual children’s literature festival at East Park in Hull.
Bringing together authors, illustrators, storytellers, musicians, performers and artists, the festival transforms the park into a bustling tented village filled with creativity. Our brief was to capture that atmosphere and turn two days of activity into a short, engaging promotional film that showed not simply what happened, but what makes the festival special.
Working as a two-person videography team allowed us to cover different parts of the festival simultaneously, moving between performances, workshops and spontaneous moments while also recording interviews with organisers, visiting authors and artists, and families enjoying the event.
We edited together two days of footage from the two cameras to combine voices with the colour, energy and interaction happening all around them. And this is the finished film, a joyful story of children discovering books, art, music and creativity for themselves.
For us, it’s also a great example of event videography in Hull at its most enjoyable: working quickly and unobtrusively in a busy live environment, finding the human moments amongst everything happening, and shaping them into a film that can continue promoting an event long after the crowds have gone home.
National Seafood Chef of the Year – Grimsby Institute
Another fantastically enjoyable project, and a great example of the flexibility of our two-person team when providing both event photography and videography for a fast-moving, all-day event.
In June 2026, we were privileged to officially document the final of the National Seafood Chef of the Year competition, held at Grimsby Institute in the Lincolnshire coastal town of Grimsby.
It was a deceptively complex event to cover. The competition unfolded simultaneously across two large professional kitchens, with judging and activity also taking place in the Institute’s Samphire Restaurant dining room and a separate food display area, before culminating in an awards ceremony in another building. Alongside capturing all of this on video, we also needed to photograph the event and find opportunities between rounds to record interviews with some of the 16 competitors, which we did in an unused kitchen classroom.
With no opportunity to pause or repeat the action, this kind of live event videography requires careful planning, constant communication and the ability to move quickly between locations while making sure the key moments, and the smaller details that bring the story to life, aren’t missed.
The final creative challenge was to distil an entire day of competition, personalities, food and atmosphere into a professional highlights film of approximately three minutes. Story-driven filmmaking is central to the way we work, so rather than simply assembling a montage of the day’s best shots, we shaped the film to give viewers a real sense of the competition as it unfolded, from preparation and pressure in the kitchens through to judging, reaction and the final awards.
A demanding project, certainly, but also huge fun to make. Exactly the kind of challenge we enjoy.
Hull 4 Heroes – The Bridge Home
Some films are about more than documenting an organisation – they are about helping an audience understand who they are, what they stand for and why their work matters.
The Bridge Home was created for Hull-based veterans’ charity Hull 4 Heroes as a promotional film telling the story of the organisation, the people behind it and its work supporting veterans and their families.
Before filming began, we spent time getting to know the charity and understanding its values, its mission and the story it wanted to tell. That preparation became an important part of the filmmaking process, helping us identify the people, locations and supporting footage that would bring the story to life.
Working closely with the Hull 4 Heroes team, we filmed across a number of locations, combining interviews with carefully captured supporting footage and aerial videography to create a film that felt authentic to the organisation rather than simply presenting a series of facts about what it does.
Projects like this are where our experience in documentary filmmaking, charity videography and interview-led storytelling really comes into its own. Interviews need to feel natural, supporting footage needs to add meaning rather than simply fill the screen, and everything has to come together in the edit to create a clear and engaging narrative.
The finished film became a powerful promotional tool for Hull 4 Heroes, helping the charity communicate its story to supporters, partners and the wider community. CEO Paul Matson later described how we had taken the time to understand the organisation before filming and, most importantly for us, said the finished video had “captured the heart of our organisation.”
Beverley Half Marathon – Event Videography in East Yorkshire
Around 1,700 runners, 13.1 miles and one beautiful historic Yorkshire market town made the RunThrough Beverley Half Marathon a fantastic event to film.
Our brief was to capture the atmosphere and energy of the morning, from the anticipation before the start and interviews with runners and sponsors, through to the race itself, the crowds, volunteers and those all-important reactions at the finish line.
With such a fast-moving event, choosing the right filming locations was essential. Beverley Minster provided an iconic backdrop as runners made their way through the town, while Saturday Market gave us a second key position around the busy start and finish area. From there, we moved with the event, looking for the moments and perspectives that would help bring the story together.
Filming large sporting events is all about anticipation, adaptability and being in the right place at the right time. With around 1,700 individual stories unfolding simultaneously, our aim was to capture enough of those fleeting moments to create a fast-paced highlights film that reflected the atmosphere, determination and enjoyment of the day.
It was our second time filming for the RunThrough team and another thoroughly enjoyable morning providing event videography in Beverley and East Yorkshire.
Spurn Migration Festival 2024 – Event Videography at Kilnsea
We stepped into a completely unfamiliar world for this film. But by relying on good event videography principles, documentary storytelling and the instincts we’ve developed from working together for so many years, we came away delighted with the finished film.
A chance meeting with Paul and his son, Thomas Willoughby, at the tip of Spurn Point a year earlier, while we were out hiking, eventually led to us driving down from Hull to spend two days filming the 2024 Spurn Migration Festival.
The Spurn Peninsula, separating the North Sea from the Humber Estuary on the East Yorkshire coast, is a remarkable place for wildlife and birdwatching. Every September, birders from across the UK and beyond gather around Kilnsea and Spurn National Nature Reserve for the Spurn Migration Festival — or MigFest, as it’s widely known.
Paul, who was chairman of the 2024 organising committee, along with his team of volunteers had put together a packed programme of activities. These included guided migration walks at locations around the Spurn peninsula, sea watching, moth trapping and bird-ringing demonstrations, workshops, lectures, talks and much more.
Although birdwatching was completely new territory for us, we quickly orientated ourselves, got to grips with how the festival worked and immersed ourselves in the timetable of events. Working independently as a two-person videography team, we split up to join different walking groups, visited birdwatching hides, attended workshops, spoke with stallholders, captured evening presentations and guest speakers, and documented the atmosphere throughout the festival.
What struck us most was the enthusiasm of the estimated 300–400 birders attending over the course of the weekend. That passion quickly became the real story of the film.
Keynote speakers for the Friday and Saturday evening talks were renowned ornithologist and author Lars Svensson and wildlife television presenter Nigel Marven. The large marquee was packed for their appearances and, even as complete newcomers to birdwatching, we found their talks fascinating.
We also recognised very quickly what wasn’t our role. Capturing spectacular close-up footage of birds in flight is a specialist wildlife filmmaking skill requiring experience, patience and powerful telephoto lenses. Instead, we concentrated on what we do best: people, stories, atmosphere and the experience of being there.
We focused on the birders themselves, the organised activities, conversations, workshops and the excitement and energy around the festival marquees. Wildlife photographer Thomas Willoughby then kindly allowed us to incorporate some of his specialist bird photography into the finished film, helping complete the story.
For us, the Spurn Migration Festival became a great example of what good event videography in Yorkshire can involve. You don’t necessarily need to arrive as an expert in the subject. You need to listen, observe, understand what’s important to the people involved and find the individual stories that bring an event to life.
That approach has proved remarkably reliable, whether we’re filming a wildlife festival, a corporate event, a cultural celebration or a community project. MigFest reinforced our confidence that, even when the subject is unfamiliar, strong storytelling principles and experienced event filmmaking provide a very solid place to start.
Wedding Videography – Hull, Yorkshire & Beyond
Wedding days move quickly. Emotions run high. Moments happen once… and never again. That’s why thoughtful, experienced wedding videography matters.
The team behind Tiny Rock Studios brings extensive experience in photography, filmmaking and live event coverage, helping couples preserve the atmosphere, emotion and story of their wedding day through natural, documentary-led coverage.
Our wedding services are now provided exclusively through our dedicated wedding brand, Henry Weddings, where you can find our latest portfolio, wedding films, photography and videography packages, pricing information, and availability.
To learn more about our wedding services, please visit Henry Weddings.
Pride in Hull 2025 – Music Festival & Event Videography
Pride in Hull 2025 was a great example of two very different disciplines of event videography within a single production – a colourful carnival parade moving through Hull city centre, followed by six hours of live performers on the main festival stage.
There’s a rhythm and a pulse to filming a street parade, and it helps if you’re prepared to immerse yourself in everything happening around you. Pride in Hull is a constantly moving procession of drums, vibrant flags, extravagant costumes and hundreds of people bringing colour, energy and personality to the streets of Hull.
For events like this, our approach as a two-person filming team is to split up and move with the flow of the parade. We work independently at different points along the route, continually looking for the angles, interactions and fleeting moments that help tell the story.
It’s fast-paced and unpredictable. One second you’re capturing the scale and vibrancy of the parade itself; the next you’re turning to catch a smile, a wave or an unexpected reaction from someone in the crowd. Anticipation, positioning and the ability to react quickly are essential.
And it’s a lot of fun!
As the parade reached its conclusion, we moved into Zebedee’s Yard for the main stage, and a completely different style of event videography.
Once again, we divide and conquer. One of us concentrates primarily on the performers and activity around the stage, capturing a mixture of wide establishing shots, close-ups and the details of each performance. The other moves through the festival audience, looking for the dancing, singing, laughter and reactions that show what the event feels like from within the crowd.
Covering more than six hours of live performances also means constantly thinking ahead: changing positions, varying focal lengths and compositions, anticipating key moments and making sure we build enough visual variety to keep the finished film energetic and engaging.
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Documentary Filmmaking
Documentary filmmaking sits at the heart of what we do. It combines many of the things we enjoy most about filmmaking: discovering unfamiliar subjects, meeting interesting people, working in challenging locations and finding the story that brings everything together.
One of our most significant documentary projects took us into the cloud forest of St Helena, our home island, in the South Atlantic, where over three-and-a-half years we produced a series of films documenting an RSPB-managed conservation project.
The work focused on restoring St Helena’s unique cloud forest, protecting endemic plant species and improving the island’s natural water resources through the remarkable process of mist capture. Our role was to follow that work as it developed, interviewing the people involved and filming the conservation teams working across some of the island’s most remote and difficult terrain.
It was documentary filmmaking in the truest sense. Conditions couldn’t be controlled and moments couldn’t simply be recreated for the camera. We had to work with changing weather, difficult access and the practical challenge of carrying cameras, sound equipment and supporting gear into a cloud forest environment, while remaining flexible enough to respond to whatever was happening around us.
But the technical challenge is only part of documentary filmmaking.
Good documentaries depend on curiosity and listening. You need to understand the subject well enough to recognise what matters, help people feel comfortable enough to tell their stories naturally, and capture the supporting footage that gives those words context and meaning. Eventually, all those individual pieces have to come together in the edit as a story that an audience can understand and connect with.
That combination of people, place and story is what continues to draw us to documentary work.
Whether the subject is conservation, a charity, a community project or an organisation with an important story to tell, our approach remains much the same: listen first, understand what matters, then use thoughtful filmmaking to bring that story to life.
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Travel & Tourism Videography
We produce travel and tourism films that balance practical information with a strong sense of place.
Producing a visitor guide to Spurn National Nature Reserve was our first major UK film project.
Over three consecutive weekends in 2023, we walked the full length of the 3.5-mile peninsula at the far tip of Yorkshire, coordinating closely with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and securing drone permissions from Natural England. Carrying cameras, lenses, tripod, gimbal, drone, batteries, and accessories across exposed terrain made this one of the most physically demanding films we’ve produced.
Spurn also became one of our favourite places — proof that the most challenging projects often bring the greatest rewards.
Let’s Talk
These projects represent just a selection of our videography and filmmaking work.
While we enjoy the full range of projects we take on, documentary-led storytelling remains central to our practice. From shaping a concept and developing a script, through planning shoots, meeting people with fascinating stories, recording interviews, solving technical challenges, and crafting the final edit — the entire process is deeply satisfying.
So, what’s your idea?
What’s the message you want to communicate, the place you want to promote, or the event you need to share?
We’d love to hear about it and see if we can help bring it to life.
Get in touch, contact us today. You may be pleasantly surprised by what’s possible.